Image credit: Kirsten Dirksen/ FairCompanies.com Whether it is the low-tech humanure approach of the Loveable Loo , or more high-tech, high-cost compost toilet technology , one of the coolest things about toilets that don’t use drinking water to flush away a precious resource is how quickly they can convert even relatively fecal-phobic individuals to the idea that old, well-treated poop doesn’t have to smell,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: RogerHelmer.com When climate skeptic Lord Monckton crashed a business lunch in Cancun , there was much speculation as to where other high profile skeptics were hiding out. Yet Monckton won’t be the only one at the talks—Roger Helmer, a British Member of the European Parliament, is there too. But not before he has spent thousands of pounds of tax payer money to set up giant billboards warning of the dangers of going green. The troub… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Disassemblable Wooden Lamp With Sleek Nordic Feel By Daniel Garcia (Video)
December 9, 2010 No Comment
Photos: Daniel Garcia Sanchez. Making products that can be quickly disassembled for easier recycling is an important part of green design, and this wooden lamp by Daniel Garcia Sanchez is a good example of this. The parts in the picture above constitute the whole lamp, which requires no glues or screws of any kind to put together. Watch it come to life in a video inside…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11% of electricity in America is used for air conditioning, a lot of it in hot, sunny locations. That’s why we have followed the development of affordable solar powered air conditioning; it just makes so much sense and would save so much energy, often the dirtiest peak load stuff. Now the Chinese company Gree , the world’s largest producer of residential air conditioners, has announced production of solar powered air conditioners that send excess electricity back into the grid. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Summer Rayne Oakes wears Amisha Jewelery. Photo: Fiona Garden From UK-based Amisha Jewelry comes a chic collection of everyday accessories that are perfect for everyday accessories and gifts for the holiday season . Made with handcrafted silver and semi-precious stones, the limited-edition “Five Elements” collection–modeled by
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Photo: Tambako the Jaguar / CC Most people know that when lions get together they form a pride , and that if you get enough fish in one place its called a school — but were you aware that a group of ravens is known as an unkindness ? Actually, there’s a bevy of bizarre nam… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Marina Avila via flickr Get on a plane, and carbon emissions aren’t the only environmental problem to think about. Aviation fuel is the largest source of lead emissions, and Friends of the Earth is calling on the EPA to get it under control…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: lamoix / Creative Commons Sorry to be the downer on the already depressing subject of overfishing, but a new study in the journal PLoS ONE (coming to TreeHugger via Mongabay ) just reinforces the notion that we’re fishing… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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