Fight Winter Skin and Hair With 10 Simple Homemade Spa Treatments (Slideshow)
January 5, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Mom the Barbarian / Creative Commons Winter doesn’t have to be dry and scaly. With these 10 simple homemade spa treatments, you can give up the chemicals, toxins, and mystery ingredients found in your favorite commercial lotions and fight cold winds, blizzards , and freezing temperatures — which can do major damage on skin and hair in winter. Even better, these DIY beauty products rely on ingredients you may e… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos by Kevin Schuder This recipe was created exclusively for TreeHugger by Kevin Schuder, Executive Chef at Yield Wine Bar , to pair with a bottle of Sarah Little from our featured green wine maker, Kaz Vineyard & Winery . The Kaz ‘Sarah Little’ 2007 Petite Syrah is a very well-balanced wine that is light-bodied, with good acidity and spice. “I found aromas of cranberries, fennel, pine and cloves, and thought it might be nice to focus on the right combination … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Not the record-setting fish, but Tokyo… photo: Stewart Butterfield / Creative Commons We’ve covered the plight of critically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna in some detail and for some time, nearly always including a contextual statement on how Japan is far and away the largest market for bluefin. Here’s why there’s oppo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: New Internationalist , used under Creative Commons license. The term “ethical consumerism” has always given me an icky feeling. Whether it is discussion regarding the feasibility of a better world through buying stuff , or the accusation that greener shopping is more about status than sustainability , it would seem I am not alone. Nevertheless, I was excited to … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Department for Communities and Local Government , used under Creative Commons license. Whether it was criticism from the country’s leading EV (electric vehicle) retailer , or EV advocates complaining that the scheme had been slashed by 80% , Britain’s grant program for electric cars has been dogged by controversy from the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …More Wikileaks Cables: U.S. Pressured the Vatican, Spain to Support GM Crops — "The Rest of Europe Will Follow"
January 5, 2011 No Comment
Image: Simone Ramella via flickr We’ve already heard, thanks to Wikileaks, that U.S. officials under the Bush administration advised retaliation against Europe for standing against genetically modified crops. But the leaks uncover pressure coming from more than just the then-U.S. ambassador to France. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Life Cycle Analysis Compares Footprint of Gas and Electric Passenger Cars
January 5, 2011 No Comment
Image: david megginson, Flickr Electric cars are the darlings of the green technology futurists. But wait, cries a receding voice, “what about the environmental impact of all those batteries?” Until recently, that lurking uncertainty shadowed the celebration of a substitute for our mobility needs. A study by EMPA , the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, casts light on the question: when is an electric car better than a gas-powered vehicle? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why so serious? Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch Hidden away in the Valley of the Moon is an organic winemaker who is very serious about winemaking. His name is Richard Kasmier but he goes by Kaz . And like some modern-day alchemist, he whips offbeat grape varieties like Lenoir and Nebbiolo into the kind of outspoken wines we have come to expect from Califor… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Post Office (Remember It?) Releases Stamps Honouring Dead Designers Doing Dead Products
January 5, 2011 No Comment
Credit US Post Office. Click to enlarge Just as I said when the Eames stamps came out a few years ago, when I mail my posts to Ben in the linotype department I am so going to use these new stamps honouring America’s great designers of the streamline age. But what is fascinating is what they were actually designing, and how few of the objects are actually in … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credits: Hase Hase have been making bikes for over 15 years, but they seem particularly pleased with their latest offering the award winning KLIMAX. This electric-assist recumbent tricycle is designed for all weather riding, by virtue of wind and rain shedding fairing that deploys over the trike without need of any tools. In presenting the Eurobike 2010 Green Award , the European Cyclists’ Federation President Manfred Neun, said “this product is really competing with upcoming electric cars.” The Klimax is really another Has… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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