Photo credit: Eero Liesimaa I wish there was a Nudge in every city. It’s a whole new way of shopping, or actually, it’s not just about shopping, but rather about living, and style. Nudge is the new eco lifestyle experience, which consists of a shop, a showroom, a consultancy and a meeting place where you can exchange ideas on how to live better or let yourself be inspired by others. Where is this you might ask? In Helsinki, Finland, where Nudge opened its doors this week, with furniture designed by
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Image: DOT . Click to enlarge Here are the updated plans I know that I’ve made a lot of noise about how high speed rail is falling apart (and getting replaced by out-of-c… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Topato , Flickr, CC … And nowhere to put it. What happens to all that radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants? Not much. In 1982, Congress mandated the construction of a national nuclear waste repository. It’s been nearly 30 years since then, of course, and there’s no such repository. Planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, it was scuttled by the Obama administration due to NIMBY issues — and there’s
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Photo: US Army, CC It was the first big move made by the Obama administration, and yet the stimulus bill remains controversial and largely misunderstood. There’s little disagreement among economists that the Recovery Act spared the US from slipping into a full-bore depression, or that it created or saved millions of jobs. And yet, according to polls, most Americans feel that it did little to help the country, or themselves in particular — questions about ‘where all that money went’ are commonplace. So let’s take a look. Remember, bi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Claudio Contreras/iLCP The devastation and tragedy that has beset Haiti seems to have to limit. Deforestation, mudslides, hurricanes, and the earthquake earlier this year have destroyed what few resources remained there and left the people with no choice but to rebuild their lives from the rubble. And though the human victims are, understandably, the focus of relief efforts, they are not the only casualties of the recent string of events. Haiti’s wildlife hangs on the brink of extinction and, with little to no endemic habitat remaining, have no hope for survival on the island. Fortu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Pittsburgh Bans Fracking, Eliminates Some Rights of Corporate Personhood With New Ordinance
November 17, 2010 No Comment
photo: Joey Gannon / Creative Commons Following in the footsteps of tiny Licking Township in taking action against fracking when the state of Pennsylvania won’t, Pittsburgh has banned corporations drilling for natural gas within the city limits. As
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Clic Gallery & Bookstore down on Centre Street is really fantastic. I hardly ever get out of there without finding a book I cannot live without. Recently I bought a great book, Space Project by Vincent Fournier. I have no idea what the book is about but I love the photographs!
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Visualizing What is Invisible to Most of Us One of the problems with burning coal is that most people never … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Brandon Fick / Creative Commons Some really interesting research in Proceedings of the Royal Society B highlighted by BBC News : Scientists have determined that the great white sharks living in the Mediterranean are more closely related to th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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