Why trying to think of what would make a TreeHugger post go completely viral, I come up with green sex in front of a wood or pellet stove in a shipping container or treehouse. And this might be the stove, the Bullerjan , that has been on every design website, usually with some variation of the line in Crate: “When it comes to heating a room or house in the dead of winter, who are we to argue with Canadian lumberjacks?” It is a fascinating design, but it is neither new, nor do I think it is very Canadian…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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+ Hear ye, hear ye. Nashville designers Fairlight Hubbard and Amy M. Phillips created a series of vintage-inspired frocks made completely from newspaper . + When FINA banned swimmers from competing in full-body swimsuits, Speedo was left with a surplus of LZR Racer suits. Its solution? To enlist U.K. fashion label From Somewhere to upcycle the pieces into a
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Image: M Sundstrom via flickr Fiji, probably the least favorite in an already disliked industry , is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the company has profited from greenwashing. Specifically, from greenwashing claims that its products are carbon-negative. Ha…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Ron Weaver, NSIDC One of a data center’s biggest problems is keeping servers cool, and that’s true even for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), which offers data products to researchers and businesses about Arctic and Antarctic snow and ice. Of course, it doesn’t want to be a contributor to the GHGs that speed up ice melting, so it is undergoing a $600,000 renovation to change the way it cools its servers and reduce its total energy use. Check out how it is becoming one of the most energy efficient data centers in the country. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: The Urban Conversion From backyard slaughter to urban bees TreeHugger is more than familiar with the idea of growing food in the cities where we live. On Wednesday I posted about a video tour of a serious aquaponics project in Denver, Colorado . It turns out that this video was part of an o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Formalitees T-shirt company Formalitees is kicking the stiffness out of formal wear. In fact, they’re taking the tie and leaving the rest. Enter the Tie Tee , an alternative to the modern business suit, it is an organic t-shirt with an attached tie that swings free from the neck and Formalitiees hopes it will spark a clothing revolution. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Libby Sellars The big day is over and it’s time to think about getting rid of the tree. If you’ve got a sturdy one and want a piece of furniture, here’s an idea. A London art gallery will organize a bespoke stool, made with the trunk and branches of your tree. They will come and pick it up and an artist will hand craft a Christmas Tree Stool for your house. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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protestors calling for the prosecution of former Union Carbide head Warren Anderson, via flickr I don’t usually visit ESPN to get my environmental news, much less to find engaging programming that tells the story of the survivors of the Bhopal disaster . But ESPN’s E:60 has delivered a powerful piece that deals with a cricket field in India where youngsters, 26 years after the chemical spill, play today and continue to suffer from the remnants of the Union Carbide-caused disaster, considered to be the world’s worst industrial spill eve… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: brewbooks / CC A team of botanists have unveiled a new research tool which aims to settle one of the field’s most basic of complications; there are some 375,000 plant species on Earth, but they’re known by a whopping 1.25 million names. To help ease the taxonomic disparity and consolidate the world of botanical studies, an international team of researchers have compiled an extensive ‘Plant List’ — containing every species known to man, and the various names they’re known by. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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