Image: Jeff Barton and Three Rivers Foundation for the Arts & Sciences This week two scientists, Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies, suggested in the Journal of Cosmology that it is time for humans to start colonizing Mars. Humanity needs some intrepid explorers to “boldly go” on a one-way mission to the red planet in order to ensure the conservation of our species in the event of the catastrophic devastation of our blue planet. The risks would be high, and the likelihood of return to Mother Earth would b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo via flickr With the Republicans in control of the House and cap and trade dead for now, it’s likely that over the next few years there will be renewed focus on the revitalization of nuclear power as an answer to our energy and climate problems. The Huffington Post recently held a debate on the merits of nuclear power with Friends of the Earth US Executive Director Erich Pica and Stewart Brand, co-founder of the G… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: CFuga under a Creative Commons license . One of the striking things about Paris is that, for a major city whose metropolitan area includes nearly 12 million people, there are very few buildings more than five or six stories tall. Since 1977, soon after the construction of the 689 foot tall Tour Montparnasse, a building that sticks out like a sore thumb and is widely disliked by Parisians, there has been a height limit of 121 feet on all new buildings. (The Eiffel Tower, at 1,063 feet, is by far the tallest structure … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Citizen Sensor info graphic designed by Joseph Saavedra. Photo: The New School An exciting facet of green fashion is when textiles and technology come together in the form of wearable tech . Parsons The New School for Design is exploring this frontier with their Fashionable Technology Lab which is, according to the press release , a research center examining the intersection of design, technology, scienc… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A home office from Flickr user Johan Larsson Sorry for the play on The Rolling Stones . I’m just tired of hearing all the hoopla about The Beatles on iTunes. Which brings me to the point: A new study says teleworkers (like TreeHugger writers ) are more “satisfied” with their jobs than traditional keep-a-desk-warm or be-watched-by-your-supervisor workers. No offense to desks or super… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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University of Delaware Field House with newly installed solar panels on roof. Image credit:D. Laumer, UDEL Senior. Yesterday I wrote about the Philadelphia Eagles stadium being mounted with renewable energy machines. Here’s more evidence that sports stadiums make a great structural base for generating renewable energy. The University of Delaware’s Field House , an enclosed track and… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Turning the Site of a War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo into a Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce
November 20, 2010 No Comment
The existing Markale Produce Market. Photo: me5otron / Creative Commons . The site of one of the worst civilian massacres during the Bosnian War could become a “healing ground” for the city of Sarajevo and its people, through a proposal by a Danish architecture student who suggests turning the central open-air marketplace into a combined cooperative market and urban farm …. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Rainbirder under a Creative Commons license Russia’s been having a record breaking autumn weather-wise, with temperatures in Altai, in southwestern Siberia, remaining as high as 41° Fahrenheit. And it looks like the balmy weather has attracted some new residents: on Tuesday, a flock of seven African pink pelicans landed in the village of Suslovo, reported Reuters . The birds, which had spend the summer in Kazakhstan, should have been flying south to winter in … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Summer Rayne Oakes explores how much a silk worm silks. Photo: Source4Style Online sustainable sourcing platform Source4Style has launched a video series of sustainable design news called The Cutting Edge. Hosted by Source4Style co-founder and world-renowned Eco Model Summer Rayne Oakes , the short, 60-second films will explore innovations in sustainability and technology, according to the press release. For their first video, Oakes explores the aforementioned question: how much does silk do… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Big Eco-Conscious Holiday Giveaway: Tell Us What Good Gesture You’ll Make To Win Awesome Prizes
November 19, 2010 No Comment
Images courtesy Summer Rayne Oakes. Friend of TreeHugger and eco-model , consultant, and designer Summer Rayne Oakes has sure piled up spiffy list of do-gooding on her resume since we first met her six years ago. From hosting programs on Planet Green to working with woman in Mozambique to improve their lives through cottage industry, she’s made an indelible mark on the modern green scene. Some of her latest projects include laun… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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