ui Undulating Squid Worm Discovered in Vulnerable Depths By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:31:55 -0500 There is something mesmerizing about this clip of a squid worm, also named teuthidodrilus samae by researchers after it was 'discovered' recently in the depths of the Celebes Sea between Indonesian and the Philippines. Full Article Science
ui $1 fire extinguisher fits in a pocket, can be life saving (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:56:36 -0400 The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones. Full Article Technology
ui First 3D printed hotel suite built in the Phillipines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:37:45 -0400 It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub Full Article Design
ui 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
ui 49 Animals Killed After Suicidal Owner Released Them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:49:39 -0400 For more than twelve tense hours, heavily armed police officers near Zanesville, Ohio scoured the region for big cats, bears, and other exotic animals set loose from a local wildlife farm -- ultimately killing nearly 50 of the 56 Full Article Science
ui The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:00:54 -0400 Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways. Full Article Science
ui Interface Studio Builds Modular Student Residence By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:16:30 -0500 Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate Full Article Design
ui Postgreen Homes Builds Gutsy Modern Townhouses in Philadelphia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:47:00 -0400 Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design Full Article Design
ui ISA builds a tiny tower in Philadelphia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:33:03 -0500 A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots. Full Article Design
ui 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
ui Park Avenue Green is the largest Passive House building in North America By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:26:15 -0500 But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way? Full Article Design
ui Nomadic home prototype built out of a shipping container (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:57:45 -0500 A contemporary design for an earthquake-resistant, modular home. Full Article Design
ui Co-working offices are built out of shipping containers inside old bakery By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:50:20 -0500 This is shipping container architecture that makes sense. Full Article Design
ui Konbuild shipping container homes break out of the box By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:10:56 -0400 This kind of shipping container housing makes sense Full Article Design
ui 150-year-old wood used to build Riverwood Acoustics' sound system of tomorrow By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:53:38 -0500 Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone. Full Article Design
ui Peru's Oil Exploration Violates UN Guidelines on Uncontacted Tribes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:53:00 -0400 Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe. Full Article Business
ui Quinoa, Commodities, and the Gentrification of the Food System By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:28:00 -0500 Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated. Full Article Business
ui Top 12 pesticide-contaminated fruits and vegetables By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 20:05:00 -0500 And the 15 cleanest, according to the annual ranking from Environmental Working Group. Full Article Living
ui Which virus-bearing mosquitoes live near you? Check these maps By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:27:32 -0400 The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where. Full Article Living
ui CDC lists oil of lemon eucalyptus as comparable to DEET for mosquitoes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:02:07 -0400 Even the CDC recommends this botanical ingredient as comparable to DEET for repelling disease-carrying insects. Full Article Living
ui Top 12 pesticide-contaminated fruits and vegetables By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0400 And the top 15 that are least toxic. Full Article Living
ui Grand staircase being built in Rotterdam By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:00:56 -0400 And when you get to the top of this, you deserve a treat. Full Article Design
ui Boxy building minimizes surface, maximizes air and stairs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:00:00 -0400 Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use. Full Article Design
ui Retractible stairs make buildings accessible just like magic By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2018 10:53:51 -0400 This is a big problem in old buildings: providing universal access without ruining the look of the building. Full Article Design
ui A field guide to full moons By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:51:39 -0500 From supermoons and blood moons to black moons and blue moons, here’s a cheat sheet to the full moon in all of her luminous guises. Full Article Science
ui Build a Micro-Hydropower Generator from CDs and Repurposed Printer Parts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:07:00 -0400 Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again. Full Article Technology
ui Mobile Fruit Stands Fight Unemployment and Food Deserts in Chicago By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most Full Article Living
ui Students Build Bike-Powered Charging Station from Scratch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:25:12 -0500 Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets. Full Article Technology
ui Woman builds Hawaii tiny off-grid vacation home for $11,000 (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:00:00 -0500 Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii. Full Article Design
ui LifeEdited: Maui: An introduction By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:39:53 -0400 Help Treehugger founder Graham Hill design his compact, off grid, energy positive compound in Maui. Full Article Design
ui Graham Hill and LifeEdited go off-grid in Maui By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:08:39 -0400 Since before he started TreeHugger, Graham Hill has delivered the same message: sustainability can be beautiful and fun. Full Article Design
ui What the heck is a Net Zero Energy Building? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:50:58 -0400 I'm not quite sure, and the more I look, the more confused I get. Full Article Design
ui 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
ui Turn your car into your office with a Skype-equipped BMW By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:39:29 -0400 This truly is just what we needed. Full Article Transportation
ui Don't bother with cruise ships By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:52:00 -0400 The 2019 Cruise Ship Report Card reveals what a dirty, harmful industry cruising is. Full Article Living
ui 'There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather' is a Scandinavian mom's guide to raising kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:10:00 -0500 Written by one of my favorite bloggers, this new book will inspire and guide readers to instill a love for nature in their children. Full Article Living
ui Should the Glasgow School of Art be rebuilt? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:12:18 -0400 This is not a new debate, and raises all kinds of questions. Full Article Design
ui Quirky off-grid treehouse rises up in Scottish eco-retreat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:42:40 -0500 This one-of-a-kind treehouse is elevated above the ground to minimize its environmental impact. Full Article Design
ui How to build a solar-powered bike (lots of photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:30:00 -0400 These pictures from the Sun Trip 2018 race prove the only limit is imagination. Congratulations to Sun Trip race winner Raf van Hulle (tech spec of his bike below). Full Article Transportation
ui How to build a solar powered e-bike charging shed in sunny Eugene, Oregon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:18:16 -0400 Kent Peterson does it with off-the-self stuff, but it should be easier than this. Full Article Energy
ui Why did people build houses "that just leak heat out"? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:28:47 -0400 They really didn't have a choice, and they insulated their bodies, not their houses. Full Article Design
ui Peak wood? Or paranoia? Report claims wood pellet heating ruins forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:00:00 -0400 Report accuses wood burners of being naively careless when they should be worried Full Article Energy
ui 2 rallying cries for a green building revolution: Reduce Demand! and Electrify Everything! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:03:59 -0400 Previously titled "4 reasons why heat pumps are not going to save the planet" which was mean to heat pumps. Full Article Technology
ui Fiji Water Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Greenwashing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:09:02 -0500 Fiji, probably the least favorite in an already disliked industry, is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the company has profited from greenwashing. Specifically, from greenwashing claims that its products are Full Article Business
ui Stylish apartments built from stonecutting town's wasted material (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400 Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry. Full Article Design
ui 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
ui How environmentalists got one firm to quit deforestation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:15:00 -0400 Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations. Full Article Business
ui Greenpeace protests Shell's Arctic drilling with bear suits and break-in By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:54:00 -0400 Polar bears re-brand a Shell refinery in Denmark. Full Article Business
ui Greenwash Action fights back against the attacks on LEED green building certification By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:34:45 -0400 It's about time that someone did, too. Full Article Design
ui Greenpeace releases the Canned Tuna Shopping Guide for 2015 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:00:00 -0400 Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet. Full Article Living