ter 5 packaging materials you didn’t know are difficult to recycle By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:00:00 -0400 How many of these common items have you placed in your blue bin? Full Article Business
ter Summertime and the livin’s [thirsty]: 5 alternatives to bottled water By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:15:00 -0400 By making simple, versatile swaps, you can stay hydrated this summer and all year long without ever touching a disposable water bottle again. Full Article Living
ter Looking forward from World Water Day 2018 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:49:09 -0400 World Water Day may be one day out of the year, but taking the time to reflect can help us make long-lasting impacts that we can carry forward. Full Article Business
ter Mysterious moss-covered figures are inspired by forest folklore (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:35:00 -0500 Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight. Full Article Living
ter Mesmerizing kinetic light installation interprets phases of the moon (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:39:58 -0500 Using a series of rotating LED lights, this work highlights the visually transformative powers of the Moon. Full Article Living
ter Is flying dying? No, it is growing faster than ever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:54:19 -0400 It's expected that by 2037 the number of people flying will double. Full Article Transportation
ter Construction of Machu Picchu's new international airport has begun By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:10:00 -0400 While Unesco has asked Peru to limit visitors to the famous site, the government is making it easier for people to access. Full Article Living
ter Interface, twenty-five years green By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:33:10 -0500 25 years after the start of Mission Zero, they advance to Climate Take Back. Full Article Business
ter Wildlife rescuers remember the Exxon Valdez spill 25 years later By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:51:16 -0400 The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today. Full Article Energy
ter Terrorists could knock US electricity grid out for 1.5 years, but more solar power could help protect it By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:13:00 -0400 The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed. Full Article Energy
ter Anyone thirsty for some "Fukushima Water"? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:49:55 -0400 The new energy drink that is taking Japan by storm! Full Article Energy
ter BP to pay $18.7 billion for Deepwater Horizon spill By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:10:40 -0400 Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history. Full Article Energy
ter This is the ongoing gas leak in California that's an epic ecological disaster By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:23:37 -0500 Impact of greenhouse gases released since October measured over a 20-year time frame is equivalent to emissions from 7 million cars. Full Article Energy
ter The 15 costliest nuclear disasters and the nuclear risks of the future By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:45:00 -0400 Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes" Full Article Energy
ter Tesla sends Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:34:31 -0400 The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems. Full Article Energy
ter One hundred years after the Halifax explosion, what have we learned? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:29:21 -0500 One hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with peoples' lives. Full Article Energy
ter Why 'ecocide' needs to become an international crime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0400 And how one British lawyer is working to make that happen. Full Article Business
ter Teensy little Reelight CIO runs day and night without batteries By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:50:39 -0400 Install and forget about these induction powered lights from Denmark. Full Article Transportation
ter Danish dome-sheltered community center is built with wood By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:49:09 -0400 Designed to reduce construction waste and with energy efficiency in mind, this new community gathering spot strikes an unconventional pose. Full Article Design
ter Have a great shower while saving water and energy with Flow Loop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 05:00:00 -0400 Flow Loop introduces a new closed loop shower that will bring back one of life’s little pleasures: a long hot wet shower. Full Article Design
ter How to have a 'hygge' winter By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:48:00 -0500 I am Canadian, not Danish, but I like to think I know how to 'hygge' properly. Full Article Living
ter Water sports center is built from old shipping containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:05:03 -0500 The project in Denmark is a good object lesson. Full Article Design
ter Peter Qvist uses computers, CNC milling and hand finishing to create "highly modern handcrafted furniture pieces" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:47:16 -0400 Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago. Full Article Design
ter Charge your own batteries as well as your car's at these park-like charging stations By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:49:59 -0500 COBE architects are turning charging time into quality time. Full Article Transportation
ter Tired of winter? Don't think Hygge thoughts, they are evil and unhealthy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0500 Fireplaces! Candles! Clutter! What are these people thinking? Full Article Design
ter Why do we drink so much bottled water? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:44:30 -0400 The Convenience Industrial Complex figured out how sell us something that we don't need at a price that's too high. Full Article Living
