Eric Leech
Latest Stories from Eric Leech - Page 9
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Help your Business become more Efficient from Cradle to Grave
Photo by Alex Osterwalder IBM Consulting reminds us that a business is only as efficient as their entire process allows it to be. Every successful business should know how to process their product or service from "cradle to grave" with the best
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Honda's 4th Annual North American Environmental Report
Honda Corporation has released their fourth annual environmental report, so we thought it was rather appropriate to grade them on their progress and see how one of the more successful manufacturers did this year is in terms of
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Gas Shortage in Southeast Easing At Last
We here at TreeHugger have not covered much on the gas shortage situation occurring over on the southeast end of the US, in particular the Atlanta area, Nashville, Carolinas, and parts of Alabama (Anniston). The actual shortage
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Audi Q7 SUV Debuts along with the Audi Mileage Marathon this October
Ever wonder just how great the new Audi Q7 SUV is going to be with its new turbocharged clean diesel technology? Well, now is your chance to find out with the Audi Mileage Marathon. Starting October 6th, 2008, this
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A Helping Hand From Toyota to the Yosemite National Park Fund
Photo by Roger J. Wyan Left to right: Bill Duff, Corporate Manager, Environmental Office, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Bob Hansen, President, The Yosemite Fund; Steve Kang, Chancellor, UC Merced; and Mike Tollefson, Superintendent of Yosemite
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Results of the 2008 Organization Carbon Offsetting Trends Survey
Planet Green is currently featuring a regular column on their website called Changemakers, featuring various everyday people and their businesses, and how they have made a commitment to not only reduce the carbon footprints in
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Kids, Bicycles, and Art
Who could think of a better mixture of fun and environmental awareness. The East Village Community Coalition in New York is gearing up for their 2nd Annual LES (Lower East Side) Kid's Art Bike Parade
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A Lesson from Amsterdam: Reducing Our Transportation Carbon Footprint
Amsterdam is all about clean air, which is one of the reasons that the company City Cargo has been able to start and succeed with a rather simple but revolutionary idea. One of the biggest polluters on the road in Amsterdam is
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Green Your Vehicle with Biodegradable G-Oil
Car motor oil is like belly buttons, everybody has got a little different variation, but they are certainly not all created equal. A company called Green Earth Technologies (GET) is headed in the right path of creating a full line of
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Freightliner Launches Hybrid-Electric Chassis for Commercial Buses and Vehicles
A few days ago, (FCCC) Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation, introduced the MB-HEV hybrid-electric bus at the BusCon 2008. It features a number of innovations that bring a 40 percent reduction in the amount of fuel that will be
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National Talk Like A Pirate Day Environmental Quiz
We want to extend National Talk Like A Pirate Day just a few more days, especially since it is helping to spread the word about clean sailing and boating. The Sierra Club has put together a fun set of questions to not only get you in the
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Arctic Ice Is Melting At Record Highs
According to the National Snow and Ice Center, last year, the Arctic Sea broke an all-time record high for the amount of ice that was recorded melting. While proving to be quite a positive experience for the numerous boats
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TreeHugger Welcomes Eric Leech
Accomplished columnist/author/entrepreneur, Eric J. Leech, tragically born into this world without a GI Joe (with a Kung Fu grip) or silver spoon, has trudged his way trough life learning and growing by his mistakes. Once an addicted junkie of
