Photo by Ladycliff via Flickr Creative Commons While rainwater collection is a contentious issue in some areas, California is looking to make it a little easier to use your rain barrels as a water source. This week, AB 275, the Rainwater Capture Act of 2011 was introduced into the California State Assembly, a bill that would allow la… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Beekeeping Alternatives: Top-bar Hives, Warré Hives and Natural Approaches to Honey Bees
February 18, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: OutofABlueSky Whether it’s my post on learning top-bar hive beekeeping online , the efforts of the Barefoot Beekeeper , or the Bee Whisperer’s experiments in alternative beekeeping , there seems to be an appetite out there for information on top-bar hives and other natural beekeeping methods. And wh… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: CHOW “If you are willing to kill it, you should shut the f___ up and eat all of it.” Chef Chris Cosentino—who made our slideshow of 10 Master Chefs Driving the Green Food Movement —does not mince his words when he talks about offal—a fancy word for all those off cuts that most of us would rather not think about. And while vegans will most likely consider this as offensive as any other type of animal… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image photographed at Herman Miller Archives In the recent LifeEdited competition to design a small apartment, many of the entries (including the winner) involved carefully designed storage wall systems to create a minimalist look while storing everything from bikes to kites. Even when editing his life, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill still had lots of stuff. In fact, this was a problem for people even in 1945, when LIFE magazine commissioned
Continue reading …Plans for US-style mega-dairies had many UK food activists worried but, for now at least, they are savoring the sweet taste of victory. The Soil Association reports that a planning application for the UK’s largest dairy farm was officially withdrawn on Wednesday. Emma Hockbridge, head of policy for the Soil Association, says that activists should not get too excited though: “…this is one down one to go. There is another planned … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images credi t DesignBuildBLUFF While researching The Trombe Wall: Low Tech Solar Design Makes A Comeback I stumbled over the work of DesignBuildBLUFF , the principal mission of which is to “design and build safe, sustainable off-grid homes for needy families living on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in the four corners region located just outside of Bluff, UT. ” The
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Photo: GreenLaunches.com Perhaps inspired by the Seinfeld episode where Kramer and Newman try to set up a business using homeless men to pull rickshaws through New York, a Japanese firm has designed an electric rickshaw. Called the “Meguru,” it’s a spin on the traditionally man-powered vehicle that first appeared in Japan at the end of the 19th centur… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Week in Animal News: Top Chefs Eat Endangered, Baby Gorilla Walks, and More (Slideshow)
February 18, 2011 No Comment
It’s unbelievable, but true: A group of top chefs have the audacity to chow down on highly endangered species — basically giving a big F-U to preservation. We also have exclusive footage of a baby gorilla learning to walk, an unbelievable smuggling story, penguins in love, sea cucumbers fighting pollution, and more in the Week in Animal News. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Impy Malting The tiny island of Kapiti, located five miles off the coast of Wellington, New Zealand, is one of the last refuges for a menagerie of wildlife driven to near-extinction elsewhere by invasive species. Since the late 1980s, when all non-native animals were meticulously cleared from the island, it has been designated as a sanctuary, an important safe-haven for a host of birds species unaccustomed to predatory mammals. Late last year, however, a single stoat was spotted on the pristine island — prompting a aggressive, three month long search for the rogue … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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