ga Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500 Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them Full Article Science
ga Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:49:08 -0400 It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster. Full Article Science
ga 'Naming and shaming' is a powerful tool in the fight against plastic waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Companies will do anything to protect their brand – maybe even redesign packaging. Full Article Science
ga A Christian Perspective on Organic Dairy Farming and Positive Child Labor (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:45:32 -0400 From retiring dairy cows to asking whether Full Article Living
ga Should green homes have gas stoves and wood fireplaces? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:36:56 -0400 One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want. Full Article Design
ga Ontario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560 cars on the road By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:15:04 -0400 Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet. Full Article Energy
ga More Protests in Peru Against U.S.-Owned Gold Mine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:22:00 -0500 The Conga mine, which is majority owned by Newmont Mining Corp, would produce gold as well as copper and silver. Protesters are concerned the mine will contaminate their water and affect a major aquifer. Full Article Business
ga Alternative's spring collection features organic cottons made in Peru By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:23:57 -0500 Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes. Full Article Living
ga An organic diet rapidly reduces pesticide exposure By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:47:00 -0500 When four American families switched to all-organic diets for a week, the results were dramatic. Full Article Living
ga Stair of the week creates a Jenga-like office By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:46:45 -0400 Belgian architects build a tower in a barn. But my, it uses a lot of lumber. Full Article Design
ga Stair of the week stores a ton of art, leads to gorgeous new garret By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:52:50 -0500 Syte Architects insert a mezzanine and a terrific storage stair in existing loft. Full Article Design
ga Stair of the week is a loft bed in Singapore hotel By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:28:29 -0400 Sometimes you wonder what they were thinking. Full Article Design
ga NASA mission reveals beautiful swirling gases on Jupiter (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:40:46 -0500 These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter. Full Article Science
ga 1 Gigawatt Hydro-Wind Power Project Planned in Morocco Will Double Nation's Capacity By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:48:00 -0500 Morocco is making good on it's stated goals of increasing renewable energy development, leading towards 40% of electricity from renewables over the next decade. Full Article Energy
ga Turbine Taps Irrigation Canals for Power By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:48:22 -0400 A new type of hydrokinetic turbine sits within irrigation canals and could power several homes from the flow of water. Full Article Technology
ga Ontario might get a 400MW pumped storage station five times the height of Niagara Falls By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:03:06 -0500 While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use). Full Article Business
ga HydroBee charges your gadgets with hydropower By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:00:00 -0500 Just float the device in a river or stream and soon enough you'll have enough juice to charge a smartphone, GPS or other device. Full Article Technology
ga Ecotricity proposes "green gas mills" at every UK fracking site By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:19:02 -0500 Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide? Full Article Energy
ga Despite Trump, US coal and gas generation down—renewables up By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:30:35 -0400 The war on coal, it seems, may be ongoing, no matter who's in charge in Washington. Full Article Energy
ga UK energy company offering 'poop gas' for heating/cooking By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:32:16 -0400 UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff. Full Article Energy
ga I just switched to "green" gas from Bullfrog Power By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:09:18 -0400 We used to be able to justify burning a bit of fossil gas, but we cannot anymore. Full Article Energy
ga Netherlands to ban natural gas by 2050 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:07:10 -0400 It's part of a much bigger energy transition, and sounds a lot like wishful thinking. Full Article Business
ga The sheer joy (and simplicity) of not buying gas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:49:56 -0500 Drivers of traditional "ICE" cars often underestimate the convenience of going electric. Full Article Transportation
ga Power-generating insole lets you charge your gadgets with your steps By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:26:38 -0400 The removable insole that's now on Kickstarter can fit into almost any kind of shoe. Full Article Technology
ga Teen inventor creates a coffee mug to power your gadgets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:00:00 -0400 The same inventor who brought us the body heat-powered flashlight is at it again. Full Article Technology
