Tag: Ethical - Page 6
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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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US Bear Poaching: One Caught, How Many Lurk in Woods?
It's bear season in Pennsylvania and the hunters are wild. When Wildlife Conservation Officer Cory Bentzoni of Pennsylvania's Game Commission noticed a truck loaded with pastries driving along
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WorldChanging's Alex Steffen Tells Us How to Build a Better World
Image credit: Good WorldChanging's Alex Steffen has a few simple ideas for making the world a better place. As part of Good's looks at "the world after COP15," he has explained his thoughts and strategies.Everything from waste to heat, electricity to
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Play Poker, Save a Species?
Australia is home to a multitude of species found nowhere else on Earth--but just in the last 100 years they've had to strike off a whopping 55 animal species from
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The Best of Fast Company: Ethical Halloween Candy, Bunnies for Biofuel, and a Twitter Taxi
This week at Fast Company, we looked at the most sustainable Halloween candy, whether it makes sense to burn rabbits for biofuel, Green Tomato Cars' Twitter taxi service, and 6 ways Google has greened its main campus.
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Elegant Roots: Green Doesn't (Always) Come Cheap
Whenever we post on the more luxury end of green items - whether it's Arms & Barnes reclaimed furniture or expensive electric cars - we always get hit with comments complaining that most folks can't afford to live like that.
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Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People
Back when we had Emily Pilloton on TreeHugger Radio, she got us all excited about the book she was working on. Now it's here. Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People (available from Amazon and Project H) is both visually stimulating and
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Iraq War Veterans Unite to Fight for Climate Bill
With the oil industry pushing its "Energy Citizen" rallies into the national spotlight, a group of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have come together to fight the pro-oil thrust. They've formed a coalition called
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Why Genetically Modified, Drought-Resistant Seeds Are a Waste of Time and Money
What's all the to do about the concept of a genetically modified seed that would carry a drought-resistant gene? Do we even need one? I say no for three reasons. First, how can the poor, who truly need to be able to grow
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September Promises to be Killer Month for Wolf Hunters
Within weeks, grey wolves in the Northern Rockies will be on the business-end of high-powered hunting rifles. Most people remember back in May 2009 that the Obama Administration delisted the wolves from the endangered species
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Oceans 11 meets Flipper: Don't Miss "The Cove"
The fate of 23,000 dolphins is in your hands, says Flipper's old trainer Ric O'Barry who's devoted years to ending the monster he
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Beautiful Objects from Brazilian Native Communities through Imaginario Pernambucano
Imaginario Pernambucano is one more project in which the skills of artisan people from native communities are empowered with the help of design. An extended practice in South America, we've seen this
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realfood festival Supports Local Campaigns
The realfood festival is a celebration of the produce and producers in the UK and abroad. But food policy and politics are such big issues now that they were also part of the event. There were thought provoking debates on the future of food, buying
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Choolips is a Green Fashion Success Story
We love hearing about green success stories, and here's a good one. Two years ago TreeHugger had a post about a design contest that would link up young designers with producers in Ghana to create clothing trendy enough to be sold at
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Father's Day Green Gift Guide: 10 Presents Dad Will Adore
We love dad (or hubby or grandpa--insert your preferred Papa Bear-figure here) and know that he deserves the best. So why not choose a gift that reflects style, substance, sophistication, and sustainability? Make him swoon with a dashing gift that's
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Maker Faire 09: The Bigger Picture of Remaking a Sustainable America
The bigger theme behind this year's Maker Faire is an excellent one, and one that every TreeHugger can appreciate. The call is to remake America into a sustainable place to live, and thrive. And, wandering through the various
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"Beat Poverty" Event On World Fair Trade Day In Japan
The good people over at People Tree are a real insipration here in Japan. This year's World Fair Trade Day was no exception: 800 people showed up to watch their fashion show, there was Taiko drumming by Gocoo, a celebrated band
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Award-winning Author David Quammen on Swine Flu, Evolution and Ecology
Photo by Steve Hunts David Quammen is the kind of author that changes your mind about what you think you know. His resume reads more like an instruction guide to being the smartest person in the room than merely work experience. He's a Rhode Scholar,
