Photo Credit: Average Jane , Flickr. Granola can be a good source of fiber, and granola can be used as another word for Treehugger. Then there’s grano.la. Notice the dot. It’s a software program developed by a Virginia Tech prof with a TV star name and a graduate student with a fantastic mustache. The program can reportedly increase the energy efficiency of your PC or laptop by up to 30 percent without turning it off or noticeably slowing it down. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Alabama Chanin Alabama Chanin offers a sexy and sustainable alternative to your standard nylon negligee and polyester panties for Valentine’s Day : a DIY organic cotton corset and bloomer set , entirely made in the USA. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Angell Wyller Aarseth Kitchens these days are filled with more and more gadgets, designed to save time, to make things easier, from chopping to frying to cleaning. It’s a trend that Norwegian design studio Angell Wyller Aarseth is fighting against with their debut project, the Handle Me cookware collection, presented this week at the Meet My Project design exposition in Paris. Ditching buttons, lights and stainless steel, Christoffer Angell, Øyvind Wyller and Simen Aarseth have produced a line of kitchen tools that ev… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why it is that skeptics continue to dismiss the increasingly compelling body of evidence — collected by thousands of scientists — that finds humans are causing the planet’s climate to warm is the topic of endless conversation, most of it thankless. Is it a behavioral complex that preconditions certain people to refute factual analysis? Is it political ideology that impedes logic? Or, is it, as my commenters are fond of telling me, because they can see through those greedy scientists’ grant-seeking agenda and the liberal warmist dogma hypocritically spread by Al Gore? Not likely. Instead, the latest research suggests that it… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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This Should be Done Everywhere According to a piece in the NYT’s Green blog , new regulations for heating oil in NYC were proposed today and could phase out the dirtiest types of heating oil used by about 10,000 buildings in New York: “No. 6, the cheapest but most viscous type pumped into aging boilers, and another heavy oil, No. 4, which is only slightly less noxious. Air pollution from these oils can irritate the lungs and worsen conditions like asthma and emphysema as well as increase the risk of heart attack and premature death.” All … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In what wildlife conservationists are calling a dangerously unprecedented move, Montana Representative Denny Rehberg introduced two separate bills aimed at removing wolves from the endangered species list. This would enable the wolves to be hunted at will across the country — and biologists say that it could “set the stage for nationwide wolf eradication.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …What the Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Means for Organic Consumers
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Alfalfa is the primary forage crop for dairy cows and other livestock. Photo Credit: Royalty Free Images via Flickr Creative Commons . Yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack officially approved the unregulated planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa. In a move that will undoubtedly set a precedent for what comes next (namely, the question of
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Dangerous chemicals and toxins have a weird way of working themselves into the most unfortunate of places. Cosmetics , food containers , and even children’s toys are known to contain parabens, BPA, phthalates, and other harmful compounds. If you live in the United States, the use of many o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Shell Denies Allegations in Nigeria, Where an Exxon Valdez-sized Spill Occurs Annually
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Image: Melange Despite a long history of blatant environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria, Shell denied in a
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