Image credit: thewritingzone /Flickr It makes sense that fish inhabiting waters adjacent to coal-fired power plants would have higher concentrations of bioaccumulating pollutants—most notably, mercury—than those living farther away. Coal plants are the leading source of mercury pollutants in the air —and most of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images via Yanko Design I have a pet peeve during winter and spring — walking into an office or store and seeing piles of plastic bags handed out for damp umbrellas to keep them from dripping all over the floor and creating a slippery situation. It seems like a massive waste of plastic and a problem begging for a more practical solution. And perhaps designer Ju Hyun Lee has found one with the Mohock Smart Umbrella, which touts its own nifty system for keeping dripping fabric from creating slippery floors. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it “LifeEdited.” At TreeHugger we are going to go seriously back to first principles, looking at the design and furnishing of his 420 square foot apartment. There is a lot to learn from camping equipment. Most kitchen stoves weigh in at a couple of hundred pounds of steel and take up 5 square feet of space, or over 1% of Graham’s apartment. Yet Warren has shown us
Continue reading …Image credit: Net_Efekt , used under Creative Commons license . The new Conservative-lead coalition in Britain may have won considerable green kudos by committing to 10% CO2 cuts across government activity in just one year , but they should by no means be confused with the Green Party. From getting grouchy over pay-as-you… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via christine zenino (chrissy575) How much of the mystery of past climates can be revealed by prehistoric ice? Rob Dunbar, an expert at reading the sagas told by ancient corals and sediments, is studying the ice of the Antarctic to find out how our climate has changed over the past 12,000 years. His work contributes to how we decide the maximum amounts of greenhouse gasses our atmosphere and earth systems can handle, and what we need to dip down to to stabilize the planet. In a powerful TED talk, Dunbar discusses how of all the problems we… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo courtesy SiGNa. Range. It’s all about range. The bike pictured above, the Pedego Classic Comfort Cruiser e-bike, has a range of approximately 15 – 30 miles, depending on rider weight and hills. My Sanyo eneloop pedal-assist electric bike gets just around 15 miles (and I start experiencing range anxiety the minute I show just a single “dot” of power left on the control panel, though that means a few miles worth of battery power remaining). To combat e-bikes’ poor range, Pedego teamed… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo courtesy Moksa Organics . The weather is cooler in New York and I find myself reaching for lip balm and lotion more often than not. Fortunately, Moksa Organics offers soothing soaps that cleanse and moisturize thirsty skin and organic body oils that nourish and heal–without the chemicals; artificial fragrances; or palm oil , which has been pilloried for the destruction … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Valencia Design Week 2010: Only 1ºC! Mina Kwag’s Design Products Raise Awareness About Climate Change (Photos)
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Image Credit: Mina Kwag I came across these cute cups at the Designboom Mart at the Valencia Design Week last week. Not at all doomsday products, Mina Kwag’s designs are fun and useful, and yet, they let you know that something isn’t quite right. The message is simple: +1 degree Celsius affects us; according to Kwag, at least 10% of land species face extinction. With +4ºC, 300 million more people will be affected by coastal flooding. If you feel lik… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image from LRB blog Officially they are called Barclays Cycle Hire , unofficially they are called Boris Bikes after the Mayor of London who introduced them. But slowly all kinds of subversive tags are showing up on the new rental bicycles that dot the town. That big blue Barclay’s logo on the rear wheel was just too inviting to ignore…… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Piotr Naskrecki, Conservation International When it comes to finding fascinating species previously unknown to science, it turns out that forests of Papua New Guinea are a darn good place to look. Researchers have recently disclosed their discoveries from a two-month long expedition to the country last year, in which they happened upon over two hundred species no one ever knew existed — like the tube-nosed fruit bat seen … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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