ert Centuries-old distillery converted into multipurpose co-working space By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:15:50 -0400 It comes with a tiny bar, housed in the distillery's old elevator. Full Article Design
ert 6 frugality experts give advice on dealing with holiday gifts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500 No one likes the rampant spending that goes along with gift-giving traditions, but all have different ideas for how to cope. Full Article Living
ert Frugal, Organic, Sugarfree - What More Could A Dessert Want to Be? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:17:16 -0500 Deep from the innards of the TreeHugger test kitchen (ok, there's no TH test kitchen, just the hordes of us hungry bloggers trying to keep both budget and taste buds happy) emerges a new, quick, and decidedly healthy everyday Full Article Living
ert Backyard garage shed converted into modern 'Granny Pad' By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0500 An old garage shed is transformed into a spacious little home for one grandmother, living near her kids and grandkids. Full Article Design
ert This zero-waste expert waits 30 days before buying anything By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500 Kathryn Kellogg explains why delaying gratification is beneficial all around. Full Article Living
ert Why Albert Einstein hated capitalism By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 08:00:00 -0500 The scientist saw a system that oppressed both society and nature. Full Article Business
ert Pianist's poignant concert on Arctic ice calls for protected sanctuary (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:00:00 -0400 This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support. Full Article Business
ert Greenland shark may be the longest living vertebrate at 512 years old (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0500 A team of scientists have developed a novel way to determine the age of these long-lived marine animals. Full Article Science
ert Water gets weirder as new properties come to light By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 03:00:00 -0400 This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness Full Article Science
ert Who is responsible for the death of Elaine Hertzberg? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:19:05 -0500 Was it the Uber car, the safety driver, the victim, or the traffic engineers who designed that road? Full Article Transportation
ert Mild Buenos Aires Climate of the Fertile Pampas Turning Tropical By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:35:00 -0500 Average temperatures in the city have rose 1.8˚C, minimal temperatures went up 2.7˚C, and rainfall has increased 20% in the past 50 years. Full Article Science
ert Grand theater in Buenos Aires is converted into bookstore By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:53:28 -0400 You don't get an experience like this online. Full Article Design
ert Did climate change cause the Alberta flooding? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:10:06 -0400 Nobody can say for certain. But that doesn't mean that the Conservative politicians have to deny it. Full Article Science
ert An unstoppable oil leak is flowing in Alberta By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:32:31 -0400 For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow. Full Article Energy
ert Tar Sands Spill in Alberta: "This Is Not Natural -- It's Got Nothing to Do With Nature" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:31:23 -0400 Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly." Full Article Energy
ert In "Canada's Texas": after 44 years, Alberta's Conservative government falls, "Socialist" NDP wins majority By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2015 09:19:34 -0400 This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some big changes in the oil sands and pipeline debates. Full Article Business
ert Now Alberta is phasing out coal too By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:50:41 -0500 Canada's Texas appears to be going green. And environmentalists and oil companies alike are celebrating. Full Article Energy
ert Finland's famous baby boxes are coming to Alberta By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 07:38:08 -0500 The province hopes to reinforce child and family wellbeing by providing basic supplies up front, as well as long term mentoring. Full Article Living
ert Discover Waterton Lakes National Park, jewel of the Rockies By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:58:00 -0400 This stunning park isn't as famous as Banff and Jasper, but it has every reason to be. Full Article Living
ert Someone should have told that rock that, in Alberta, safety is a shared responsibility By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:54:39 -0500 Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact. Full Article Transportation
ert Soon they will be shipping oil from the Alberta oil sands in little plastic tubs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:48:07 -0500 Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end? Full Article Energy
ert Emma Watson Plays it Again with Alberta Ferretti's Organic Line By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:09:53 -0400 She gets around, little Miss Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. First she was the face of super trendy and super expensive Burberry. Then she launched her own line for People Tree. Full Article Living
ert Ask the Experts: Why Don't We Hear About Organic Cotton Like We Used To? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:55:00 -0400 A few years ago organic cotton and other eco-friendly textiles were getting all the headlines, but not so much now. Why is that? Scott Mackinlay Hahn answers. Full Article Living
ert Vertical farm by Rogers Stirk Harbour wins Sustainability Award By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:59:36 -0400 If a vertical farm fantasy is the best unbuilt project in the UK, then sustainable design is in worse trouble than I thought. Full Article Design
