Tag: Consumerism - Page 11
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CES 2011: What Does Energy Efficiency Mean for Electronics Innovation?
Appliances and gadgets have become an increasingly significant portion of our electricity bills. As pointed out during a panel on energy efficiency at CES, the portion has gone up from 8% in the 1990s to 41% for homes, and
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CES 2011: Tablet Devices Make e-Readers Look So Last Season
E-readers were THE thing at last year's CES, right up there with 3D TV technology. And this year they're still fairly popular, with news that ebook sales have reached all-time highs. However, since the launch of the iPad in
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GreenDeals: Groupon for Greenies
Not that there's a shortage of venues for online bargain shopping, but here's a new one that might interest TreeHuggers: GreenDeals, a recent initiative from Green America, one of the more reliable sources of information on environmentally-friendly and
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Survey Reveals French are the Saddest People on Earth
If you are feeling very sad about the coming year, you are probably French. If the thought of the new year fills you with hope and optimism then you may be from Nigeria, Vietnam or even Kosovo.
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Ethical Consumerism Bucks Recession & Grows 18%
The term "ethical consumerism" has always given me an icky feeling. Whether it is discussion regarding the feasibility of a better world through buying stuff, or the accusation
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Give Something Back in the New Year
It's new year's eve, time to think about those resolutions for 2011. Some for you (diet? gym? less computer?) and some for others.
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Ecomodo Grows Communities for Lending and Renting Goods
Usually EcoModo refers to the title of TreeHugger's weekly column on Gizmodo. But apparently there's more than one "Ecomodo" -- the second is a new
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Ask Pablo: Holiday Wrapping Paper
The exact
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Humans Now Consuming 25% of All Plant Life Growing Each Year
Plenty of research on both both personal and national ecological footprints has shown that we are using Earth's resources at unsustainable rates, that we are using them up faster than they can be regenerated. Now, some new work from NASA
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Tate's Christmas Tree Bares All
It's been a tough year and many holiday celebrations this year are being kept simple. For example, the Tate Britain Art Gallery. It has a long tradition of commissioning famous artists to decorate the Christmas tree in its
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Americans Turning Over Electronics 400 Million Times a Year
I'll soon be dragging an old TV to the curb. 24 years old. Made in Korea. It still works, and someone will surely put it to good use. The curb outside my house works that way. But it got me thinking,
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Walmart Adds 218,000 Acres to Wildlife Habitat Protection Program
One more item to add to the list of reasons it's getting harder to hate Walmart: its Acres for America program is working to preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat.Walmart's latest grant for the program will
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Close That Door--You're Wasting Energy
Here's an idea that is so obvious it should be a no-brainer: shut the door and save energy. The Close the Door Campaign is asking retailers to conserve energy by keeping their front doors closed.
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China's Ban Kept 100 Billion Plastic Bags Out of the Trash
It's so simple -- so gloriously simple. In 2008, China instated a law that made it illegal for stores to give out plastic bags for free. Instead, shop owners were required to charge for the bags, and allowed to keep any
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Climate Counts iPhone App Ranks Companies for Sustainable Holiday Shopping
Practically everyone has entered the frenzied shopping season. But rather than grabbing the first good deal offered on whatever's on the holiday list, Climate Counts is offering an easy way to buy from the most eco-conscious
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Chemical Companies Spied on Greenpeace, Lawsuit Claims (Video)
Today, the world-famous environmental organization Greenpeace filed lawsuits against two chemical companies, Dow Chemical and Sasol. The suit alleges that both companies engaged in the equivalent of corporate espionage; that they spied on the
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Consumers, Meet Producers: Abe's Market Lets Buyers Get to Know, Appreciate, Interact with Manufacturers
Do you ever wonder who makes the stuff you buy? Ever want that farmer's market feel, where you connect with the source of what you're buying, but for all the non-food goods in your life? That satisfaction is increasingly hard to
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Use 37% Less Power By Talking to Friends and Family
It's been tagged the 'kitchen table conversation' approach. And if a recent trial is anything to go by it works. "Participants ... cut power use by 37 per cent and their carbon footprint by 27 per cent," says Paul Graham, one of the
