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Santa Falls Victim to Climate Change
Treehuggers are no strangers to climate-related bad news, but this latest headline is particularly worrying. It seems Santa, who was recently voted one of the top 100 green heroes, may be unable to make a successful lift-off this year, due to the
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Reva Electric Car Company Receives $20m Funding
We have reported countless times on the Indian-made Reva, or G-Wiz at is marketed in London, including here, here, and here. Many people we talk to love this tiny, silent run around, while others claim it is just small and ugly. However, whether you
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The TH Interview: Paul Allen of the Centre for Alternative Technology
Paul Allen is the development director of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales, one of Europe's leading demonstration sites for renewable enrgy and green technologies. He is the designer of many renewable energy systems for CAT and has
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Online Auction Aids North Carolina Community Garden
Last summer we reported here on an inspiring community garden and urban farm initiative in Durham, North Carolina. SEEDS (South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces) runs a demonstration organic garden, a youth-run urban farm/ market gardening
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The TH Interview: Penny Eastwood of Treesponsibility
A little while back we alerted readers to a tree planting event in the West Yorkshire village of Hebden Bridge in the UK. Under the banner of Treesponsibility, a group of local residents have been responding to severe flooding by reforesting the
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Global Forests Set to Return? Study Gives Cause for Optimism
Unsruprisingly, Treehuggers love trees. The usual pessimistic headlines about the state of the world's forests can make for pretty depressing reading. Imagine our delight then, to read here on the BBC website about a new study that claims things
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Reusable Plastic 'Paper' May Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Electronics giant Toshiba has developed a new form of printer that uses plastic instead of paper, allowing the same sheet to be erased and reprinted up to 500 times. The company is claiming that this will result in a significant reduction of greenhouse
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George Monbiot In Vancouver
George Monbiot, who is touring his new book Heat, spoke in Vancouver last week. It was riveting, inspirational, and depressing all at once. Ecoshock, an environmental internet radio station, will be posting a recording of Monbiot's speech. Ecoshock is
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Rainham Marshes: Designer Birdwatching
When you think of organizations at the cutting edge of green design, the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is not the first to spring to mind. All this may well change however, as the conservation group recently unveiled an
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Children Demand a Future: Will Blair Listen?
Tony Blair is no stranger to tough political negotiations. However, even he may have found it hard to explain to this bunch why he is unwilling to sign up to year-on-year targets for greenhouse gas reductions. Six school children, between the ages of 8
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What's in a Name? Babes n Burgers: Organic Treats for All Ages
When we visited West London based Babes N Burgers (warning: this website comes with a serious Flash alert!), we weren't quite sure what to expect. For this particular Treehugger at least, the name had a certain ambiguity. However, far from being an
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Manchester Turbine Gets Go Ahead
Way back in October 2005, Warren reported here on plans by Manchester City football club to build a giant wind turbine to power their stadium. The turbine, to be designed by architectural giant Norman Foster, was being billed as the largest land-based
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The TH Interview: Anna Lappé
Among the many projects that Anna
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German Farmers Get Juicy
We Treehuggers love recycling, but all too often it involves expending energy to break down perfectly good materials, only to reform them into very similar materials or products later. This is something that McDonough & Braungart refer to as downcycling,
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The Stern Report: Solarcentury Responds
Solarcentury's Jeremy Leggett is no stranger to stirring up the government, as can be seen from the interview we conducted here. Now he has joined the debate surrounding the Stern report. Not only has his company released its own provocative vision for
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Reminder: Massive Global Climate Protests Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder to our readers that tomorrow, Saturday November the 4th, demonstrators across the world will take to the streets to mark the UN climate talks in Nairobi, Kenya. Why not join them? They will be
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The TH Interview: Ian Roderick of Chew Magna Go Zero (Part 2)
On Tuesday, we posted the first part of an interview with Ian Roderick of Go Zero, a community intiative based in the village of Chew Magna in South West England. We heard how villagers teamed up to envision a zero waste village, grouping themselves
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The TH Interview: Ian Roderick of Chew Magna Go Zero (Part 1)
A little while back, we wrote here about the Go Zero initiative in the village of Chew Magna in South West England. Now it seems the group is spreading its wings, reaching out to other communities in the area and inspiring them to set up similar schemes.
