plant Perfect Plant? 7 Great Uses For Industrial Hemp By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:04:20 -0400 Not to overly play into the stereotype of the TreeHugger moniker, but today is 4/20 so a quick review of all the great uses for industrial hemp--you Full Article Business
plant This man is cloning old-growth redwoods and planting them in safe places (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:38:21 -0500 David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and largest living things; he may be saving the planet along the way. Full Article Science
plant Wearable Planters Turn Live Plants into Jewelry By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Portable tiny gardens set in gem-like planters give new life to the concept of jewelry. Full Article Living
plant Petit Beast: Hanging air plant sculptures look like graceful jellyfish By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:31:13 -0500 Combining low-maintenance air plants with reused sea urchin shells, these unique creations look very much like mysterious jellyfish. Full Article Design
plant These 4D printed aquatic plants create an immersive organic experience (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:52:16 -0400 This industrial designer's 3D/4D printed, life-like forms ask the question of whether we can design and engineer "intelligent" plants that can adapt to environmental changes. Full Article Living
plant Transition Town to Plant 60,000 Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:50:20 -0500 A community group plans massive tree planting effort to reforest one of Europe's least wooded areas. Full Article Living
plant Australia will be home to world's largest single-tower solar thermal power plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:27:20 -0400 The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power. Full Article Energy
plant This concentrated solar power plant is totally tubular & easily transported By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:44:12 -0400 The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film. Full Article Technology
plant Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:56:24 -0500 As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs. Full Article Business
plant Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400 The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues. Full Article Living
plant Students in the Philippines must plant 10 trees to graduate By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0400 A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship. Full Article Living
plant Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of Full Article Business
plant Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:52:47 -0500 Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half Full Article Transportation
plant Midwest Coal Plants to Shut Down Sooner Than Expected: One Step Closer to a Clean Energy Future? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:17:28 -0500 10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected. Full Article Energy
plant Ontario government cancels program to plant 50 million trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:10:41 -0400 Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores? Full Article Science
plant Protecting plants by deterrents instead of killing insects By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:00:00 -0400 "It's not just about the bees, it's about the survival of humanity" Full Article Science
plant Man powers his home from local stream with DIY micro-hydro plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:35:44 -0500 A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile. Full Article Energy
plant Mini-sized hydropower plant charges your devices on the go By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:00:00 -0400 For backpackers wanting something other than solar power. Full Article Technology
plant Ear Implant Powered by the Ear's "Natural Battery" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:37:53 -0500 Researchers have developed a chip that can run off the low voltage deep within the inner ear. Full Article Technology
plant Hawaii flips switch on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant, harvesting clean energy from the sea By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:21:10 -0400 It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean. Full Article Energy
plant Sorry, Trump. US coal plant retirements second highest ever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:12:31 -0500 2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal. Full Article Energy
plant France plants first solar eTree in midst of heat wave By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400 With temperatures soaring even before the calendar turns to June, the shade of the solar tree will be as welcome as its many functions Full Article Science
plant Turning household waste into hot water, new tech is a micro power plant for homes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:35:28 -0500 The bin-sized device would turn household waste into fuel for heating hot water. Full Article Technology
plant Flat-packed planters, firepits, portable BBQs, and tables require no tools for assembly By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:03:12 -0400 In stark contrast to other flat-pack furniture designs, Groovebox is meant to be as simple to put together as possible, with no fasteners, tools, or mammoth assembly instructions needed. Full Article Living
plant 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
plant The Apple Engineer Who Quit His Job to Propagate Plants (Interview) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0500 Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants? Full Article Living
plant All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:30:00 -0400 Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden. Full Article Design
plant Photo: Caterpillar impersonates plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Our photo of the day illustrates the whimsical world of camouflage. Full Article Science
plant Bhutan residents celebrate royal birth by planting 108,000 trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:00:00 -0400 The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting. Full Article Science
plant Indian state aims to plant record-breaking 50 million trees in one day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:55:26 -0400 Uttar Pradesh is going to be looking a lot greener after a marathon 24-hour tree-planting frenzy. Full Article Business
plant India to halt all coal plant construction by 2022 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:59:04 -0500 That's way sooner than almost anyone expected. Full Article Business
plant Plant-derived food additive touted as replacement for overuse of antibiotics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:30:00 -0400 Is this carrot-based animal feed additive something worth crowing about? Full Article Science
plant White Castle becomes first fast food chain to serve plant-based Impossible Burger By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:37:26 -0400 The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days. Full Article Living
plant So, what does White Castle's plant-based 'Impossible Slider' taste like? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 May 2018 06:08:08 -0400 A few intrepid film makers went to check it out. Their responses were not exactly uniform. Full Article Living
plant Priest in Brazil Replaces Prayer With Tree-Planting By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:38:22 -0400 Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back Full Article Living
plant Tiny solar cells placed under the skin could power pacemakers and other implants By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:41:27 -0500 A typical pacemaker could be powered by solar cells as small as 3.6 square centimeters, which could be implanted under the skin, thereby avoiding the need for periodic battery replacements. Full Article Technology
plant First Iowa Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Gets $105m Loan Guarantee From DoE By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0400 If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of Full Article Energy
plant Detecting Plant Diseases? There's an App for that By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0500 The Gene-Z app works with Apple and Android and can detect plant diseases in 10-30 minutes. Full Article Technology
plant Sustainable Sole, Eggplant with Chili and Spring Onions and Heavy Turf By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:00 -0400 :: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes. Full Article TreeHugger Exclusives
plant How to Use Plantings to Protect Your Garden From Thieves By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves. Full Article Living
plant 108,000 Trees Planted at Buddha's Birthplace in Nepal By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:06:00 -0400 Some nice symbolism here... WWF-Nepal reports that it has just completed its target for 2011 of planted 108,000 trees in the Sacred Garden of Lumbini, where the Buddha was born roughly 2,500 years ago. Over the next ten years the Full Article Living
plant Google to transform carcass of Alabama coal power plant into clean-powered datacenter By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:59:50 -0400 Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure. Full Article Technology
plant 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
plant Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed Has Planted 13,849 Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:52:10 -0400 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 Full Article Living
plant 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
plant 42% of global coal plants are losing money By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:31:20 -0500 New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030. Full Article Energy
plant What happens when plant-based 'meat' is cheaper than the real thing? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 06:18:45 -0500 Pioneers are already making inroads into the market. But once economies of scale kick in... Full Article Living
plant Trend Watch: "Green Wrap" Virus Spreading As Major Bank Turns Plant Wall Into Billboard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:57 -0400 PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an Full Article Design
plant Cambodia's First Ethanol Plant Will Use One-Fifth of Nation's Cassava Crop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:55:00 -0500 Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the Full Article Energy
plant New "Corpse Plant" Species Discovered in Former Khmer Rouge Territory By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:11 -0500 Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse Full Article Science