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The Apple Engineer Who Quit His Job to Propagate Plants (Interview)

Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants?




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Let's stop calling the new headquarters for Apple, Facebook and Google "Green": Look at the parking ratios

You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.




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Apple kills the headphone jack on the iPhone. Good idea or planned obsolescence?

There are a lot of good reasons to get rid of that old plug.




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Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed Has Planted 13,849 Trees

Chances are that you've never heard of Gene DeSantis, but his story seems one destined for legend. In fact, he's already being likened to a modern-day Johnny Appleseed. For almost three decades, DeSantis has made it his mission




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Recipe of the Week: It's still October. Bake an Apple Pie!

I was reading an apple pie recipe by Food Network chef Michael Smith in my newspaper the other day. I've made a few of Smith's recipes before and I've liked them. The recipe for the crust intrigued me because




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A Picture is Worth...Homemade Applesauce

Yum...there's nothing like homemade applesauce. It always tastes better when you've made it yourself. Our question is: How many food miles will this DIY job add?




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Prince Charles Saves Britain's Apples

We have applauded Prince Charles before for his willingness to spend massive amounts of money on green causes. And now HRH has done it again. He has purchased 1,000 of the rarest British apple varieties. So have Geoffrey Anderton, who owns Lochnaw




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Scientists Develop Rot-Proof Apple that Stays Fresh for 4 Months

Photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar via Flickr/Creative Commonsdigg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-develop-rot-proof-apple-stays-fresh-four-months.php';Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot




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The Week in Pictures: Rot-Proof Apple, Surprises at GreenBuild, Bacteria Lights Up Landmines, and More

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and




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New York Subway Train Filled With Apples Is Emptied Onto Platform, Illustrates Food Waste (Video)

Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that looks like? Here's an unforgettable way to imagine it - fill up a subway train with the equivalent amount of apples, and release it onto the




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NYC Has Been Buzzing With Apples And Honey

Honeybee Baby and Mom at the Honey Festival Photo By Bonnie Hulkower With Rosh Hashana just a few days ago, I am still remembering the taste of honey drenched apples and challah. There have been plenty of apples and honeys all over NYC in the past




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Putting The Native Apple Back In The Big Apple

Schoolchildren plant a forgotten apple tree in New York.




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New York Will Attempt 'Apple-Crunching Record' to Celebrate Food Day

Lots of great Food Day events across the country, but New York's will be particularly tasty and loud.




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Art Photo of the Day: Jessica Rath Uses Sculpture to Highlight Hybrid and Endangered Apples

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.




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How to properly eat an apple, core and all (Video)

No one loves an apple more than a schoolteacher, but even they could learn a thing or two about the best way to eat it.




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20 unexpected ways to use apples

From the craft room to the bathroom to the kitchen, the humble apple has many more application than just sauce and pie.




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Grower hopes non-browning apple slices change shoppers' minds about GMOs

Supporters think the Arctic Apple will be a game changer - the first GMO to be marketed directly to consumers as convenience food.




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The President of Iceland is right: Ban pineapple pizza.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.




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Southern US Apple Growers Lose 2010 Crop Due to High Temperatures

I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative




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You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.




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Don't throw apple cores out the car window

They can dilute the wild varieties, threatening their existence.




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Latest drone view of Apple HQ shows a building as shiny as a new iPhone

Things are moving quickly; Apple employees might get updated offices before Mac users get updated computers.




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Latest drone videos of Apple parking garage shows landscaping being installed

Oh, and the donut building on top is coming along nicely too.




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Apple AirPods get a big fat easter egg for repairability from iFixit

Shorter post: They are " essentially, disposable. "




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Apple, Google, Facebook lead in clean energy and policies says latest Greenpeace report

But Amazon has some work to do.




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Apple's new product launch: Introducing Apple Park

I have complained about this building forever, but will admit that Norman Foster has designed a masterpiece.




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How green is Apple? A look at their Environmental Responsibility Report

It’s not perfect, but it is pretty impressive.




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Apple makes it tougher to text and drive

A new "do not disturb while driving" feature is coming with the next OS update. Will people use it?




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Apple Park is almost complete; it is still beautiful and still wrong

It is a jewel in suburban isolation.




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Apple employees are "in revolt" over open offices. Really?

They may be giving up four walls, but they are getting a lot in return.




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Is wireless charging the most important thing announced by Apple?

Our never-ending search for convenience comes at a cost.




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That's not a roof on the Chicago Apple store; it is the poster child for unsustainable design

It is a giant electric radiator that they forgot to turn on due to a software failure.




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Apple needs to do more to protect children, investors say

Up until now, Apple has offered no guidelines for using its devices responsibly. Investors want this to change.




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Apple employees keep walking into those gorgeous glass walls at Apple Park

C'mon guys, look where you are going. This is an Apple product and you are clearly using it wrong.




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Apple facilities now run 100% renewable world-wide

They are pushing their suppliers to go green too.




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This could be the last drone video flyover of Apple Park

Videographer Duncan Sinfield says "it's only a matter of time until the campus becomes shut-off to drones completely."




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With a push from Apple, a "revolutionary" process removes CO2 from aluminum smelting

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.




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What we learned about Apple Park from the keynote intro

Like Kremlinology in the cold war, you take what you can get.




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The new Apple AirPods 2 get a big fat zero for repairability

iFixit took them apart, but they can't put them together.




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Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground

You may have learned that natural foods decompose in nature; Glacier National Park reminds us why it's a bad idea.




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Pineapple Mojitos and 8 More Surprising Recipes to Make on the Grill

The grill is one underrated machine. If you have never ventured beyond meat-heavy classics like hamburgers and hot dogs or think creativity is a grilled eggplant or two, now's the time.




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Bahama Breeze Kicks off Viva la 'Rita and Margarita Mondays on National Margarita Day - Grilled Pineapple Margarita

Featuring one of our new sweet and tangy margaritas, the Grilled Pineapple Margarita is a mix of grilled pineapple, tequila and Falernum syrup. Learn how to make your own!




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Bahama Breeze Kicks off Viva la 'Rita and Margarita Mondays on National Margarita Day - Grilled Pineapple Margarita

Featuring one of our new sweet and tangy margaritas, the Grilled Pineapple Margarita is a mix of grilled pineapple, tequila and Falernum syrup. Learn how to make your own!





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Charles Schwab to offer investors fractional trades of S&P 500 companies including Amazon and Apple

With Schwab Stock Slices, investors will be able to trade fractional shares of any S&P 500 company, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, Facebook and Netflix, starting at $5 each.




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Apple is reportedly starting to build some of its AirPods in Vietnam

About 30% of the company's classic AirPods will be produced in Vietnam rather than China, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.




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Traders grapple to find the bottom as Dow enters bear market territory with S&P 500 not far behind

The S&P 500 is in bear market territory but it's difficult to predict a market bottom. Typical metrics do not apply in this very unusual situation.




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Apple now has $192.8 billion in cash on hand, down from last quarter

Apple has continuously hosted one of the largest cash piles among U.S. companies, but is facing pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Apple reports flat revenue and does not offer guidance because of coronavirus uncertainty

Apple did not issue guidance for the quarter ending in June, as it usually does. The company withdrew guidance for its second-quarter in February as the Covid-19 coronavirus spread in China.




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Google Wallet and Apple Pay race for second place

Apple has ventured into the market for mobile payments with Apple Pay, but Google's latest deal with wireless carriers could give it more of an edge.