Tag: Books - Page 12
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Green Kitchens Begin With Food: "Easy Green Organic" Cooking by Anna Getty
Goat cheese frittata on crostini, arugula and strawberry salad, soba noodles with crumbled tofu tossed in a light Asian sauce, followed by crunchy macaroons and rich fudge cookies. Delicious. The organic buffet at the launch party for Anna Getty's new
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How to Live a Slow Life in Slow London
Slow is not a word that one usually associates with London, one of the world's biggest cities. However this new book, slow London, shows readers (or shall we say followers of the idea) how to live a less stressful and more
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Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It (Interview)
Go to your tap and turn it on. Most likely, the second you turn the faucet handle, water gushes out. That alone might make you think there's not a water crisis happening right now in America. Or at least that if there is, it's
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Comics Help Smart Kids (& Adults) Build Toys From Found Objects (Slideshow)
The makers of "Howtoons" aren't the only people to be concerned about how much time today's kids spend online and in front of the TV, and how little they spend running
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Made By Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throw Away World (Book Review)
Image of book cover via Amazon. Do It Yourself. It's a phrase that's been snatched up by mainstream culture through televisions shows, best seller books, and craft store kits. But DIY, when you stop and consider it, mean so much more than just building
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Co-opportunity by John Grant - Join Up For a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World (Book Review)
We're excited to welcome British author and green marketing guru John Grant back to the top of our reading list. His latest offering 'Co-opportunity' invites us all to "Join up for a sustainable, resilient, prosperous world." In his recent Change
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Story Of Stuff Pinpoints the Problems With Possessions (Book Review)
The viral video phenomenon The Story of Stuff has made a big impact on audiences worldwide. Since its release in 2007, it's been
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Cool Roofs and Earth Tube Air Conditioning in Renew Magazine
Installing earth tubes at Aldo Leopold Center. Photo: from Renew magazine Dumb Roofs Renew magazine for Jan - Mar covers a lot of ground in its 106 pages on "technology for a sustainable future." But for me the stand-out article covers a subject dear to
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An iPhone App about Biomimetic Architecture: BioDesign #3 by Dennis Dollens
This seems to be the year for green iPhone apps, with already over 100 to choose from, including TreeHugger's own which was launched last month and the Green Map app launched recently. Now here is one for the biomimicry and architecture fans amongst
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Book Review)
How to change things when change is hard. Yep...sounds like what the green movement struggles with every day. How do we get everyone to change things as ingrained as unsustainable eating habits? How do we get governments to shift
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e-Reader Chart Compares iPad, Kindle, Nook and More, Makes Shopping A Little Easier
With all the e-readers hitting the market, it's getting more difficult to know which is the best product to buy. You want something that will be pleasant to use, or is it more important that you're able to fit all your favorites
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Book Review: Prosperity Without Growth - Economics for a Finite Planet
It's the beginning of a new year and with so many economic and environmental challenges ahead we need all the inspiration we can get to help us get over our Copenhangovers! For all the myriad of reasons that the Copenhagen Climate
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12 One-Year Personal Stunts We Can't Stop Talking About
Call them New Year's resolutions on steroids: The past few years have seen a variety of people publicly pledge to spend 365 days living a more environmentally friendly life, whether by eating locally or giving up money altogether.
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Robert Heinlein's House of the Future
Images from Popular Mechanics
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Book Review: Green Design by Marcus Fairs
The cover of Marcus Fairs' new book Green Design: Creative Sustainable Designs for the Twenty-First Century demonstrates so many of the contradictions in writing about green design. It shows the Accordion House in rural Sweden. It is a small and
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Will Print Magazines Be No More? Magazine Publishers Partner Up for Digital Distribution
We've been hearing rumors about magazine publishers working together to take their content digital, and it sounds like even the glossies will soon be found on e-readers. Time Warner, Conde Nast, Meredith, Hearst and News Corp. have
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Julie & Julia Author Dishes to the Daily Beast About Meat-eating, Vegetarianism, and Jonathan Safran Foer
The intimate details of her and her husband's affairs may be the main grist for the media in Julie Powell's new book, Cleaving, but the author
