Photo: Kelly Rossiter Unlike yesterdays post on Hen of the Woods mushrooms , chanterelles are a well known ingredient. They aren’t available for very long, so if you find them at your farmers’ market, don’t miss the opportunity to eat them. I guess it’s just as well that you can’t get them often, because they are a bit pricey, so you can justify buying yourself a little treat when you see them…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Toronto Election News I previously reported on the Toronto election that Bikes and Streetcars Are Under Threat As The Suburban Car Loving Politicians Fight Back . Last night, Rob Ford was elected in a landslide as mayor of the largest city in Canada. Voters came out in droves (highest turnout in years) to elect the “respect for taxpayers” man who will end frills and cut back on government. The first tax to go will be the auto registration tax brought in by the last mayor, and seen as a direct attack on the car. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photos: Mark Theriault / Creative Commons ; Chuck Coker / Creative Commons It’s not just the US political debate that sorely needs some restoration of sanity, the environmental debate is no different: From people (unbelieving considering the Gulf Oil Spill) still screaming “drill, baby, drill”, to stat… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Not quite as spectacular as the WattStation post charger for city streets, but the home version (from GE) is still pretty. Photo Fuse Project . While it may still take decades for electric cars to be plentiful on our streets and in our garages, they are now at least available for the early adopters among us. And what is nearly as exciting as the cars themselves is the multitude of charging stations being designed to make home charging easy. CNET says that because the net… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image Source: PakTech Dear Pablo: I have recently seen a new kind of six-pack ring. It seems like it uses more material so I wonder what the environmental impact is. You have probably seen a packaging solution by PakTech that is growing in popularity among craft brewers. Likely, you’ve already seen their TwinPack handles when you buy two large bottles of fruit juice together at a warehouse store like Costco. My first reaction to se… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Patch Now, a more functional, longer-lasting and finer-looking alternative to cheap wrist bands –you know, the ones you get at concerts, bars, et cetera. Enter Geneva-based watchmaker Altanus ‘ Patch timepiece , hailed as the world’s first biodegradable paper watch ,
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Photo: BBC Every night on the radio, just at dozing-off-to-sleep time, the director of the British Museum, has been telling a story about the most important artefacts in history. One per night for 15 minutes. He describes the object, its context and importance to mankind throughout the ages. Now, after 6 months, we are finally, and regretfully, up to number one hundred. His choice of the object which best represents the ingenuity and aspirations of the world in 2010: a solar-powered lamp and mobile phone charger. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: poplinre / Creative Commons Placing invasive species on the menu to curb their expansion has been attempted with everything from squirrels to kangaroo to camel , and now conservationists are asking diners to turn their attention—an… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Natalie Purschwitz, Makeshift Project There’s no shortage of people taking up year-long DIY eco-fashion challenges out there ( 365 days of the same little black dress ? Check. 365 days of upcycled dresses under a buck? Check). But with Vancouver designer Natalie Purschwitz’s Makeshift Project , the DIY-365 ante was upped: f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Azeem Hill and Simon Hauger at Poptech 2010. Via Kris Krug , Creative Commons You may recognize Azeem Hill. If you do, it’s because this 16 year-old kid helped build the world’s only high school-made super hybrid sports car. As a participant in an after-school workshop in Philadelphia run by Simon Hauger, he and his teammates dreamed up and built a sporty hybrid that goes from 0-60 in less than 5 seconds, yet gets 70 mpg on the highway and 100 mpg in the city. They entered the car in the Automotive X-Prize, and beat out numerous top competitors — MIT and multimillion dolla… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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