forest Would you send your child to daycare in the forest? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0500 With daycare costs rising, perhaps ditching the building is not such a crazy idea. Full Article Living
forest Peak wood? Or paranoia? Report claims wood pellet heating ruins forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:00:00 -0400 Report accuses wood burners of being naively careless when they should be worried Full Article Energy
forest Spectacular forest-dwelling swallowtail discovered in Fiji By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:00:00 -0400 Scientists call it a remarkable discovery in an area where butterfly wildlife was thought to be well known. Full Article Science
forest How environmentalists got one firm to quit deforestation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:15:00 -0400 Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations. Full Article Business
forest Forest garden with 500 edible plants takes a few hours of work a month By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:30:01 -0400 Working with nature instead of against it, forest gardens promise abundance, as well as the kind of resilience a changing climate demands. Full Article Living
forest Norwegian hospitals add woodland cabins and forest-play for healing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:30:55 -0400 The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment. Full Article Living
forest The couple who coaxed 300 acres of barren farmland back into lush forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:24:11 -0400 After 25 years of buying land in India that farmers no longer wanted, the husband and wife now play host to elephants, monkeys and more; see a new video about their work here. Full Article Science
forest Solar Panels, Reforestation Project in Works for Armenia's First Green Pilgrimage Site By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:46:00 -0500 The Echmiadzin Cathedral complex in Armenia is one of 12 spiritual destinations that are becoming more sustainable. Full Article Living
forest Forest cabin enlarged into small birdhouse-like wilderness retreat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:12:38 -0400 An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form. Full Article Design
forest Surf eCo School Saves Rainforest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:17:00 -0500 Torrey Trust, owner of Surf eCo, wanted to do more to protect the oceans and the environment so she opened up her own surf school that teaches kids young and old about the environment while helping them catch a few waves. Located in Encinitas, CA, Full Article Living
forest Willie Smits on Regrowing the Indonesian Rainforest and Harvesting Biofuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:09:34 -0500 Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems Full Article TreeHugger Radio
forest Map Documents World's Sacred Forests & Help Save Them From Destruction By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:51:00 -0500 Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more. Full Article Living
forest Want to Clean Up Chesapeake Bay? Plant Forest Buffers Upstream (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:00:09 -0500 Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But Full Article Science
forest Stefano Boeri's Vertical Forest gets planted By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:20:00 -0500 One of the world's most famous architectural renderings turns into a building. Will it thrive? Full Article Design
forest Another vertical forest being built by Stefano Boeri in Lausanne, Switzerland By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:28:55 -0500 And I am going to be positive, upbeat and happy about it, really. Full Article Design
forest Deforestation & Hurricanes May Have Triggered Haiti's Catastrophic 2010 Earthquake By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:22:00 -0500 Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that Full Article Technology
forest Save the trees! Sign up for Rainforest Alliance's 30-Day Sustainability Challenge By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:10:29 -0500 Get simple but powerful personal actions delivered to your inbox every 3 days; 30 actions in all – are you up to the challenge? Full Article Science
forest Google Earth launches high-resolution global deforestation map By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:00:00 -0500 The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe. Full Article Technology
forest How to practice 'forest bathing' in a park By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:00:00 -0400 The Japanese pursuit of shinrin-yoku uses trees and nature to heal oneself – here's how you can do it even in a park. Full Article Living
forest Rare animals emerge after 20 years of reforestation in NW China By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:03:04 -0400 37 species under national protection have been observed in the Ziwuling area, thanks to massive reforestation efforts. Full Article Science
forest World's smallest ungulate, lost for 30 years, found tiptoeing in Vietnam forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:33:37 -0500 One of the '25 most wanted' lost species, the silver-backed chevrotain is a snaggle-toothed, deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit and walk on its tippy toes. Full Article Science
forest Bio-digital, interactive Urban Algae Canopy produces a small forest's worth of oxygen (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:04:34 -0400 This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people. Full Article Design
forest Bohemian forest retreat balances incognito on boulder By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:00:00 -0400 This woodland cabin in the Bohemia region of the Czech Repbulic keeps it simple but clever, with one end perched on a large rock. Full Article Design
forest Museum roof in Norway held up by a forest of columns By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:37:23 -0500 Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings. Full Article Design
