Overconsumption in Rich Nations Leading Humanity From a Living Planet to a Dead One
October 13, 2010 No Comment
Not Another Nature Film from WWF on Vimeo . The latest installment of the biennial Living Planet Report , produced by WWF in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network , has been released; and as you might expect following the daily updates on TreeHugger, the growing burden that human consumption of natural resources … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Noel Feans New research from Oregon State University shows that trends in evapotranspiration is having incredibly significant impacts on everything from our planet’s vegetation growth to carbon absorption to natural cooling systems. But what in the world is “evapotranspiration” and why does it have such a huge effect on the earth’s systems?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Watch CA Governor Candidates’ War of Words Over Anti-Climate Law (Video)
October 13, 2010 No Comment
Image via Politico The final debate between the candidates for governor in California took place last night, and things seemed to get pretty heated. The topics tackled ranged from tax cuts to legalizing marijuana to Prop 23, the oil-funded effort to kill California’s clean energy law . And the discussion on the latter was among the most spirited of the night. Meg Whitman denies opposing Prop 23 — she had just kept silent on the issue… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Sophie Napier / Ardea Once you’ve seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it’s tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food. Unfortunately, the suffering of the animals is just the most obvious problem with the industrialization of meat: Add in contaminated food, environmental degradation and the gutting of rural communities and the recipe for cheap food turns into a recipe for disaster. The following photos and text from the recently release book
Continue reading …Brazil to Auction Off Virginia-Sized Section of Amazon to Timber Companies
October 13, 2010 No Comment
photo: Alexander Torrenegra / Creative Commons It may seem shocking, but according to reports by Reuters , Brazil is preparing to auction off big chunks of the Amazon rainfores… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image Credit Carl Seville Fiberglass has never been my favourite insulation, and I got really upset with Owens Cornings’s “Pink is Green” advertising campaign a few years ago, noting that there is more to being green than simply saving energy. But I had to concede that it was cheap and if properly installed, safe, inert and effective. But Carl Seville at Green Building Advisor won’t even go that far; He thinks batt insul… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Ishmael Orendain Peter Gleick, an expert on water issues at the Pacific Institute, poses a troubling question: are we already past peak water in the US? Compared to areas like Africa, India and China , we seem to still have water supplies to last, but that doesn’t mean we have much time before serious water issues take hold. And in some areas, that’s already happened. Gleick points out three areas where water hits peak limits –… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Marjukka Grover (used with permission) Lloyd may have been unimpressed with the idea that telecommuting raises carbon emissions , and I’ve done my own part to promote working from home by creating a list of 5 technologies that can help make telecommuting easy and green . Nevertheless, there is one aspect of telecommuting that is worth casting a skeptical green eye over—if you can work from home, really,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via Vimeo video Salt is the all-purpose seasoning, so why not the all-purpose pharmaceutical too? Using the drug-laced water supply of San Jose and evaporating out all the water, artists Jon Cohrs and Morgan Levy create All-Salt, an all-purpose medicine for just about anything that ails you, all without having to go see a doctor for a prescription! Why didn’t we think of that — all the drugs in our water supply being wasted on mutating frogs and fish, and we could be recycling it and trimming the cost from our health care bills! Check out a video of the new concept after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: jmsinnz / Ooooby With the dropout economy fueling food entrepreneurship , and backyard farming (and even slaughter) taking off around the world, it makes sense to develop new and innovative ways for micro-growers to get their products to market. A New Zealand start up is hoping to unite farmers, micro-farmers a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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