gh Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:14:39 -0500 Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets. Full Article Business
gh Witches are hexing Brett Kavanaugh By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:58:19 -0400 Witches are holding events to publically curse the guy. Full Article Business
gh Cold-climate tiny house built for mother and daughter (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:16:01 -0400 This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two. Full Article Design
gh San Francisco Solar Map Lets You Spy on Your Neighbor By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0400 This cool, interactive solar map put out by the San Francisco Department of the Environment lets you identify exactly where and how many solar panels are on houses in San Fran. Even better than that, the site has a search Full Article Technology
gh Stingaree Nightclub Brings the Green to Partygoers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:20:00 -0500 Image via: Flickr Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March. Each week a new, local, green group will host a green event at the club, bringing green fashion, sustainable energy and Full Article Business
gh Cough syrup doesn’t work; these remedies do By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:14:25 -0500 We spend billions of dollars on over-the-counter cough medicine, but numerous studies find it’s not effective. Try these tips instead. Full Article Living
gh Study lights up anti-vaxxers' Twitter habits By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:00:00 -0400 Pinpointing the sources of myths that threaten the health of children could help get the truth out to where it is needed Full Article Living
gh This high-tech, grow-it-yourself medical cannabis kit is as easy as using an app By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:13:26 -0400 Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market. Full Article Living
gh 16th-century text shows ginkgo seeds can fight skin infections By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 14:12:49 -0400 Inspired by a centuries-old text on traditional Chinese medicine, a young researcher has found that seeds from the gingko tree could prove helpful for acne, psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema. Full Article Living
gh New Zealand river has the rights of personhood By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:04:19 -0400 Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person. Full Article Business
gh See what environmental problem Robert Redford and Will Ferrell are fighting about By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:14:45 -0400 This fake fight has a good cause. Full Article Science
gh Highest ever levels of microplastic found in English river By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:55:08 -0400 The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution. Full Article Science
gh Volvo's 360c is a rethink of how autonomous vehicles might be used By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:27:52 -0400 They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves. Full Article Transportation
gh Self-driving car gets stuck in the slough of despond By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:48:44 -0400 In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism. Full Article Transportation
gh Use the Toilet, Produce Biofuels! High-Yield Cellulosic Ethanol From Sewage System Debuted By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:30:00 -0400 It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they Full Article Energy
gh The Koch Brothers Are Right: Ethanol Subsidies Should Go By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:56:00 -0400 Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized Full Article Business
gh Indonesia's Tin Mines are a Health Nightmare By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:30:00 -0500 This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them. Full Article Technology
gh 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
gh The smart home may not be a thing, but the smart kitchen might be By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:03:18 -0400 Here's one room in the house that might benefit from a bit more tech. Full Article Design
gh 89-year-old Michigan Beekeeper May Lose his Hives After Neighbor Complaints By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Beekeeper, and World War II veteran, is at risk of losing his beehives he's had since the 1950s. Full Article Living
gh See-through solar cells could close gap to meet electricity demand By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:00:00 -0400 This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets Full Article Energy
gh 6 grasses for low-maintenance drought-resistant lawns By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:11:07 -0400 For all those of you who insist on green lawns, for your kids to play on or your dogs to roll in, you still don't have to lay down a carpet of thirsty bluegrass, which 95% of American lawns Full Article Science
gh Van Gogh Painting is a Vertical Green Wall By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:02:33 -0400 It's the first living painting in London's Trafalgar Square, and maybe the first anywhere. A Van Gogh picture has been turned into a green living vertical wall. Full Article Living
gh The Thoroughly Positive Effects of Positivity & Why Environmentalism Could Use More Of It By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:17:00 -0400 There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara Full Article Living
gh Turn out the lights at noon for Daylight Hour By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:08:05 -0400 Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long. Full Article Energy
gh Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 06:53:29 -0400 It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew? Full Article Energy
gh If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:05:31 -0500 Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again. Full Article Science
gh Big tech companies join fight for clean power standards By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:13:16 -0400 Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition. Full Article Business
gh Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:56:10 -0400 The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial. Full Article Design
gh Montreal's impressive food recovery program will expand throughout Quebec By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:00:00 -0400 A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded. Full Article Living
gh Do bike lanes cause air pollution? Nope. In fact, they can fight climate change. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:57:46 -0400 A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less. Full Article Transportation
gh Ikea deliveries now 100% electric in Shanghai By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:06:30 -0500 Well, that happened fast. Full Article Transportation
gh Electrification is not enough: Decarbonizing transport requires a systems approach By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:56:48 -0400 Lloyd Alter would be so proud. Full Article Transportation
gh Why electric cars won't save us: There are not enough resources to build them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:39:33 -0400 British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper. Full Article Transportation
gh USDA Fighting Obesity With One Hand, Promoting High-Fat Cheese With The Other By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:20:29 -0500 All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps Full Article Living
gh “Bag It” and Join the “Food Fight” -- Book Your Screening Now By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0500 Attend your own green film fest at home with filmmakers' live Q&A Full Article Living
gh 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
gh Lighting facts: Did you know that 70% of lightbulbs in the U.S. are still inefficient models? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 13:24:41 -0500 If every home in the U.S. switched just one inefficient light for an Energy Star one, that would be equivalent to taking 800,000 vehicles off the road in term of greenhouse gas emissions Full Article Energy
gh Clever technical breakthrough could make LEDs as inexpensive as incandescents By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:41:42 -0400 It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each... Full Article Technology
gh Climate Change Activists Are Terrorists! At Least That's What the Maryland State Police Thought By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:13:18 -0400 I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under Full Article Living
gh Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Given Green Light By Reviewers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:42:00 -0400 Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020. Full Article Business
gh Tesla wins battle to sell its electric cars in Maryland, but more fights are coming... By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2015 16:10:46 -0400 Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing? Full Article Transportation
gh Peterborough canoe museum to have gorgeous green roof By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:58:13 -0500 Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection Full Article Design
gh 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
gh Yellow brightens up this apartment's multifunctional walls By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:53:33 -0500 Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden. Full Article Design
gh Bright apartment renovation modernizes a 1920s attic By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:00:44 -0500 This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home. Full Article Design
gh Ellis Passivhaus laughed at Chicago's Polar Vortex By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:12:39 -0400 Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy. Full Article Design
gh Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor benefits everyone By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0400 It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods. Full Article Living
gh Haiti's Rebuild May Be Biochar's Big Breakthough By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:48 -0500 Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has Full Article Technology
gh Bright Ideas in Earthquake-Safe, Ecofriendly Building By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:15:00 -0400 Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any, Full Article Design