Community Supported Beer: Cooperative Brewing, Baking and Farming for Local Economies
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: Topsham Ales Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has long been a staple of the local/sustainable food scene. More recently, we’ve seen the model applied to everything from a Community Supported Kitchen to a grain-growing… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: hot hottest The Taj Mahal in Agra, India is one of the world’s great sights, but it is in danger of being irreparably damaged by air and water pollution. Twelve years ago the government started a programme to save the monument, with Bill Clinton saying that pollution had done “what 350 years of wars, invasions and natural disasters have failed to do.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …2 Turtle Doves & 1 Partridge- Tis The Season For The 111th Christmas Bird Count
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Christmas bird count volunteer braving the cold Photo: Gabriel Willow This holiday season marks the 111th year of the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The 111th CBC runs from December 14, 2010 through January 5, 2011. It is the longest running citizen science survey in the world. Thousands of volunteers, “binocular brigades,” have already braved winter’s chill, rain and snow to record changes in populations of bird species. This tradition was started by ornithologist Frank Chapman on December 25, 1900. Chapman, a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Dallas Police Bust a Cockfighting Ring, But Prosecution May Not Happen (Video)
December 26, 2010 No Comment
Last Saturday, the Dallas Police Department and the Human Society of the United States broke up a cockfighting ring is Dallas. In total, there were about 100 birds on the premises, of which 30 were either already dead or were so injured that Humane Society officials had to euthanize them on the spot. Some arrests were made, with more on the horizon, since many of those in attendance fled into the nearby woods, leaving their vehicles behind. The Texas Tribune was along for the raid, and posted a YouTube video of the bust and its aftermath.
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Photo via DeathsDoorSpirits.com Why is liquor on my mind? Could it be that the in-laws came to stay over Christmas? Nah, probably just a coincidence. Now that Dec. 25 has passed, it’s time to plan for New Year’s Eve, where people stay up too late and drink too much. And if you’re going to celebrate, do it responsibly. Don’t drink and drive … and enjoy some sustainable spirits…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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There is nothing like a warm and cozy sweater coat during the holidays. Enter reconstructed sweater coats made by hand from recycled garments by Jill Kerttula, a Wisconsin-based artist who sells her one-off creations on Etsy under the label Jill2day . … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Till Westermayer under a Creative Commons license . At TreeHugger, we regularly extol the virtues of walkable neighborhoods and cities: denser urban areas have higher property values and a better quality of life ; they consume less energy per capita than any other kind of environment, especially the suburbs ( which make you fat ). Now a study from the Univ… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cate Blanchett Invests in Solar, January Jones Supports Sharks, and More
December 24, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Thore Siebrands/ Creative Commons Investing in a new company can make even celebrities anxious, but for Cate Blanchett , backing green energy has paid off: In 2008, she agreed to invest in West Coast solar power company Sungevity , which has since increased its market share from 0.4 percent to 2.9 percent. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …No Break for Polar Bears on Christmas: Habitat Sacrificed by New Offshore Oil Plan
December 24, 2010 No Comment
Image: The Last Cookie via flickr First, the Obama administration this week upheld the much-lambasted Bush-era decision to label polar bears as threatened rather than endangered. Then, it opened up critical polar bear habitat to offshore drilling. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images credit House Industries Show and Tell No doubt you will see these someday on Unhappy Hipsters in the hands of cute little children in a minimalist Japanese home. Herman Miller in Japan is selling these lovely childrens’ blocks celebrating George Nelson, Charles Eames and Alexander Girard. The designers at House Industries describes them: The puzzle sides are based on the original Herma… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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