Crowdsourced Design For an Ultra Low-Footprint Apartment: Clever Ideas from the LifeEdited Project (Slideshow)
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: LifeEdited How can we save money, radically reduce our environmental impact, and have a freer, less complicated life? That was the question asked by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill with the LifeEdited project. After months of work and hundreds of submissions, we’re a few steps closer to finding the answer now that the winners have… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Week in Pictures: Bus Stops Made From Busses, Dresses That Drive, and More (Slideshow)
January 28, 2011 No Comment
In Athens, Georgia, straphangers wait for the bus….in the recycled parts of a bus. We also have photos of a dress that doubles as transportation, sci-fi worthy genetic architecture, the story of Parshall, North Dakota, where farmers were made millionaires virtually overnight by oil, and more in The Week in Pictures. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: TheYardfarmer With Spring on its way, many gardeners will be dreaming about geodesic dome solar greenhouses , converted swimming pool hoop houses , or maybe a greenhouse built from old soda bottles . But there is an easier way to protect your crops from unexpected cold snaps and get a head … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Cosmic Kitty , used under Creative Commons license. Not too long ago, I wrote about the green benefits of learning to budget . It’s an idea I stand by. After all, getting a better understanding, and ultimately control, of your consumption habits is absolutely central to both reducing your environmental impact and saving money. But would-be thrifty environmentalists need to beware—because there are dangers of false eco… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by bobaliciouslondon via Flickr.com. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . We’re in the thick of ski and snowboard season , and if you’ve been hitting the slopes a lot, you’ve probably had to wax your skis or board at least once. But have you thought about the hazards of the chemicals in your ski wax? Many high-performance ski waxe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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You’ll have to watch the video to find out what that is… Image credit: Permaculture Media When I asked how vegetarians can avoid animal-based fertilizers , I noted that some people suggested exploring biodynamics instead of organics. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Biodynamic agriculture and gardening rely on a whole host of animal-based products, from manure to bull’s horns. But that’s just one aspect of biodynamics. From herbal extracts to co… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Alex Davies At the Meet My Project design exposition in Paris this week, French designer Florence Hallouin presented her latest work. Hallouin, a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle and a working mother with a passion for sustainability, decided to reinvent the diaper. The result: the Hamac diaper , composed of an outer shell and an inserted diaper, whether washable or disposable. When the diaper is dirtied, there’s no need to wash the entire… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Strategies for Getting Around Without Bike Lights (or Pants) from BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE on Vimeo . Would you leave home without pulling on some pants? That’s the question being asked by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Portland Mercury (Oregon) in this video. Their simple argument is, if wouldn’t leave without your pants, then maybe you should extend the same thinking to your bicycle ligh… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Yes, the composer of such children’s song classics “Baby Beluga” and “Down by the Bay” is worried about future generations — and rightfully so. As he writes in an essay for Child Honouring : Are we tweeting while Earth burns? Is climate collapse our new collective Titanic? How do we best describe the survival struggle of 7 billion in a way that connects with the public and with decision makers? The scienc… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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