why Why should autonomous vehicles look like cars? Why not hotel rooms? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:04:08 -0400 The Autonomous Hotel Room from Aprilli Design Studio raises some interesting questions. Full Article Transportation
why Why we need a Carbon-cle Cup Award for Unsustainable Design By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:04:51 -0500 RIBA has announced that all its prizes will now be sustainable. We are going to need a counterpoint. Full Article Design
why Why you should roast vegetables in a cast iron pan By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 You'll get a perfectly crispy, golden exterior. Full Article Living
why Why we need Sufficiency First By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:19:31 -0500 Making things more efficient is not enough; we have to ask ourselves what we really need. Full Article Business
why Why you should embark on a 'Depth Year' in 2019 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:37:00 -0500 Forget trying to broaden your horizons. Focus on deepening them instead. Full Article Living
why Why cheap mass air travel must be stopped By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:21:20 -0400 Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism." Full Article Transportation
why Why do we still have paper receipts? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500 Each year, the US uses over 3 million trees and 9 billion gallons of water to make toxin-tainted paper receipts. Full Article Business
why Why recycling won't save the planet By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:25:00 -0400 We blame ourselves for not recycling more plastics, and yet our efforts are like "hammering a nail to halt a falling skyscraper." It's time we got to the root of the problem. Full Article Business
why Why 'ecocide' needs to become an international crime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0400 And how one British lawyer is working to make that happen. Full Article Business
why Why is Denmark so successful at reducing food waste? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:48:00 -0500 It's all about the culture. Full Article Living
why Why do we drink so much bottled water? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:44:30 -0400 The Convenience Industrial Complex figured out how sell us something that we don't need at a price that's too high. Full Article Living
why Why will there be free wrapping paper in Sunday's NY Times? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:54:19 -0500 For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper. Full Article Living
why Why is Water Such a Big Issue? Global Water Challenge Pres. Paul Faeth Sets Us Straight (Part 1) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0400 Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work. Full Article Science
why Why federally protected lands are so crucial By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:41:57 -0500 Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands. Full Article Business
why 4 reasons why you shouldn't buy prefab tiny houses on Amazon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:41:26 -0400 Caveat emptor. Full Article Design
why Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't Cradle-to-Cradle Design Caught On Yet? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:45:00 -0400 It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers. Full Article Design
why Why succulents make such good houseplants By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:39:12 -0400 Learn about the advantages of indoor succulents, plus everything you need to know about their light and watering needs. Full Article Living
why Go inside the Carbon Vault: why it’s critical to know what’s beneath the Boreal Forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:50:18 -0400 Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ... Full Article Business
why Why you should go to bat for … bats By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:26:57 -0400 Did you know the countdown for Halloween coincides with Bat Week? An annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature, Bat Week is in flight Oct. 24—31, 2018. Full Article Business
why Why is Silicon Valley planning so stuck in the 1950s? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:18:25 -0400 Allison Arieff asks that and a lot of other questions. Full Article Design
why Why it's important to buy fair trade coconut products By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:00:00 -0400 Even as global demand for all-things-coconut increases, coconut production in Asia is stagnating because farmers aren't paid enough to make it worthwhile. Full Article Living
why "Why bother knitting a scarf?" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:00:00 -0500 Because there's far more to it than meets the eye. Here's why I knit. Full Article Living
why Why we need fewer, smaller, lighter, slower cars: Plastic particulates from tire wear are being found in the Arctic By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:04:25 -0400 This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by. Full Article Transportation
why Why the caulking gun (and the thermal imager) are the best weapons in the war against energy waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:10:00 -0500 Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why. Full Article Design
why Why we should learn to love wasps By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:32:21 -0400 Hornets, yellow jackets, tarantula hawks oh my. Wasps might be scary, but a world without them would be a disaster. Full Article Science
