Creative Ideas for Urban Gardening: On Lampposts, Up in the Air, and On Other People’s Land
October 13, 2010 No Comment
‘Spiral Garden’ in an urban setting. Image via Designboom . With empty land at a premium in densely populated urban areas, builders have long reached into the sky to maximize the amount of residential or commercial space they can develop. Now a team of Spanish architects has proposed doing the same thing with
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Photos: Jetboil Jetboil’s new CrunchIt tool, to launch across the US in November 2010, allows campers and hikers to safely vent and puncture their butane gas fuel canisters. This indicates the canisters are safely empty, and all set for metal recycling, where appropriate programs operate. While not a perfect solution to the issue of single use camping stove gas canisters, the $7 USD 28g (1 oz) CrunchIt is certainly a creative and welcome first step. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: B. Alter Dozens of sheep grazed happily in the sun on Savile Row, home to London’s most prestigious tailors. They were there to promote National Wool Week , a campaign to support sheep farming and the British wool industry. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: mikebaird / CC What could drive a female humpback whale to travel a quarter of the world, shattering mammal migration records? The quest to find a mate, of course. The whale’s journey took her from the coast off south Brazil all the way to waters of eastern Madagascar — an incredible 6,125 miles. And it’s not just feat of endurance that is impressive to researchers; Studying the epic trek may help biologists better understand… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Actors Demonstrate How To Save Energy- In a Glass-Walled Shipping Container
October 12, 2010 No Comment
BC Hydro Here’s a great gig for your typical marginally employed actor: sit in a shipping container all day to demonstrate how to save energy. BC Hydro converted two shipping containers into lovely little apartments with glass walls; In one, an actor has blazing lights, big TV and a computer running, while in the other, the actor follows the typical TreeHugger recommended regime of turning off lights, reading by the plentiful natural light. Giant meters display their respective consumption; truly a power struggle…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: db , Flickr, Creative Commons Yesterday, I posted on the startling revelation that the Republican Party in the United States is the only major political party of any democracy in the world that gets away with denying climate science . While I attempted to fathom how that possibly came to pass, others were more focused on the broader implications… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Flickr , CC “Women living in the areas with the highest levels of pollution were almost twice as likely to develop breast cancer” A study recently published by researchers based in Montréal, Canada, has found a worrying correlation between markers for air pollution and breast cancer. The scientists used detailed historical air-pollution map tracking nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a good marker for air quality, and the home addresses of women diagnosed with breast cancer in a 1996-9… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If you are one of those people who says “ewww” whenever beets are served, this might be the recipe that changes your mind. I’ve always loved beets, pickled beets being one of my favourite things as a kid, so it always surprises me when people give that little shiver of distaste when they are mentioned…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …X-Prize Foundation and Indian Government to Launch Prize for Clean Cookstoves
October 12, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Flickr , CC A couple weeks ago, Matt wrote a great post about why access to clean-burning and efficient cookstoves is so important, especially for people in poorer regions of Africa, Asia and South America. It might seem like a small thing, but it’s actually one of the biggest problems in most of these places, right after access to clean water and sanitation, causing about 2 million premature deat… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The New York Times On The Food Revolution- Plus A Michael Pollan Article
October 12, 2010 No Comment
This weekend’s New York Times Magazine was their annual food issue, about a subject dear to TreeHugger’s heart: “how the food revolution- from farm to table- is really a story about seeding and savouring communities.” Christine Muhlke, in Growing Together, notes the food revolution covers both the scrappy urban farm in Detroit and the upscale farmers market, and that it is not without its issues and conflicts: Class issues are inevitable with a movement driven by the college educated, regardless if they can sweat $2… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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