Images credit Kaitey Whitehead, Studio Jens Praet I do love my Fast Company Magazine ; it’s nice to know that at least some of them find an afterlife in the Shredded Collection Table made by Studio Jens Praet . They write that they were “horrified by the huge amounts of wastepaper produced in offices and endeavored to find another use for it.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images: Golden Agri-Resources , Foreign Policy Blogs Following months—years—of pressure from activists around the world, Golden Agri-Resources, the world’s second-largest palm oil company, agreed yesterday to work with environmental groups and the Indonesian government on more sustainable practices for how it sources palm… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Praxxtube From NatureMill’s high-tech indoor composter , to building your own worm bin , there are plenty of options for the would-be composter who doesn’t have a yard, or who would just like to keep composting through the winter. The video below gives a very basic, cheap methodology for building your own compost bin. Apparently you need some thin mints to do it… … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …New York Fashion Week: John Patrick Organic Masters Texture in Fall 2011 (Slideshow)
February 10, 2011 No Comment
Organic by John Patrick fall 2011 collection, New York Fashion Week. Photo: Emma Grady New York Fashion Week has kicked off once again with an influx of the well-heeled crowd, and TreeHugger is covering live onsite, to deliver you the inside scoop on the best of green fashion for Fall 2011. First up, Organic by John Patrick . Fine wool sweaters, hand knit by Amanda Henderson and sourced from Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: clevercupcakes / Creative Commons You could tell your loved one that Valentine’s Day is one of the most commercial holidays of the year — a day dedicated to consumerism, over-consumption, and senseless spending on over-priced heart-shaped boxes of carbon-footprint-heavy chocolate. But you could also end up sleeping on the couch. Strike a balance with the
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Photo courtesy termie via flickr and Creative Commons license. H.G. Wells said: “Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” What is even more hope-filled is to see the growing number of green entrepreneurs delivering their wares and services by bike. Human-powered delivery is not only an ancient art, it’s a way to help balance out the CO2-heavy trucking that keeps our cities in perpetual traffic jams. Remember Xmas trees… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: aj It’s nautical, since it overlooks the Thames River, it’s architectural, and it’s a winner. The boat-shaped room, designed by David Kohn Architects , was the winner of the “Room for London” contest. It was an architectural competition to design and build a room on top of a theatre complex during the year of the Olympics, 2012. Ship ahoy…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Lin Pernille Photography / CC Some of the most revealing clues into the state of pollution since the the Industrial Revolution aren’t only found within the words and sentences contained in centuries worth of scientific publications — they’re hiding in the very pages themselves, too. According to one chemist studying the history of pollution, testing the paper of aging volumes can paint a m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Peak Oil in 2012? Saudi Arabia’s Oil Overestimated by 40%, Wikileaks Reveals
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Bakar_88 , Flickr, CC Looks like peak oil might be even closer than we thought — the most recent Wikileaks cable released by the Guardian has revealed that US diplomats are convinced that Saudi Arabia has overestimated its vaunted oil reserves by a stunning 40%. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil supplier, and is widely believed to be sitting atop the largest supply of the stuff in the world. But this revelation shows that the country may not have enough oil to ke… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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