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  • Aviation and the Climate: Penguins Join the Debate

    It seems the aviation vs climate debate is hotting up once again, at least in the UK. SPURT, the spoof aviation-industry lobby group that we reported on here, is taking out a two-page advertisement in many of the national papers this Monday. On the one

  • Greenbridge Developments: Bringing LEED Gold to North Carolina

    There surely can’t be a Treehugger out there who has not heard of William McDonough, eco-architect and co-author of Cradle to Cradle. Now his architecture firm, William McDonough and Partners, has designed a ground-breaking new development in downtown

  • London Olympics vs. Local Food: Allotments Under Threat

    As we reported on here, the 2012 London Olympics are making some big claims about their sustainability. The city made sustainability a key part of its bid for the games, and Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has stated his intention that the games

  • Modern Slavery: A Green Issue?

    Monday sees the launch of Not For Sale, a high-profile campaign to eradicate modern slavery. The campaign organizers claim there are as many as 27 million slaves world-wide, and 50% of these are children. In the interests of full disclosure, I should

  • You've Got To See It to Believe It: Turbines Boost Profile of Renewables

    Not everyone loves wind turbines. This is an easy fact to forget, if you surround yourself with environmentally conscious people, but some folks even consider them ugly. One of the most common criticisms of wind energy, at least in the UK, is the

  • Piedmont Biofuels: Still Brewing

    We first covered Piedmont Biofuels way back in May 2005, but they are certainly worth revisiting. Based in the piedmont region of North Carolina, this worker and member-owned cooperative promotes and sells biodiesel fuel made from vegetable oil. They

  • Organic and Air Freighted? Maybe Not For Much Longer...

    The local vs. organic debate is a familiar one to many treehuggers. Is it better for a shopper in London to buy organic green beans from Kenya, or non-organic from Kent? This shopper at least decided long ago that there was little point in avoiding

  • Green Seniors: Environmental Action. Age No Limit.

    It's a bit of a cliché in environmental circles that we do what we do for coming generations — take the famous 'Seven Generations' quote for example. It seems interesting then, that the greenest age group in the UK, according to a recent poll,

  • Invite Site: Handmade, Tree-free and Recycled Wedding Invitations

    Invite Site has been mentioned briefly on Treehugger before in Erin Oliver’s response to Sean’s post on another green wedding invite company. However, it seems about time they had their own post. As Erin points out, they do not make a fuss about their

  • Somebody Pinch Me: Activists and Politicians Work Together to Take On Peak Oil

    Peak Oil seems to be an issue that really concentrates the mind. While climate change is certainly a terrifying prospect, it is still somewhat difficult for many people to grasp exactly what the melting of polar ice means for them. Tell them that gas is

  • The TH Interview: Keith Johnston, Managing Director of GoinGreen, pt.2

    Keith Johnston is the Managing Director of GoinGreen, a company that has pretty much single-handedly created and developed the electric car market in London. GoinGreen’s main product is the G-Wiz, or Reva, a Californian-designed, Indian-built electric

  • Tony Blair Under Attack Over Aviation

    Things have been difficult for the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on the green front recently. On the one hand he has made a point of forceful rhetoric regarding climate change, and funding some very real and important research such as the Stern Report.

  • UK Government Offers Next Phase of Solar Grants

    For anyone in the UK thinking of installing solar power in their home, work place or community project, now may be the time. Phase 2 of the governments Low Carbon Building Programme is now up and running, meaning grants are available for up to 50% of a

  • The TH Interview: Keith Johnston, Managing Director of GoinGreen (Part 1)

    Keith Johnston is the Managing Director of GoinGreen, a company that has pretty much single-handedly created and developed the electric car market in London. GoinGreen’s main product is the G-Wiz, or Reva, a Californian-designed, Indian-built electric

  • Float Plan - Another Way to Avoid the Plane

    Every time we have a post on Treehugger about air travel, we end up creating a huge debate (witness here and here for just two examples). While the exact numbers are up for debate, there is certainly an increased focus by many on the climate impacts of

  • The TH Interview: Dave Douglas, Vice-President of Eco-Responsibility, Sun Microsystems

    In little more than a year, Sun Microsystems has distinguished itself in the information technology industry by enthusiastically adopting a TreeHugger-friendly platform of Eco-Responsibility. However, Sun's innovation does not stop at its products, which

  • BedZED Under the Spotlight: BioRegional Defends its Pioneering Project

    Life is tough on the cutting edge, and the press can be unforgiving. We Treehuggers love the BioRegional Development Group, and we particularly love their flagship eco-housing estate BedZED, which we have reported on here and here. However, not

  • Tree Planting Far From 'Pointless', Researchers Argue

    Last week we reported here on new research that suggests planting trees may not always have the climate-cooling effects that many would expect. The authors of this study have since expressed concern that they may be being misreported in some sections

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