Image Credit: Steven Vance LEED stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design , so Henry Gifford (who is suing the USGBC ) and others feel free to complain that it doesn’t save enough energy. That’s fine, but every time they do complain, they bring up the bike racks; it has become the standard bash. An example: Joseph Lstiburek of Building Science Corp … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A mountain goat in Olympia Washington. Photo via iwona_kellie , Flickr, Creative Commons Robert Boardman, an experienced outdoorsman, was killed by a mountain goat while hiking with his wife and a friend in Washington’s Olympic National Park. The goat, which was renowned for its aggressive behavior, started following the hikers along the trail. When Boardman attempted to scare the goat away, giving his company an opportunity to escape, it gored him in the leg. He was taken by helicopter to the nearest helicopter, here he was pronounced dead. Tragic, to be sure. But … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Bioneers 2010: "Washed Ashore" Art Exhibit Explores Plastic Pollution with Giant Beach-Trash Bird
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Photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Inspired by Chris Jordan’s photography of birds killed by ingesting plastic , Angela Haseltine Pozzi, artist and Executive Director of Artula Institute, came up with an idea that would put the problem of plastic pollution in perspective. Why not make the issue of birds killed by plastics as big in visibility as it is in importance. By working with a group of volunteers in Bandon, Oregon, Pozzi has created the massive bird shown off at Bioneers… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Peak Moment TV From PassivHaus cohousing to the BedZED ecovillage , TreeHugger has covered a lot of different types of intentional community. Yet as was evidenced by my posts on the Findhorn ecovillage and the residential community at the Centre fo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch It’s a strange feeling to be simultaneously excited to hear a speaker, and terrified at what they’re about to say. James Hansen has the uncanny ability pull these kind of conflicting feelings from entire audiences, inspiring a better understanding of our planet’s systems alongside an urgency for us to change how we’re functioning within it, and fast. He does so with a quiet, modest air of “I’m just telling the story that the research reveals,” which makes the information all the more worrying. At this year’s Bioneers conference, James Hansen took the stage to explain what systems are being impacted by heightened carbon l… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Alex Davies Attracting car enthusiasts from all over the world October 2-17, the 2010 Paris Motor Show , had a lot of highlights — every major automaker, and many more smaller ones, had their best work on display. But walking through the show’s seven exhibition halls, one got the sense of an unofficial theme: The future is electric. All sorts of electric vehicles, charging systems, and battery innovations were on display. These 10, 100% electric rides clearly demonstrate that the future of transportation is a very exciting one.
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Image credit: East Bay Pictures On Friday I posted about Edible City the Movie , a documentary that explores the concepts of food security, justice and sustainability through the lens of the urban farming movement. Perusing the film makers’ website, I came across some extended footage of a nutrition class in a Berkeley Elementary school, exploring the insane amounts of sugar to be found in the processed foods many of us eat every day. The class certainly made… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: B. Alter: Farringdon Station A good public transit system is one of the best ways to get cars off roads and people into buses and trains. London’s system; called the London Underground, or “the Tube” has been rolling along and expanding since 1863. This TreeHugger was invited on a “London Underground and Tube Tour ” by Insider London, a green tour company. We were delighted to explore the underworld for a morning with a guide who had a green and environmental point of view. Mind the gap as you hop aboard the tour……. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: ponyfire Bioneers, the green conference held in San Rafael, California, culminated today after three full days of workshops, films and concerts. Bioneers is not your typical conference; it covers topics that have been marginalized in the past: youth, women, indigenous cultures and even psychedelic drugs. Yesterday, I surprisingly found myself sitting in a session on the curren… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: mikenan1 If you think that using creatively recycled materials to build a house is something new, think again. Almost 90 years ago, inventor and engineer Ellis Stenman of Rockport, Massachusetts set out to construct a summer home with thousands of recycled newspapers . Nowadays, his Paper House is not only a popular tourist attraction, but a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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