Tag: Colombia - Page 3
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Bogota Revisited: StreetFilms Revisits Colombia's Inspiring Example Once More
We’ve written before about the awesome example of urban renewal set by Bogota in Colombia, including a link to the first part of StreetFilms’ inspiring coverage of the city’s initiatives to improve walking, biking and mass transit infrastructure. Now
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Should You Buy Flowers for Valentine's Day? Ask Pablo, Get Answers
Sustainability engineer Pablo Päster's work has appeared on TreeHugger several times before; his eye-opening analyses of bottled water, local food and old vs. new cars offer a thoughtful, thorough look at the true environmental costs of things many of
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Can BRT Encourage Bike Use?
Another great short film from the folks at StreetsBlog,
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Juan Valdez Goes Organic
Juan Valdez, the iconic Colombian coffee grower who is a brand for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, has been recast as slimmer, more youthful and eco-conscious. Hoping to cash in on the booming market for specialty coffees,
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Blur's Alex James Acts as Eco and Anti Drug Star in Colombia
He took on organic agriculture and cheese production in his own farm (which he
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The Palma Collection
We've told you a bit about the amazingly versatile and sustainable tagua nut before. Known as vegetable ivory, tagua is collected from the unsurprisingly named Ivory Nut Palm, which grows in the rainforests of South America. Crucially the nuts can only
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Eco-Design: Colombia Joins
El Tiempo, one of Colombia's biggest newspapers, published yesterday an article announcing that "Colombian eco-design is gaining momentum" in the country, moved mainly by a growing number of young designers working with recovered materials. From
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The Body Shop to Use Sustainable Palm Oil
Palm oil has seen some controversy in the past year or so on TreeHugger. It's even been called an "eco-nightmare" because of deforestation that's occurred leaving orangutans and birds without their natural habitat. But today we may see some new
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Hello, Goodbye to New Species of Hummingbird
The Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae), which displays a plumage of violet blue and iridescent green on its throat, has been
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Mission Improbable: The Brit Who Lived in the Woods is Going to Live in the Jungle
Photo credit: Mark Basset, The Source Photography. The young British adventurer Hugh Sawyer amazed people last year with his adaptability and survival instincts while he lived in the woods for one year. Inspired by his extreme camping experience, during
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Katherine Hamnett Goes For Green Gold
Image by David Sandison from The Independent. Having taken on Politics, War, HIV/Aids and the cotton industry with her controversial clothing designs, fashion activist Katherine Hamnett is now taking on the dubious ethics of the gold industry with a
