lit Irish Anti-littering PSA Tackles the Problem with Humor (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else! Full Article Living
lit Ireland may make high visibility clothing mandatory for cyclists, pedestrians and dog-walkers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:40:32 -0500 People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing." Full Article Design
lit News Corporation Announces New Sustainability Targets for 2015 and Beyond By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:07:55 -0500 News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral. Full Article Business
lit Bloomberg News Launches Sustainability Section By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:41:17 -0500 The goal is to uncover what businesses are doing, or what they need to be doing, to thrive as global competition intensifies for strategic resources. Full Article Business
lit A bike parking facility in Tilburg is even more beautiful than their bus station By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 May 2019 08:48:10 -0400 It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars. Full Article Transportation
lit Personal electric mobility is taking over Paris By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:51:32 -0400 Instead of banning these technologies, we have to figure out how to manage them. Because they are inevitable. Full Article Transportation
lit 4 foes of frugality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Look out for these things if you want to save money and consume less. Full Article Living
lit Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:47:41 -0500 Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have Full Article Technology
lit Our urban problems aren't caused by restrictions on density, but by inequality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:43:07 -0400 We have gone beyond gentrification and are now talking about Pikketyfication, aristocratization and plutocratification. Full Article Design
lit 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
lit Ontario Conservative politicians running from carbon taxes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:28:43 -0500 Going green is going too far in the Province of Ontario Full Article Business
lit Everywhere you look, the urban-rural divide is changing politics and stopping climate action By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:52:40 -0400 Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change. Full Article Business
lit Montalba Architects' Bex & Arts pavilion is an evocative little box By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 May 2019 16:15:33 -0400 This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof. Full Article Design
lit Cell phones charged by sound are now closer to becoming a reality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:56:32 -0400 Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users. Full Article Technology
lit Tiny entangled seahorse rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the sea By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:55:36 -0400 Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around. Full Article Science
lit Sawmill House by Olson Kundig wins COTE award for "design and sustainability" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 May 2018 10:34:39 -0400 I get the design part, but is it really sustainable? Full Article Design
lit Greenpeace tech product guide ranks Apple, Samsung low on repairability By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:13:35 -0400 A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't. Full Article Technology
lit Make little museums part of your next car trip By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 09:39:05 -0400 There are everywhere, they are fun, and there is so much to learn from them. Full Article Living
lit URIDU fights poverty & empowers rural illiterate women with solar powered MP3 players By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:05:48 -0400 The MP3ForLife device is loaded with 400+ answers to common questions about health, nutrition, family planning, and more, translated into more than 100 languages. Full Article Technology
lit This solar hydropanel can pull 10 liters of drinking water per day out of the air By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:04:12 -0500 SOURCE is a solar-powered and self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air. Full Article Technology
lit Anti-Littering Campaigns: An Idea Whose Time Has (More Than) Come in Turkey and Iran By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0400 In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the Full Article Business
lit Gorgeous little flatpack cabin in the woods is made from cross-laminated timber By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:23:01 -0500 Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes. Full Article Design
lit There are toxic 'little monsters' lurking in your children's new clothes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:00:00 -0500 Join the DETOX campaign to pressure the fashion industry to stop exposing our kids to hazardous chemicals and contaminating waterways. Full Article Living
lit A Note to Mayor de Blasio: Don’t forget the environment as a cause of inequality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:24:26 -0500 Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on. Full Article Business
lit RIP Nano, the little car that couldn’t By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:42:57 -0400 Tata kills the world’s cheapest car that nobody wanted. Full Article Transportation
lit Plastic bottles are the most common litter in European waterways By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:00:00 -0400 A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers. Full Article Science
lit It's not just self-driving cars, it is a whole New Mobility Now By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:21:06 -0500 A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around. Full Article Design
lit Do you eat for health or environmental sustainability? The Double Pyramid says you can do both By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:00:00 -0500 The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value. Full Article Living
lit Interactive exhibit tells a sustainability story through the lens of contemporary art By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 15:34:57 -0400 Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations. Full Article Living
lit Why sustainability photography needs to change By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:31:50 -0500 This could be why so many people ignore global warming. Full Article Science
lit Should cities be allowed to ban Little Free Libraries? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:52:43 -0500 There are reasonable limits on what people can do on their properties. But this goes too far. Full Article Living
lit The iPhone is greener, but that's not the big sustainability story By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:40:52 -0400 The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal. Full Article Design
lit A Responsibility To Defend A Fragile & Glorious World: Judaism & The Environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:50:00 -0400 "A Jewish ecology is 'not Full Article Living
lit CA approves utilities' massive $738 million electric vehicle proposal By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:19:37 -0400 This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too. Full Article Transportation
lit California utility offers rebates and incentives for going all-electric By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:20:54 -0400 SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas. Full Article Energy
lit California utilities will pay you to drive electric By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:43:34 -0500 And why not? Full Article Transportation
lit The awful reality of e-waste as told in numbers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0400 From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering. Full Article Technology
lit Bird's head of sustainability on the future of micromobility By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:36:10 -0500 Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets. Full Article Transportation
lit Rethinking The Food Label To "Inspire Food Literacy" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:12:43 -0400 The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's News21 program and Good Magazine have shortlisted the three finalists in a competition to design a better food label. They "asked for designs that were informative, instructive and Full Article Living
lit Energy Star Finally Starts Thinking About Health, Durability and House Size By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:11:52 -0400 One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality Full Article Design
lit Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:09:12 -0500 Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the Full Article Business
lit Maryland Politicians Chicken Out on Arsenic Ban By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:25:26 -0400 Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists. Full Article Living
lit Pioneering green roofed building by Ted Cullinan saved from demolition By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:10:25 -0400 It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy. Full Article Design
lit New hotel in Singapore "combines sustainability with delight." By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:38:42 -0400 A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen. Full Article Design
lit Could this plan force politicians to work together? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:10:34 -0400 This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment. Full Article Business
lit 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
lit Is London moving its carbon neutrality goal forward by 20 years? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:08:59 -0500 A growing number of cities are getting serious about tackling the climate emergency. Full Article Business
lit If we care about sustainability, should we still be building super-tall skyscrapers? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:57:12 -0500 Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother? Full Article Design
lit BMW Shows "Deep Commitment to Sustainability" With Pavilion for London Olympics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:28:49 -0500 One more example of how words can become completely meaningless and even contradictory. Full Article Design
lit Indoor Air Quality: Causes Of, Testing, and Monitoring Indoor Air Pollution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:48:04 -0400 Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold, Full Article Science