Swap Your Halloween Costume Online or In-Person this Weekend for a Cheeper, Greener Holiday
October 5, 2010 No Comment
Image courtesy of ThredUp . With fall upon us and the weather starting to cool, children have likely started fantasizing about Halloween costumes . Whether your child plans to dress as a goblin, a ghost, or a ghoulie, ThredUp’s Halloween Costume Swap is an easy alternative to a disposable store-bought costume. Throughout the month of October, the online clo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images from IKEA Ikea has published a cookbook… Does it contain flatpack food? Do you need an Allen key to make it? Is it beautiful? Yes to the last question. Called ” Hembakat ar Bast ” ( Homemade is Best) the book is beautifully illustrated in a witty and functional fashion; sort of like their products. Read on to find out what dish this picture represents…… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …"ClimateGate" Scientists Cleared Yet Again, Story Ignored by Media Yet Again
October 4, 2010 No Comment
Think Fox will cover the Climate Gate scientists’ exoneration? Okay, I wouldn’t be covering this if someone else — anyone, really — out there in the MSM would . Seriously. We were subjected to months and months worth of ‘Climate Gate’ “scandal” stories, and “investigative” reports on what it meant for the general body of climate science (which was pretty simple: nil). But now, in the much longer aftermath of the event, the media has chosen to ignore, over and over again , a key part of the story. Namely, that… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via @MKaufmann on Twitter West Coast Green was this past week here in San Francisco, California. With speakers like Van Jones, Arianna Huffington and Michelle Kaufmann, the trade show was a nexus for greenies far and wide. Michelle Kaufmann was generous enough to take to the trade floor with us to get some exclusive interviews. We spoke with Adam Werbach, Hunter Lovins and many, many more about everything from disco balls youth-powered activism. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via the Telegraph Whether or not the anti-science crowd wants to believe it or not, global warming is happening. This year is shaping up to be the hottest in the global temperature record, and weather events in line with scientists’ climate models have wracked the globe. And, yes, sea levels are rising . And when you can actually mark sea level… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Lajos Nagy for AP Photo/MTI It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950′s sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there’s nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from nearby aluminum processing plant broke through its containment reservoir — killing two, causing dozens of injuries, and creating an environmental disaster on a scale yet to be fully realized…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …India Now World’s #3 Carbon Emitter & Environment Minister Commits to Low-Carbon Growth Only
October 4, 2010 No Comment
Solar powered battery charging station, photo: hiroo / Creative Commons . Some encouraging words coming from India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh : Speaking ahead of the last climate negotiations before COP16 next month, Ramesh acknowledged that India was now the world’s third-largest carbon emitter, and to… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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With the elections drawing closer, the oil company-funded Prop 23 campaign has kicked into full gear. The Texas oil companies Valero and Tesoro, along with Koch Industries, a coal and oil conglomerate, have donated millions of dollars to finance TV ads and other campaigns in an attempt to overturn California’s groundbreaking climate and clean energy law, which was passed in 2006. That TV ad has recently been put into heavy rotation in major California markets — and, staying true to form for such political ads, it’s chock full o’ lies. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Three Practical Pathways We Can Get To 350ppm & Avert Climate Catastrophe
October 4, 2010 No Comment
photo: Matthew McDermott With some new research on how even keeping global temperature rise to 2°C may not be enough to avoid some pretty catastrophic climate change effects, and the last round of international climate change talks prior to the year-ending COP16 summit in Mexico just opening in China, it’s particularly apropos that the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org have just released a short briefing on why we need to get CO2 levels back to 350ppm and, perhaps mo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Flickr , CC Follow in Tesla’s Footsteps Henrik Fisker, the CEO of Fisker Automotive, the makers of the Karma plug-in hybrid , recently spoke with the press and gave an update on where the company is headed. The biggest news concerns the launch (finally) of the Karma, which should take place in March of 2011, and a possible initial public offering (IPO) some time after that…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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