Image credit: George Kelly , used under Creative Commons license. Matthew recently urged the green movement to regroup, refine and redefine its messaging , now that climate legislation looks unlikely in the foreseeable future and
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Images Credit Tyler Held TreeHugger loves repurposing, even more than recycling. Artists and designers have the opportunity to challenge us with new ideas, new ways of looking at what we used to throw away. But can one have too much of a good thing? Designboom writes that Philadelphia designer Tyler Held “focuses on his process of repair and customization. he exposes the renovation of a once discarded object by highlighting functional and aesthetic hybridity.” In this case, he creates a hybrid between an old stove and a m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Loveable Loo /Joseph Jenkins Whether I am writing about recycling poop as a key to sustainable farming , or reviewing Gene Logsdon’s guide to managing manure , it’s not uncommon for commenters to rave about the Humanure Handbook. I’ve yet to read this famous tome for myself, though I have posted a video of author
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Image credit: GoinGreen There was a time when the virus-like spread of the G-Wiz electric vehicle in London (known as the REVA elsewhere) was big news on TreeHugger. And while certain opinionated motoring journalists may have been less than complimentary about the G Wiz , there is no doubt that as an early pioneer of electrified transportation it has filled a niche market for urban emission-free private vehicles. But wit… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Buenos Aires Government via Clarin. The Buenos Aires government sure is doing something right aggressively pushing bike use, even against complaining drivers or dumb press campaigns. After creating new bike paths and better conditions for bike parking , they are now officially launching the city’s bike sharing system,
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Richard Goldman at the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony; Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Some sad news came out yesterday: Richard Goldman, the esteemed philanthropist and creator of the Goldman Environmental Prize, passed away of natural causes at the age of 90. We have the utmost respect for Mr. Goldman, and his foundation gave activists across the world the funding, and more importantly, the attention and recognition that their causes needed to make headway. From indigenous rights to saving sharks, from ending polluting practices to beginning … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Transition Town Totnes’ website lists its current projects The Transition Movement may have introduced me to backcasting , but it has never been just about workshops or visioning techniques—from harnessing peer pressure to promote renewables , to community nut tree planting… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Is enough being done to save the Giant Tortoises? Photo credit: Collin Dunn Conservation efforts, especially in places as renowned as the Galapagos, have something of a reputation. It’s developers vs. protesters, consumers vs. conservationists, people vs. animals. Thanks to a lecture by Ros Cameron, who works at the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) on Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos, we can see it’s lot, lot, lot more complex than that. So, with that as a given, what’s actually being done now to save the Galapagos?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via NOAA You can stream all sorts of nature sounds on your computer to keep you calm during the day — babbling brooks or rustling trees or ocean waves. But have you ever listening to whales singing live to you? A project called Listen to the Deep Ocean or LIDO , gives you that opportunity. But surprisingly, the tools used to record the song are tuned for something much more… spacey. Researchers trying to listen to neutrinos, which are emitted by distant stars, they’ve been able to pick up some extraordinary… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Schwinn Thought we covered this a month or two ago, but alas not. Schwinn won the Eurobike Gold Award , in the Cruiser/Designbike category, with their Vestige bike, touted as the first ever Flax Fiber Bicycle. Maybe they need to add Mass Produced to that claim, because a full year ago Jacob reported on Johan Museeuw ‘s handmade flax road bikes. That anomaly aside, Schwinn’s flax bike does have an intrig… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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