ter 10 ways to stop being a water waster By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0400 There is no resource more precious than water, so here are some great tips for conserving it. Full Article HTGG
ter US President wants to roll back 25 years of water saving toilets and showers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Billions of gallons of water may be wasted because of this. Full Article Design
ter Cows, Goats Escape from Slaughterhouse, Only to be Forced Back In By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:16:51 -0400 Dozens of sheep and goats broke out of a slaughterhouse in upstate New York on Tuesday night, and gave police quite the runaround. Full Article Business
ter Is It True That Farmers Feed Antibiotics To Livestock To Make Them Grow Faster? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2011 18:21:59 -0400 I always thought the 'it makes them grow faster' reasoning for why they put antibiotics in animal feed was a myth and that the truth was more complex. Farmers found they could crowd animals Full Article Business
ter Modern Farmer asks, "Is humane slaughter good enough?" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:49:01 -0400 Mac McClelland at Modern Farmer ponders the term "humane slaughter" and visits Prather Ranch, a certified organic beef ranch, to see how it is done Full Article Living
ter Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:05:34 -0400 Sometime within the last century, soil erosion began to exceed new soil formation. Now, nearly a third of the world’s cropland is losing topsoil faster than new soil is forming, reducing the land’s inherent fertility. Full Article Science
ter Ancient clams give forth glassy pearls that came from outer space By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:24:02 -0400 Researchers studying fossil clams in Florida believe they found the souvenirs of an ancient meteorite. Full Article Science
ter What would a nuclear winter look like? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:13:35 -0400 We talk a lot about the devastation of a warming planet, but what if things went the other way? A new study confirms the worst. Full Article Science
ter 12 signs that a hard winter is coming By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:24:54 -0400 Historically we've looked to nature to help forecast the weather; here are some indicators gleaned from generations of folk wisdom. Full Article Science
ter 9 freaky phenomena revealing how warm this winter was By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:08:45 -0500 In many part of the world, the 2019-2020 winter was the winter that wasn't. Full Article Science
ter The reusable water bottle that stole my heart By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:55:12 -0500 My search for the perfect water bottle is over thanks to the beautiful, drinker-friendly, ocean-loving, coral-planting NAECO Bottle. Full Article Living
ter Border Region Looks to Desalination to Counter a Parched Rio Grande By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:20:47 -0500 We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico. Full Article Business
ter Water on the Brain. We're Learning. Slowly. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:00:35 -0500 Residents of the driest inhabited continent, Australia, have evidently been cottoning onto the fact that water means life and we need to be more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource. Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to Full Article Science
ter Ecocities of Tomorrow: Can Foster + Partners' Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly Sustainable? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0500 With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the Full Article Design
ter Tampa Bay Florida Area Drinks Oil-Fired Water By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:58:11 -0400 There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility Full Article Science
ter The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part One) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0400 Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not Full Article Business
ter The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part Two) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:05:00 -0400 In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border Full Article Business
ter Green at WIRED NextFest: High-Volume, Small-Footprint, Low-Cost Water Purification By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:51:27 -0400 XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially Full Article Technology
ter Observe World Water Day on March 22 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:11:29 -0400 Images from Prix Pictet World Water Day, celebrated on March 22 every year, is an initiative of the United Nations that recognises that water is a basic requirement for all life. This year's theme: "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities" and "Whether Full Article Business
ter Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:59:13 -0400 Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics, Full Article TreeHugger Radio
ter Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part Two) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:15:01 -0400 With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our Full Article TreeHugger Radio
ter Why is Water Such a Big Issue? Global Water Challenge Pres. Paul Faeth Sets Us Straight (Part 1) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0400 Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work. Full Article Science
ter Out of Water? How We Might Make More By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:00:00 -0400 Stand at the edge of a reservoir, river, or ocean and it's hard to imagine that the planet could ever run out of water; even just a day at the beach makes your one small shower a day seem like less of a threat. But with Full Article Science
ter DIY Seawater Desalination by Delicious Lady and Grandson (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:22:40 -0400 Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home. Full Article Science