forest Could These Spider-Like, Human-Sized Webs Refine Rainforest Research? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0400 This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it. Full Article Design
forest Amazon Deforestation Drops 23% Since Last Year By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:50:00 -0400 The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation. Full Article Science
forest Amazon deforestation rate up 88 percent over last year By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:19 -0400 Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction. Full Article Science
forest Rare footage captured of an isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:42:14 -0400 The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'. Full Article Science
forest Can bribes save the rainforest? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 May 2018 11:53:03 -0400 A popular solution for deforestation has been to offer locals payments for NOT cutting down trees. But does this system actually work? Full Article Business
forest 65 ft. woven tree evokes spiritual visions of the rainforest (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0400 Woven in collaboration with an indigenous Amazonian people, this enormous sculpture invites visitors to enter a space for ritual and contemplation. Full Article Living
forest Flying With Canopy in The Costa Rican Rainforest (Photos + Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:55:03 -0400 Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican rainforest is a fairly Full Article Science
forest Meet the singing mice of the cloud forests (videos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:22:11 -0500 When two male Alston's singing mice meet, they sing an operatic duet that researchers say offers clues about our own speech. Full Article Science
forest Furniture Companies See The Forest For The Trees (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:25:06 -0400 Timeless responsible furniture design on show at Qubique Berlin this week Full Article Design
forest 7 teensy new frog species discovered in Brazil’s cloud forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:42:57 -0400 Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly endemic and vulnerable to extinction. Full Article Science
forest Humans are drying up the Amazon rainforest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:12:00 -0500 NASA finds that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out – here's why. Full Article Business
forest Environmentalists call for Carbon Capture and Storage – with forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:26:24 -0400 Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case. Full Article Business
forest Stefano Boeri's Trudo Vertical Forest wraps social housing in green By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:01:22 -0500 So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky. Full Article Design
forest 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
forest Artist plants a living forest in 30,000-person stadium By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:29:52 -0400 Austria's Wörthersee football stadium is now thriving with life in an installation that is as beautiful as it is chilling. Full Article Living
forest Bulgaria is getting a beautiful new forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:21:25 -0500 Soon, willow, alder, ash and oaks will grace the banks of the Maritza river once again. Full Article Science
forest Spiral observation tower rises out of Danish forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 May 2019 12:17:20 -0400 But no, we're not going to compare to that other tower. Full Article Design
forest 30 fascinating facts about the boreal forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:29:36 -0400 Welcome to almost 30 percent of the world's forest cover. Full Article Science
forest Conservation group to buy largest private sequoia forest in the world By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0400 The 530-acre forest has hundreds of ancient giant sequoia, including the fifth-largest tree known on the planet. Full Article Science
forest Make your tombstone an ancient tree in one of these memorial forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:01:23 -0500 Mixing conservation with death care, a new start-up offers permanently protected memorial trees that solve a slew of problems. Full Article Science
forest Clever, Cool Rainforest Office Is a Natural Wind Tunnel By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:20 -0500 A proposed office uses "climatic architecture" to cool the building by making it into a natural wind tunnel. Full Article Design
forest Kroger to create and adopt a no-deforestation policy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2019 08:08:06 -0400 The largest grocery chain in the US will develop and implement a new plan to improve its protection of tropical forests. Full Article Business
forest Xylophone of the Forest, Stunning Ad for Docomo's Wooden Cellphone By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:07:08 -0400 This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me Full Article Living
forest Go inside the Carbon Vault: why it’s critical to know what’s beneath the Boreal Forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:50:18 -0400 Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ... Full Article Business
forest International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: How forests bring us together By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:53:31 -0400 The United Nations established the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 1994 – the day is observed every year on August 9. Full Article Business
forest Look for the label: the SFI logo is a sign of sustainable forestry By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:19:18 -0400 Where did your paper coffee cup come from? Does it support a red-cockaded woodpecker? Or a gopher tortoise? Full Article Business