pin Great protected bike lanes are popping up in Washington DC (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:06 -0400 If we can put a center-running bike lane down the center of Pennsylvania avenue, we should be able to do it almost everywhere! Full Article Transportation
pin 6 beauty recipes that are pink and red for Valentine's Day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Get in the Valentine’s Day mood with these fun DIY beauty recipes for masks, moisturizers, and scrubs – all of which are suitably pink or red for the occasion! Full Article Living
pin Rotate this: Spiral spinning tower will turn real estate developers' cranks By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:17:17 -0400 The sharing economy comes to architecture as the rich and the very rich share views and height. Full Article Design
pin Eco Wine Review: Cline Cellars 2010 Cool Climate Pinot Noir By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:09:03 -0400 This eco-wine is bursting with red fruit aromas and vanilla. And it's minty finish is subtle yet clean so you won't mind a second glass. Which isn't a bad thing as this Pinot comes in under the $15 mark. And the winery is 100-percent solar-powered. Full Article Living
pin Eco Wine Review: Lynmar Estate 2008 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:13:42 -0400 A delicate balance of dark fruit, cocoa, pepper and mushroom from a sustainable vineyard that donates to AIDS and cancer patients. Full Article Living
pin Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:51:18 -0400 This wine is brimming with bright fruit, dark undertones and those farmyard aromas common to most Pinots. With notes of pepper, strawberry and dried mint on the palette, this wine is as food-friendly as it is drinkable. Full Article Living
pin Eco Wine Review: Wrath 2010 Ex Vite Pinot Noir By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 May 2012 05:12:36 -0400 Wrath's 2010 Ex Vite Pinot Noir is complete, with lots of black cherry and red raspberry. A bit fuller than your typical Pinot, this wine is as drinkable as it is food friendly. Full Article Living
pin US to demand coal-burning power plants keep pumping out pollution, because National Security By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:44:41 -0400 It's in the Fearless Leader's latest move to a planned economy that runs on coal. Full Article Energy
pin Instant Car Showroom Is Built Out Of Shipping Containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 09:48:00 -0400 Design takes advantage of a shipping container attribute: Speed. Full Article Design
pin Swooping Bamboo Structure Is a Children's Paradise By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:00 -0500 Using local materials, this impressive bamboo structure features a microcosm of imaginative spaces designed for a range of playful activities. Full Article Design
pin Co-living apartment designed as "social overlapping" experiment for students By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:55:57 -0500 This experimental co-living design scheme aims to foster communication, responsibility and human relationships. Full Article Design
pin Integrated "Shopping" Bag In Award-Winning Bicycle By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:41:30 -0400 Whenever my husband asks me to "pick up a couple of bottles of wine" while shopping, I get surly. My favorite bike panniers are, without exception, NOT well equipped to handle heavy, glass bottles that may shift in Full Article Transportation
pin Mirrored shipping container becomes an invisible urban art gallery By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:43:45 -0400 Built as an extension for a local high school, this new urban space blends into its tree-lined surroundings. Full Article Design
pin Australia Stepping Back From The Coal-Fired Edge By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:50:44 -0400 Climate change is powerfully symbolized by severe drought. Extended, widespread drought can make potable water scarce. Desalination plants are energy intensive and expensive to build and run: the several recently build or planned for Australia may Full Article Business
pin Spin Yarn From Cat Hair By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:25:00 -0500 One woman shows us how easy it is to make useful yarn from her cat's long fur. Full Article Living
pin Flipping anti-bike arguments on their heads (+funny video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:30:00 -0400 More bikers take to Twitter to mock bike haters. Full Article Transportation
pin How to get started with car camping By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0400 It's a great way to spend time outside and travel for cheap. Full Article Living
pin Breakthrough could finally help doctors pinpoint a patient's cancer cause By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:48:17 -0400 Scientists find that tumors hold information like a 'black box' pointing to the specific cause of disease. Full Article Living
pin Hydrogen fuel cells could make food shipping cleaner By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:58:38 -0400 Replacing diesel systems with fuel cells could give refrigerated a clean-energy makeover. Full Article Living
pin Steven M. Johnson's take on the wearable sleeping bag By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:26:13 -0500 Of course he has been there, done that. Full Article Living
pin Take your laundry to the spin class with the Bike Washing Machine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:18:20 -0500 This gives the "spin cycle" a whole new meaning. Full Article Transportation
pin Tapping the Energy Below the Earth's Surface By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:18:27 -0400 The heat in the upper six miles of the earth's crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world's oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity Full Article Technology
