tim Vision Zero is so 20 years ago. It's time for Moving Beyond Zero. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:07:40 -0500 The new vision promotes active transportation like walking and biking. Full Article Design
tim Stockholm to get a forest of timber towers on top of a plywood podium park By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:00:51 -0400 It is the "highest, densest and most environmentally friendly new neighborhood" in Stockholm. Full Article Design
tim Kids suffer deeply when playtime is not prioritized By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:11:00 -0400 Children's lives during summer vacation have been likened to that of battery hens, confined unnaturally and cruelly for long periods of time. Full Article Living
tim Gas station benzene emissions 10 times as bad as previously thought By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:25:40 -0500 Another very good reason to get fossil fuel powered cars out of our cities. Full Article Transportation
tim On World Wood Day, a look at Germany's tallest timber tower By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:29:41 -0400 Kaden + Lager architects are building SKAIO, ten storeys of hybrid timber construction. Full Article Design
tim Four ways that falling back from Daylight Saving Time can kill you By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 13:34:52 -0400 We go through this ridiculous change for no good reason at all, yet it is unhealthy and dangerous. Full Article Living
tim Timbuk2/Howie's Limited-Edition Messenger Bag By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:54:28 -0400 Available in Full Article Living
tim Curved bamboo pavilion designed to be reused multiple times By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:01:14 -0400 Made with strong and versatile bamboo, this structure has had multiple lives and can be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled over and over again. Full Article Design
tim Illegal Logging by Pakistan's Timber Mafia Increased Flooding Devastation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:11:00 -0400 Forget for the moment about to what degree climate change has influenced the flooding in Pakistan. A new article in China Dialogue brings to light a new angle on one very aggravating factor on the overwhelming devastation: Illegal logging by the 'timber Full Article Business
tim Pakistani Timber Mafia & Climate Change Caused Much of Summer's Flooding By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:05:00 -0400 Back when 20% of Pakistan was underwater, I wrote about the influence of deforestation on the flooding--deforestation caused in no small part by illegal logging at the hands of the so-called timber mafia, a group with Full Article Business
tim New geothermal technology could produce 10 times the electricity using CO2 from fossil fuel plants By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:10:00 -0500 This integrative technology keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere and makes geothermal energy widely available Full Article Energy
tim Drink Bottles Recycled Today in Times Square will be Converted into a School Garden (UPDATE) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today. Full Article Business
tim Coffee versus tea: It's the ultimate hot drink face-off By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 08:00:00 -0400 What's it going to be? Check out this fun infographic to learn amusing and interesting facts about both popular beverages. Full Article Living
tim 70 Story tallest timber tower tipped for Tokyo By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:29:45 -0500 Sumitomo Forestry has a lot of wood to use up. Full Article Design
tim Terrapax Bags: Ahead of Their Time? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:56:01 -0400 With the demise of Nau, many commentators have been suggesting the trouble was that the company was ahead of its time. We respectfully disagree. Firstly, if ever there was a time for businesses to flourish, who are environmentally and socially Full Article Living
tim Ultrasonic clothes dryers could shorten drying time to 20 minutes, and use 70% less energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:54:26 -0400 The next game-changing technology might not be in the form of an electric car with a longer range, or more efficient solar panels, but rather a better way to dry your clothes. Full Article Technology
tim Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt: Who's the More Timely Eco-Hunk? Plus Mickey Rourke Fights Again! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0500 Leonardo DiCaprio lost the Golden Globe, but he's always a winner on the green activist front. The eco-champ has signed on to be the celebrity face of watchmaker TAG Heuer. Replacing fellow eco-hunk Brad Pitt. But, Leo isn't pocketing a cent of his Full Article Living
tim Leonardo DiCaprio's Timely Campaign, Paul McCartney's Green Family Affair, and More By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:45:00 -0400 Eco-hunk Leonardo DiCaprio is the new face of TAG Heuer Carrera watch. A gig formely held by fellow greenie, Brad Pitt. But, so long Brad and hello Leo! Ecorazzi posted the first shot of his soon to be released ad campaign. The green Full Article Living
tim Cross-Laminated Timber is now made in the USA By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:32:03 -0400 Our favorite green building material is now made in Oregon Full Article Design
tim Why one family is choosing full-time 'Bus Life' after earthquake ordeal (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:00:00 -0500 A brush with death helped this family focus on the most important things in life, prompting them to convert a bus into a DIY motorhome. Full Article Design
tim It is time to hunker in the bunker? Or to think about resilience and sustainability? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:02:38 -0500 The rich are different from you and me, they can just buy New Zealand. Full Article Design
tim Florida may pass "Sunshine Protection Act" and go on Daylight Saving Time all year round By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:04:39 -0500 This is a very good idea that all of North America should consider. Full Article Energy
tim Contest Time! The Crisis of Civilization Remix Challenge By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:06:49 -0500 The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves. Full Article Business
