Tag: Books - Page 5
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Why You Should Grind Your Own Flour and Other Lessons from The Urban Farm Handbook (Book Review)
An interesting book to understand how the urban and farm worlds can collide, including everything from setting up a garden to producing backyard small-animal meat.
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William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle, a Terrestrial Space Station, and What Went Wrong in China (Podcast)
Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.
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Jargon Watch: "Workampers" Follow Seasonal Jobs By RV
The mobile lifestyle isn't always so attractive; welcome to the new migrant workers of the electronic age
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OccupyEducated Creates a Virtual Library for the #Occupy Movement: What Books Would You Recommend?
In response to books being confiscated and destroyed at Occupy Wall Street, activists have created a virtual library to spread the word.
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David Rockefeller Jr.'s New Book is Part Sailing Adventure, Part Climate Change Awakening
New book One Island, One Ocean chronicles a sailing adventure around the Americas and shows the effects of climate change.
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Join Author Peter Gleick for a Discussion of Our Obsession With Bottled Water
Author Peter Gleick joins TreeHugger for a live chat about the story behind bottled water and what it means for our culture and environment.
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Bottled & Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water (Book Review)
Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.
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Jonathan Franzen Talks Population Growth, Conservation (Video)
The author of the widely-acclaimed 'Freedom' discusses the environmental themes he addresses in that novel.
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Graffiti Knitting Goes Main Stream (Book Review)
Knit in the City tells a crafty "whodunnknit" set in the streets of London.
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Richard Heinberg on Reaching The End of Growth (Podcast)
Richard Heinberg (author of The Party's Over and Peak Everything) talks about his new book, The End of Growth, and explains why you can't have unlimited growth on a finite planet.
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5 Food Memoir Books We Want to Read Now
If you've ever dreamed about quitting your job and leaving it all behind for an adventure -- and especially if that adventure was based on food -- then these food memoirs are the perfect armchair escapes.
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How Climate Change is Causing War (Video)
Christian Parenti's "Tropic of Chaos" You've probably heard the ominous assertion that climate change will become a major driver of conflict around the world, especially in already volatile regions. It's why our military takes climate change seriously
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We Need a Left-Wing Media Machine to Fight for Climate Action: Mark Hertsgaard (Video)
Author of Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth Talks Climate Action Plumbing our archives, I couldn't believe that TreeHugger hasn't reviewed Mark Hertsgaard's fine book Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth. We'll have to change
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Author Kennedy Warne Discusses the True Cost of Seafood (Video)
This month, BookHugger presents Let Them Eat Shrimp by Kennedy Warne. Readers can order a discounted copy.Watch live streaming video from treehuggerlive at livestream.com Vital Mangroves On The Edge Of
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How About An Entire Book On A Single Poster To Save Paper And Space?
For a while I have been thinking of getting a Kindle. It saves trees and eliminates the impact of transportation and with Amazon's recycling scheme in place as well as the fairly long lifespan of the Kindle, the problem of e-waste seems less worrying
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Rented & Used Textbooks Cheaper Than Digital Nearly Every Time
In the debate on which is better, printed or digital, for textbooks, a new survey could have students reaching for those 30-pound tomes. Campusbooks.com compared prices for 1,000 textbooks across 12 textbook rental
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Sweet Heat: Apple, Radish and Fennel Salad
"The subtle anise flavor of fresh fennel partners perfectly with sweet-tart apple, and the radish slices
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Bike-Powered Mobile Library Brings Books To Portland's Homeless
For most of us, easy access to books and libraries is something we take for granted. For the homeless though, it can be difficult to gain access to reading material in a library, much less signing up for a library card to take
