pr Wood & Technology Become the Axalko, a Unique Bicycle for Professional Cyclists And Nature Lovers (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 May 2012 06:38:00 -0400 An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful! Full Article Transportation
pr Amazing waterproof and oilproof coating (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:40:00 -0500 No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing. Full Article Technology
pr Is digital fabrication and 3D printing sustainable? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:59:59 -0400 Kris De Decker questions some of our most cherished assumptions. Full Article Technology
pr Ping pong holds promise for improving Parkinson’s symptoms By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:19:38 -0500 After weekly ping pong sessions, participants in a pilot study had significant improvements in speech, handwriting, getting dressed, getting out of bed, and walking. Full Article Living
pr How to prepare for a quarantine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:26:06 -0500 From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes. Full Article Living
pr Gratitude exercises don't help with depression or anxiety By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:21:52 -0400 Telling people to be grateful for what they have doesn't help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to new research. Full Article Living
pr Pray for Rain By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:17:37 -0400 He has encouraged people to pray for the following week, in attempt to bring rainfall. "Throughout our history, Full Article Business
pr Mississippi Governor Barbour Opposes Widespread Beach Berm Building In Louisiana By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 29 May 2010 13:03:13 -0400 "People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the Full Article Business
pr Half a million American homes don't have proper plumbing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:11:12 -0400 They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts. Full Article Design
pr <em>The Mesh</em> Explains Why the Present <em>and</em> Future of Business is Sharing (Book Review) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:21:40 -0500 Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model Full Article Technology
pr Woman Pepper-Sprays 20 In "Competitive Shopping" Spree on Black Friday By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:11:00 -0500 She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially." Full Article Business
pr To nobody's surprise, London's Walkie Talkie wins the Carbuncle Cup By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 08:52:14 -0400 This building alternately fries the public, blows them off their feet and cheats them out of promised public amenities. And did I mention it's bloated, top-heavy and just plain ugly. Full Article Design
pr Tall Wood Building Prize of $3 million shared between two timber towers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:33:08 -0400 A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost. Full Article Design
pr 8 storey Cross-Laminated Timber apartments win Finlandia Prize for Architecture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:18:43 -0400 Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies." Full Article Design
pr And the top prize in the UK wood award goes to a fishing hut By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:46:23 -0500 There was a big pile of beautiful lumber to choose from too. Full Article Design
pr TreeHugger hero Thomas Thwaites wins an Ig Nobel Prize for being a goat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:29:03 -0400 And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass Full Article Design
pr Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to scientists studying circadian rhythms By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:19:25 -0400 Perhaps now our body clocks will get the attention they deserve. Full Article Living
pr Bloomberg’s European HQ wins RIBA Stirling Prize By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:12:04 -0400 But is it "the last flourish of a high-resource approach to design and construction"? Full Article Design
pr In this time of global warming, we now have a Global Cooling Prize By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:35:28 -0500 Big bucks go to the teams that come up with an air conditioner that's five times as good. Full Article Design
pr RIBA Stirling prize goes to Passivhaus social housing project By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:48:31 -0400 The most prestigious prize in British architecture is given to the solidly green project rather than the flash in the pan. Full Article Design
pr Brazilian women urged to avoid pregnancy due to virus By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:00:00 -0500 The Zika virus, borne by mosquitoes, has been linked to a surge in microcephaly in newborn babies. Full Article Living
pr Shop class deserves a more prominent role in schools By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands Full Article Living
pr Lighten up: Primary steel production is responsible for up to 9 percent of CO2 emissions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:23:16 -0500 We have to use less of the stuff in our cars, our buildings, and our infrastructure. Full Article Science
pr Canadian Conservative leader (and possible Prime Minister) promises the earth By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:41:05 -0400 Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist. Full Article Business
pr Canadian retailers want a 'harmonized approach to reducing single-use plastic' By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:00:00 -0400 Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage. Full Article Business
pr Presidents' Day Survey: Who Is The Greenest President? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:16:51 -0500 The results of our annual survey are often surprising. Full Article Business
pr Are people clueless when it comes to their carbon footprints? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:58:51 -0500 Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish? Full Article Energy
pr The surprising link between Pilates and the 1918 flu pandemic By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:49:47 -0400 The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI. Full Article Living
pr Architects have to deal with the "wicked problem of embodied carbon." By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:59:21 -0500 A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical." Full Article Design
pr Smart Masonry proposes lighter concrete buildings, built by robots By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:48:42 -0400 Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete? Full Article Design
pr In praise of Brutalist architecture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:37:23 -0400 The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to. Full Article Design
pr Yes, concrete is pretty much as terrible for the climate as we thought. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:26:06 -0500 A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry. Full Article Design
pr Cement production makes more CO2 than all the trucks in the world By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:41:50 -0400 But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more. Full Article Design
pr Rio+20 Final Draft Text Recognizes Our Problem, Proposes Scant Few Concrete Solutions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:40:00 -0400 There's plenty of "recognizing," "acknowledging," and "noting" going on in the final draft of the Rio+20 text. Lot's of UN-ese. And that's about it. Full Article Business
pr Clothing firms Joe Fresh and Primark to compensate victims of Bangladesh building collapse By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:57:00 -0400 Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out. Full Article Business
pr Solar 3D printers take manufacturing off the grid By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:00:00 -0400 Groups working in developing regions could use solar-powered 3D printers to make tools, lab supplies and more on the go. Full Article Technology
pr Wakati solar-powered food preserver keeps produce fresh longer in developing areas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 08:38:42 -0500 The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling. Full Article Technology
pr Researchers produce electricity with paper, tape and a pencil By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:37:09 -0500 The device made from household objects could replace AA batteries for powering small electronics. Full Article Technology
pr Two high-profile murders in Honduras have led developers to suspend funding By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:00:00 -0400 In a victory for Berta Cáceres' campaign against a major hydroelectric project, two European development banks have withdrawn support following her and a colleague's recent murders. Full Article Business
pr New e-commerce site is a one-stop-shop for humanitarian aid products By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:03:41 -0400 The Level Market wants to make the procurement of humanitarian aid and development products as easy as shopping on Amazon. Full Article Technology
pr Less isn’t always more when it comes to product packaging By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:00:00 -0400 “Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions. Full Article Business
pr Shifting our gaze to improve the health of the world’s oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400 Why oceans, why now? Full Article Science
pr Everyday people can invest in organizations that protect the environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:40:06 -0500 Average consumers of all incomes have the ability to meaningfully invest in organizations doing good work Full Article Business
pr Food production must change drastically to save world By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:25:00 -0400 Latest IPCC report calls for urgent action in the way land is used. Full Article Science
pr 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
pr Overtourism: Can this problem be solved? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:33:00 -0500 Yes, but first we need to develop a collective conscience when it comes to travel. Full Article Living
pr Here's a good analogy for the carbon budget problem By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:14:52 -0500 Imagine a bucket of greenhouse gases that's almost full. Full Article Energy
pr Photos of nature proving its resilience By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0400 No matter how hard we may try to tame her, Mother Nature always comes back to claim her turf. Full Article Science
pr Unilever promises to cut plastic use in half by 2025 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400 The consumer products giant says it will "fundamentally rethink its approach to packaging." Full Article Business
pr REI's Opt-to-Act plan will lower your carbon footprint, one week at a time By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Because a single day of #OptOutside isn't enough for real action. Full Article Business