Tag: Environmental Footprint - Page 7
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Greener Gadgets 2010: Yves Béhar's Hacked Car Concept, Green Underwear project, and Top 3 Design Principles
The first keynote of the day at Greener Gadgets came from Yves Behar, founder of fuseproject and one of our favorite designers around TreeHugger, dreaming up things from bike helmets to the One Laptop Per Child computer. And its
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10 New Green Toys and Playthings from the Toy Fair
At last week's International Toy Fair in New York City - its 107th, if you're counting - it was the first time there was a "green" pavilion featuring
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French Feminist Blames Green Movement For Guilting Women Into Old-Fashioned Roles
French feminist thinker Elisabeth Badinter blames the green movement for pushing French women back into the traditional role of a mother chained to her home and child - a role the feminist movement has worked hard in helping women
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Deconstructing the Emergency Bag: Packing a Kit Is Tougher Than It Looks
I grew up in California, so my family is familiar with earthquakes. However, I grew up in a coastal area that, while we felt the rattle when quakes hit north and south of us, we rarely experienced disastrous results. Even with that familiarity -- or
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Top Stories from Tonic: Volunteers Still Needed in Haiti, Top Sustainable CEOs, Lewis Black Rants for Charity, and More!
More than two weeks have passed since the devastating earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, and millions of Americans have opened their wallets, their hearts, even their homes to help. But now, as the long, difficult struggle to rebuild a nation continues,
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Pedal-Power in Detroit: Green Gym for the Homeless
Between 1950 and 1980, Detroit lost 500,000 trees to Dutch elm disease, urban expansion and attrition, according to Paul Bairley, director of Urban Forestry for The Greening of
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Carbon Reporting Software Market Booming, Purchases Set to Increase 600% By 2011
Carbon reporting is on the rise, and along with it is the rise of software to help with accounting. Grooms Energy Research predicts that over the next two years, we can expect to see a seven-fold increase in
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Leaf Carving: An Incredible New Art Form
It's hard not to love the brilliant display of colorful foliage
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Coal Power Plant + Music from The Shining = Disturbing Timelapse Video
Jeff Grew has created a timelapse video showing the emissions from the mid-America power plant just south of Council Bluffs Iowa. He states that the video isn't a political statement - that it's purely for the love of art -
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Greenpeace to Build New State-of-the-Art Rainbow Warrior III
Greenpeace has announced that it will be building a new state of the art £14M (US$23M) sailing ship. When it is finished next year, the Rainbow Warrior III will be one of the biggest boats to be commissioned in
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Consumer Electronics Show 2010 Wrap-Up: Best and Worst of Green
The Consumer Electronics Show 2010 (CES) was quite a whirlwind event this year. With over 112,500 attendees in the first two
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Breakfast of Champions: Cereal With a Sustainable Footprint
An awakening in every bite. That's one of the catchy slogans for the flagship cereal of Nature's Path Organic. Flax Plus Pumpkin Granola launched an amusing and effective campaign emphasizing a healthy dose of sustainability with a crunchier taste. But
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Jessica Biel and Friends Aim High, Bob Barker Saves the Whales, and More
The celebrity-packed Summit to the Summit left basecamp yesterday, with Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Alexandra Cousteau, Isabel Lucas, Lupe Fiasco, and other climbers making the 19,340-foot trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro to
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Calendar Uses Shocking Photos and Stunning Latin Stars to Raise Eco Awareness (Slideshow)
In a new calendar for 2010, gorgeous Latin actors and models are featured in shocking poses sending home eco messages. A collaboration between the Azara Foundation and fashion photographer Gaby
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Survey Finds Over Half of All Americans Committing to Green New Years Resolutions
A new nationwide survey by Tiller Research LLC has found good green news for the new year. Over half of the American population will likely make an environmentally-focused New Year's resolution. The survey found
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World Record Set for (Paper) Plane Flight
It's a world flight record even though it only lasted 26.1 seconds. Not your usual record, because it's origami, and it was achieved by the president of the Japan Origami Plane Association. Takuo Toda just missed matching his
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Vote for the Best and Worst Green Websites of the Year
Nigel's Eco Store is holding a competition for the best and worst green websites of the year. It's a great way to learn about some new sites as well as supporting your favourites. No bias here even though this TreeHugger
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Pets Pollute More Than Cars, Scientists Say
Who would have guessed that behind those big, doughy eyes and that fluffy, wagging tail your cat or dog produced twice as much pollution as your car? How could that be? You've never seen the dog
