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TreeHugger Picks: Bottled Water
1) To calculate the true costs of
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But Is It Art?
It looks like a field of wildflowers, which it is (was...) It was commissioned for Grant Park in Chicago in 1984 and created and planted by the Texan artist Chapman Kelly. The work, called "Wildflower Works", was a 1.5 acre field of rare
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Happy Kids Want Less Stuff
Although we discussed numerous times before that materialism doesn't buy happiness, most of these studies have been looking at adults. This one observed kids. It found raising a kid's self esteem reduced their longing for the perceived security of
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American Dietetic Association on the Greening of the Foodservice Industry
"Maria Simmons, RD, LDN, is no hippie. In fact, until a couple of years ago, she knew nothing about developing sustainable food programs and eco-design. Yet today, Simmons runs a nearly all-organic hospital foodservice program [...] and she's not alone;
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Three Years Ago In TreeHugger: Factor 10 House
We showed the Factor 10 House, "so called because it reduces the environmental impact of the average American home by a factor of 10." We show it again because it has held up really well- logical, carefully thought out choices that have not been
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Amtrak Train Runs Out Of Fuel, Perhaps a Wake-Up Call For America?
Despite the green merits and stress-free nature of train travel relative to flying or driving, Americans have been slow to abandon their "homes on wheels," and seem content to tolerate an increasingly unpleasant air travel experience. Not that we
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Chicago Water Story
It's the Chicago way: to avoid paying Chicago's new nickel-a-container tax on bottled water, make the switch to Chicago tap water and get hold of one of the City-offered stainless drinking bottles. Wean yourself from plastic bottles, and City expenses
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Green Build: Environmental Life Cycle Declarations Ready for Use
We couldn’t make it to the annual GreenBuild conference and expo in Chicago this year, but it looks like it is and probably was a great session. Including a panel dicussion on one of our favourite topics: environmental life cycle declarations. You know
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BuyGreen: Sofas and Loveseats
TreeHugger is quite aware that we as a society can't sit back and shop our way to global sustainability; while buying greener products is a step in the right direction, it's not a cure-all or a behavior to engage in blindly, while writing off our other
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Don't You Dare Touch Our Water
That's what a lot of Great Lakes states and provinces are saying; as John noted earlier, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson from New Mexico said "States like Wisconsin are awash in water" and wants some.
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Chicago To Tax Bottled Water
Trucks laden with Fiji water may not be so welcome in Chicago; according to USA Today, "Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has endorsed a proposal to add a 10-cent tax to each bottle, which would bring the city about $21 million a year.
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Pivot: Chicago's First Eco Boutique
While shopping online is fun and convenient sometimes you just want to feel that soft bamboo t-shirt or try on that hemp silk dress before you buy. Jessa Brinkmeyer, seeing the demand for more hands-on eco-fashion in the relatively green city of
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US Steel Joins BP In Polluting Lake Michigan
The questionably named Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which should be still smarting from its BP Whiting Refinery scandal (TreeHugger here and here) is handing out permits to pollute again, this time to US
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Trevor O'Neil's Salvaged Sustainable Designs
Designer Trevor O'Neil took advantage of a building being gutted next door to salvage a bunch of materials into a pretty interesting collection of furniture. Not least of these is this funky, ultra-modern couch made from salvaged cork; we love that
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The TH Interview: Wendy Reed, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World Campaign Manager
Starting today, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World campaign is hitting the road, touring the country (see the full schedule here) by bus to spread the good word about the difference we all can make in the fight against global warming by
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Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World Campaign Hits the Road This Week
TreeHugger has known for a while now how much difference changing your incandescent light bulbs in favor of CFLs can make (answer: a lot!). To help spread this message beyond those who read TreeHugger, the folks at Energy Star are reaching out to a
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Cool Globes: Hot Public Art for a Cooler Planet
If you happened to have been out and about Chicago between June and September, you might have noticed these massive sculpted
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World Bike Relief To Send 7,000 Bikes to Africa
World Bike Relief has pledged to send 7,000 bicycles to seven countries in Africa by November 2008. Its commitment, announced at the Clinton Global Initiative, will focus on Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia, and is expected