why Why we need airtight buildings: Outdoor air quality is getting worse By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:26:07 -0500 What's the best approach for dealing with this? Full Article Design
why Why I think buying an e-bike online is a really bad idea By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:20:11 -0400 If e-bikes are going to replace cars, they should be taken seriously and maintained properly by people who know what they are doing. Full Article Transportation
why Why buying an e-bike online is not as bad as I thought By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:16:00 -0400 A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money. Full Article Transportation
why Why don't Americans wear helmets in the shower? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:21:19 -0400 Way more people get traumatic injuries in the shower than they do on bikes, but almost nobody takes the most basic safety precautions. Full Article Transportation
why Stella McCartney on why washing clothes is overrated By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:50:00 -0400 The fashion designer says she doesn't "just chuck stuff into a washing machine because it's been worn." Full Article Living
why Why would people hang their babies out the windows in cages? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:42:12 -0400 They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too. Full Article Living
why Why you should never eat in bed By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:00:00 -0400 Sleeping and snacking are not meant to share the same space for some very good reasons. Full Article Living
why How to build a foam-free passive house (and why you want to) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:49:52 -0400 Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado. Full Article Design
why Why is this Colorado river orange? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:36:13 -0400 EPA to blame for the catastrophe on the Animas. Full Article Science
why Why do cyclists break the law? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:41:35 -0400 A new episode of the War on Cars looks at an issue dear to my heart. Full Article Transportation
why Why Bats Need a 'Happy Hour' and Swedes Try to Comply By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:21 -0500 Wind power is not just a Danish success story - Swedish wind is growing leaps and bounds. But the bats may suffer, so the Swedes are trying to impose 'bat happy hour' Full Article Science
why Why happiness is a global issue By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:20:13 -0400 Nic Marks at The Guardian writes on the importance of seeing happiness as a business and political issue. Full Article Living
why This is why we can't have nice things. Like a functional government. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:26:46 -0400 There is some exceptional the nonsense coming from Republican members of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Good grief. Full Article Business
why Why plastic bag bans are like brown M&Ms By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:01:39 -0400 Adam Sternbergh finds that bag bans are a symbol of something much bigger. Full Article Business
why Why we need fewer, smaller, lighter, slower cars: particulate pollution from brake wear is giving us "London Throat" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:43:31 -0500 Got a froggy "city throat"? It might be from metal particles emitted from braking cars and trucks. Full Article Transportation
why 10 reasons why you should use public transport By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Public transportation, while maybe not as enjoyable as commuting in your own personal vehicle, does ease congestion, reduce emissions. Need more convincing? Here's more info about public transportation. Full Article HTGG
why Here's why the April super Pink Moon is so special By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 16:27:17 -0400 Skygazers are in for a treat in when the full Pink Moon, the biggest supermoon of the year, dazzles the heavens. Full Article Science
why Why I always choose a real Christmas tree By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:23:00 -0500 It comes down to the plastic. I want as little of it in my life as possible. Full Article Living
why Why do cars have so many cupholders? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:57:03 -0400 The Convenience Industrial Complex makes it so easy to just keep sipping while you drive. Full Article Transportation
why Why did coffee cups and soda cups get so big? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:48:03 -0400 There is more money in it for the Convenience Industrial Complex. Full Article Business
why Why Americans will never love tea as much as coffee By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:00:00 -0500 But some thoughts on why they should... Full Article Living
why Why such hype over Pizza Hut's new round compostable box? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0400 Until it can be composted in my own backyard, I'm not getting excited. Full Article Business
why Why does Obama love natural gas? It's complicated. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:02 -0400 Josh Fox says President Obama's support for natural gas shocked him, but Brad Plumer shows how the issue of gas exports and production has much to do with maintaining trade relationships. Full Article Energy
why Why you should be cautious about online shopping By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500 Most returned items get thrown away or incinerated, not resold. Full Article Living
why Why are house prices rising faster in car-dependent suburbs? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:17:25 -0400 Analysts say people are chasing affordability. Full Article Design