ert In New York, New LEED-Certified Hotel Opens with Free Bike Sharing and EV Charging Stations (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:51:56 -0400 While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way. Full Article Design
ert 6 big-batch breakfasts for holiday entertaining By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500 House full of guests? These recipes will make your mornings go much smoother. Full Article Living
ert 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
ert Help End Energy Poverty, Take the Power the World Pledge By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400 Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty. Full Article Energy
ert How We Can End Energy Poverty & Bring Sustainable Energy to All By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400 Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change. Full Article Energy
ert 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
ert 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
ert Experts say dilbit could have caused Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:48:53 -0400 According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline. Full Article Energy
ert 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
ert The CarretOn will deliver electricity to Puerto Ricans without power By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:14:39 -0400 In our dystopian future we might all be buying power by the watt-hour from a cart in the market. Full Article Energy
ert A solar-powered greenhouse in a waterless desert, and a 100% autonomous bus By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:02:55 -0500 The latest episode of Fully Charged appears to come to us from the future. Or, maybe just Australia... Full Article Energy
ert Iowa State Spiderman Discovers Super Heat Conducting Properties of Spider Silk By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:15:00 -0500 When an Iowa State professor of mechanical engineering followed his hunch about spider webs, it paid off: he proved biological materials can rival metals in conducting heat. Full Article Technology
ert Stackt, an instant shipping container shopping and entertainment spot, is built in Toronto By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:18:50 -0400 Sometimes shipping container architecture makes perfect sense. Full Article Design
ert "Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:34:34 -0500 Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons for the Full Article Business
ert Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't Cradle-to-Cradle Design Caught On Yet? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:45:00 -0400 It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers. Full Article Design
ert RIP Roger Taillibert, architect of the Big O By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:45:01 -0400 People have complained about his building since they started pouring the concrete. Full Article Design
ert New forest research project works to conserve caribou in western Alberta By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:16:19 -0400 Woodland caribou are an iconic but threatened species throughout Canada. They’re natural prey to bears and wolves, who can gain easier access to Caribou habitat through forest roads, pipelines, and other human disturbances. Full Article Business
ert Forest sustainability by the acre: 300M+ certified to SFI By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:19:33 -0400 More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard. Full Article Business
ert What does Rainforest Alliance certification mean for palm oil? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:00:00 -0400 We all know the palm oil industry has a horrible reputation for deforestation. The Rainforest Alliance, however, believes that change can happen from within and that sustainable palm oil production is attainable. Full Article Business
ert Modern 226 sq. ft. micro-home is hidden in converted garage By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:22:08 -0400 A derelict garage is transformed into a compact, minimalist living space. Full Article Design
ert Spacious Fox Sparrow tiny house is great for entertaining friends (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:48:17 -0400 Thanks to some careful, clever details, this 24-foot-long tiny house feels big, bright and open. Full Article Design
ert Lost Property clothing library is a brilliant solution to wasteful fashion By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:24:00 -0400 A collective wardrobe spares resources, reduces clutter, and provides a steady stream of fabulous outfits. It's win-win all around. Full Article Living
ert Do you know any anti-oil sands treehugger types? Let the Alberta snitch line know! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:01:20 -0400 Even Amnesty International is weighing in about the way the Alberta government is going after environmentalists. Full Article Energy
ert Grain silo converted into solar-powered home for father & daughter (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:07:01 -0500 Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity. Full Article Design
ert Mushrooms Could Drastically Cut Fertilizer Use in Agriculture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:39:02 -0400 Yesterday Mike reported on the use of mushrooms to break down disposable diapers, and the day before I posted a video of how mushrooms can clean up pollution, kill pests and recycle Full Article Living
ert World's largest vertical garden hosts 115,000 plants to create "living building" (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:14:06 -0400 This vertical garden on a residential high-rise in Bogotá reuses greywater from its residents and helps to clean the air. Full Article Design