tim 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
tim Neither Pessimism Nor Optimism Is Relevant for Greens, But Determination Is By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:11:51 -0400 Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option. Full Article Business
tim Exploring Community Resilience in Times of Rapid Change: Inspiring Animation (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:23:42 -0400 We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change. Full Article Living
tim Taking Time From Volcano Frenzy to Think About Oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:43:49 -0400 On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the Full Article Science
tim Finally Baby-Making Time For One of a Kind Tortoise? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:29:00 -0500 If Lonesome George suffers from performance anxiety, it's hard to blame him. At the ripe old age of nearly 100, the last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise has been charged with preserving his species' genetic Full Article Science
tim Andy Revkin of the New York Times on Global Population Explosions (podcast) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:50:10 -0400 We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the Full Article TreeHugger Radio
tim Presenting: The New York Times' Best Paragraph of Climate Reportage in Recent Memory By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 May 2011 17:03:00 -0400 Earlier today, I wrote about a New York Times article that described Chicago's ongoing efforts to prepare for and adapt to a warming climate. I'd like to revisit that article for a second, as it just so Full Article Business
tim New York Times spikes the Green Blog By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:46:00 -0500 Did I mention that nobody cares about the environment anymore? Full Article Business
tim Passive House movement gets noticed by the New York Times By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:09:00 -0400 If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. Full Article Design
tim Quote of the Day: Timothy Egan on A Mudslide, Foretold By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:22:55 -0400 It appears that this act of God had a little help from man, and was an accident waiting to happen. Full Article Science
tim Idiocracy in the New York Times: John Tierney on recycling By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:46:33 -0400 "Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it! Full Article Business
tim Wood buildings are back, and the New York Times is on it! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:13:33 -0500 And whatever you do, don't read the comments. Full Article Business
tim Finding the time and space to work at home By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:22:00 -0500 In this installment of Town & Country, Margaret and Katherine share how they work from home. Full Article Living
tim It's summer solstice time! Here's what to know By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:47:17 -0400 The 2019 solstice falls on June 21 ... celebrate with a crash course in curiosities about the longest day of the year. Full Article Science
tim Remember the girl hit by car while on Facetime? The driver just got charged. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:07:50 -0400 Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking! Full Article Transportation
tim Hickok Cole designs timber towers for Philadelphia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 May 2018 10:47:18 -0400 The Timber Towers Project seeks to demonstrate the viability of a mass timber high-rise. Full Article Design
tim It's time for an upfront carbon emissions tax on building By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:28:29 -0400 These sliver towers are incredibly inefficient and even have fake mechanical spaces to make them even taller. We all pay the price in carbon. Full Article Design
tim It's time to get serious about noise pollution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:52:11 -0400 If you could see "aural litter" you would be shocked at how much of it there is. Full Article Living
tim It's time to get serious about dealing with cars and trucks in the city By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:21:01 -0400 In Toronto and New York, Vision Zero is just talk. It's time for action. Full Article Transportation
tim Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is lit by 5,000 candles at Christmastime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:25:00 -0500 Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family. Full Article Living
tim It's time to stop prioritizing cars over kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:04:00 -0400 How many crushings or deaths will it take for a school to realize that large moving vehicles and small kids on foot are not meant to mingle in the same confined space? Full Article Living
tim Video: Orbiting the earth in real time By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:49:56 -0500 Spend 90 minutes in the eyes of an astronaut. Full Article Science
tim Emissions From Hydropower in Brazil Grossly Underestimated By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 15:19:00 -0400 Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows. Full Article Energy
tim Ontario might get a 400MW pumped storage station five times the height of Niagara Falls By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:03:06 -0500 While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use). Full Article Business
tim Kenya significantly increases fines and jail time for poachers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:29:01 -0400 The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years. Full Article Business
tim It’s time to treat illegal wildlife trade like a serious crime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:42:14 -0400 A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife. Full Article Science
tim Breathtaking timelapse video shows the beating heart of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:47:00 -0400 It was shot from "sea to summit" in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth. Full Article Science