Tag: Pictures
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Instagram Leads Us to More Consumerism, Not Less
The billion-dollar app specializes in sharing digital photos, but tugging along behind it is a growing pile of material stuff.
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Viper Eel, More Undersea Creatures in X-ray Exhibit
See fish in black and white, bones and flesh, in Smithsonian exhibit, touring the U.S.
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Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection; Nobody Notices Or Cares
It was pretty much inevitable; the company just couldn't capitalize on the digital revolution.
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Trees are the Winner in UK's Landscape Photography of the Year Prize
An isolated winter scene beats out the competition in the annual awards ceremony.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More (Slideshow)
We've featured a lot of treehouses on TreeHugger, but the plans for this one are a little different: Ten cherry trees will be planted in a circle, and pruned and bent over time to form a unique, two story sculpture.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More
This week's photo roundup includes a sculpture made from living cherry trees, an artist catapulting LEDs into the sky to make stars, and more.
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How About An Entire Book On A Single Poster To Save Paper And Space?
For a while I have been thinking of getting a Kindle. It saves trees and eliminates the impact of transportation and with Amazon's recycling scheme in place as well as the fairly long lifespan of the Kindle, the problem of e-waste seems less worrying
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'Charity: Water' Photo Gifts That Give Back
Ever since we took the kids to Florida, my wife has been saving photo memories in scrapbooks. Our two daughters like making the books, too, and I have to admit, looking at one of these handmade creations beats Flickr any
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Leafsnap is a New App to Identify Trees
It's a TreeHugger's dream come true. Leafsnap is a new free app that identifies trees.
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Green Tax Shift & Other Environmental Issues Cartoon-Style by Stuart McMillen
Here is someone who gets the message across, in a funny and beautiful way. Australian Stuart McMillen takes topics around environmental sustainability and turns them into catchy cartoons.
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Photographer Discovers Mysterious "Bearded" Antelope
Photo by Paolo Torchio Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious "bearded" antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from
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The Week in Pictures: Galapagos Islands No Longer Endangered? 'Static Kill' of BP's Oil Well, and More (Slideshow)
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the
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Balloon Blamed For Setting Rio de Janeiro on Fire
Photo via Global Voices Rio de Janeiro is a city known for its spirited festivities and all-night celebrations, but part of those revelries are being blamed for inadvertently setting a blaze on one of the city's hillside national parks over the weekend,
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New Pictures of Earth Tweeted From Space
In what is perhaps the final frontier for Internet access, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared
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Wildlife Watchers Tap Into the Web
Elk sightings mapped on the WildObs website. Wondering which species of bird you spotted on the local lake the other day? Or what that little critter escaping into the woods might have been? The Internet comes to the rescue once again with a variety
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Brave Hippo is a Dentist's Perfect Patient
For a lot of people, visiting the dentist is a traumatic experience--the poking, the prodding, the unnerving sound of the drill. Some even shudder just to receive that 'friendly
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22 Most Amazing Maps Changing How We See The World
Maps. They make everything a little bit better. They have the capacity to turn confusing, nebulous, and unimaginable
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Nude 2010 Yoga Calendar Pulls Double Duty as Sexy Wall Art
I blab about yoga a lot here on TreeHugger and Planet Green. Plain and simple, it's awesome. Not just for staying youthful, fit and healthy--reducing the need (and waste) from over-the-counter and Rx drugs--but it's also