pin Montainer makes shipping container architecture easy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:39:44 -0400 You are not just buying a box but a full service design/build package. Could this take container architecture mainstream? Full Article Design
pin Sleeping octopus's changing camouflage narrates her dream (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:27:06 -0400 Watch a remarkable clip of Heidi the octopus as she sleeps and dreams – from the new PBS series, Octopus: Making Contact. Full Article Science
pin 10 Online Stores for All Your Green Product Shopping By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 May 2012 06:32:18 -0400 From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture, check these sustainable online shops before you hit the streets. Full Article Living
pin All-glass solar-powered PurePods are for glamping out in the open By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:06:30 -0400 Made out of glass, these rentable cabins in New Zealand's wilderness are meant to reconnect guests with nature. Full Article Design
pin 'Nude shopping' boosts vegetable and fruit sales dramatically By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0400 When a New Zealand supermarket chain ditched plastic packaging, produce sales skyrocketed. Full Article Science
pin One Graphic Even a Republican SuperPAC Ad Will Have a Hard Time Spinning By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:52:00 -0400 Value of Fossil Fuel Exports By Fuel, 1949-2010 Full Article Business
pin Iconic bay window becomes multifunctional 'spine' in this apartment renovation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:41:35 -0500 An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme. Full Article Design
pin Community Supported Chicken Keeping for Backyard Coops (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:28:11 -0400 I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's Full Article Living
pin Stay comfy when camping with the Thermo Tent By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:04:05 -0400 Insulation in a tent makes as much sense as it does in a house, if you can get it right. Full Article Design
pin DIY Beekeeping: Download and print a smart beehive kit By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:26:11 -0500 Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder. Full Article Living
pin Startup to grow fresh 'super-local' food out of recycled shipping containers in Paris By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:38:23 -0500 Founded by two sons of farmers, this company wants to grow farm-fresh food -- out of shipping containers. Full Article Science
pin Nolla cabin offers a low-impact, urban camping experience By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:13:34 -0400 Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki. Full Article Design
pin Ecotourism in the Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:13:59 -0500 The Philippine Department of Tourism's hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They've made it part of their plan for economic development. The country's ecotourism program strives to install processes and Full Article Science
pin Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:44:52 -0500 Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort. Full Article Business
pin Philippine Fiber Secret to Naturally Water-Repellent Rainwear By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0400 In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known Full Article Living
pin Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:20 -0500 This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a Full Article Science
pin See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From Space By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:30:00 -0400 photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara Full Article Science
pin India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea All Soon Clobbering the US on Renewable Energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:28:00 -0400 Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to Full Article Energy
pin Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:56:24 -0500 As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs. Full Article Business
pin Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:44:00 -0400 Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island Full Article Business
pin TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0400 "The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth." Full Article Business
pin Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400 The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues. Full Article Living
pin Typhoon Haiyan: 'State of calamity' in the Philippines, 10,000+ feared dead By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:49:58 -0500 Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got. Full Article Science
pin First 3D printed hotel suite built in the Phillipines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:37:45 -0400 It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub Full Article Design
pin Canada agrees to take its trash back from the Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 May 2019 09:29:00 -0400 A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this. Full Article Science
pin Students in the Philippines must plant 10 trees to graduate By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0400 A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship. Full Article Living
pin Does shipping container architecture make sense? This hotel in London might By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:36:43 -0500 Because shipping containers are designed to move and these ones might have to. Full Article Design
pin Stadium in Qatar is demountable and relocatable and even has shipping containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:00:48 -0500 It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia. Full Article Design