ga Remembering Wangari Maathai, Monday November 14th in NYC By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:25:00 -0500 A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14. Full Article Living
ga It’s time to treat illegal wildlife trade like a serious crime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:42:14 -0400 A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife. Full Article Science
ga 3 East African countries unite to fight illegal logging By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:30:00 -0400 Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are banding together to combat unlawful timber products and curb deforestation. Full Article Science
ga Generation gap: wind opens big lead over nuclear in China By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:57:33 -0500 In China, wind power is leaving nuclear behind. Electricity output from China’s wind farms exceeded that from its nuclear plants for the first time in 2012, by a narrow margin. Then in 2013, wind pulled away—outdoing nuclear by 22 percent. Full Article Energy
ga Wind is cheaper than coal, oil and gas, says European Union study By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:10:12 -0400 If your price doesn't reflect the true cost of your product, then there's no such thing as a free market. Full Article Energy
ga Let's Do The Time Warp Again: Monbiot and May vs Lomberg and Lawson By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:25:41 -0500 It is the battle of the M&Ms; vs the L&Ls; the Munk debate in Toronto about the statement "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate international response" with Bjorn Lomberg and Nigel Lawson duking it out Full Article Technology
ga Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:03:55 -0400 No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars. Full Article Transportation
ga Low-Tech Magazine switches to a low-tech, low carbon website By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:07:46 -0400 Blogging like it's 1999 might make sense for a lot of people. Full Article Technology
ga Go ahead and AVA Byte of fresh produce from this countertop garden By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:14:52 -0400 This soil-free smart garden promises fresh greens and veggies that are grown as local as it gets. Full Article Technology
ga Your new indoor garden could be a tree -- a Living Farming Tree, that is By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:48:21 -0400 This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated. Full Article Living
ga Automated hydroponic gardens help you grow fresh produce indoor year-round By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:25:11 -0500 Grow some of your own greens, veggies, and herbs indoors with one of these automated hydroponic growing systems. Full Article Living
ga I.P. Freely - On The Organic Cabbages By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:25:38 -0400 What makes this post great for today Full Article Living
ga Tree Ring Study Heats Up Battle of Climate Change Skeptics Against Scientists By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:15:00 -0400 Can't we all stop fencing for political position and start talking about using the overwhelming amount of data to solve problems? Full Article Science
ga The John Hope Gateway is a pioneer in modern wood construction By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 May 2018 12:04:05 -0400 What a joy to stumble upon this 2009 gem by Cullinan Studio. Full Article Design
ga Glasgow School of Art burns down. Again. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 08:29:42 -0400 Charles Rennie Mackintosh didn't do a lot of buildings, and this was his biggest and best. Full Article Design
ga Deja vu all over again as Voltaic introduces a new generation of solar backpacks By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:11:33 -0400 This is where we started. Full Article Design
ga Mobile solar-plus-storage device could be an entry-level gateway to clean energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:02:55 -0500 The SolPad Mobile device offers a scaled-up solar charging and battery solution for both home and off-grid applications. Full Article Technology
ga This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:23:34 -0500 Another large-sized solar charger and battery system is about to hit the market, as an off-grid solar generator in a briefcase. Full Article Technology
ga Jenni is a gateway device for small-scale solar for apartment & condo dwellers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:45:53 -0400 The Jenni solar charger and battery pack aims to make it easy to begin going solar at home, starting with your portable electronics Full Article Technology
ga Make your own DIY biogas digester By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:31:29 -0500 Clean energy is sometimes touted as space-age technology. Some of the principles, however, can be pretty darned simple. Full Article Energy
ga Hurrah for Sean Hannity! Welcome to the fight against the pod people! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:56:44 -0500 It's a win-win all around as K-cup users on both sides of the political divide find reasons to smash their Keurigs. Full Article Design
ga Islamic Cycling, Space Tourism, Norway by Bike & Ski? Wend Magazine Has It All By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:08 -0500 Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan, Full Article Living
ga Never lose that wrench again: flatpack furniture is held together with magnets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:16:00 -0500 Dutch designer Benjamin Vermeulen solves the problem of the missing nut or screw. Full Article Design
ga 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
ga 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