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Seven Crazy Things Celebrities Have Said About the Environment Photo Credit: Khizer
From George W. Bush to Jennifer Aniston, celebs spread their great wisdom on the world's most pressing issues involving the environment. Celebrity and political forces have been known to express their views on such subjects as pollution, nature, air quality, natural gas, electricity, water conservation, and waste management. Here at TreeHugger, we are thankful to have such a powerful think tank on our side, sharing such dee...
CES 2009: Motorola Launches The First Carbon Neutral Cell Phone Photos via MotorolaCES kicks off tomorrow and we'll be there to give you the eco-scoop. But there's so much happening, we can't wait to get started. So, here's news about the world's first "carbon neutral" mobile phone, the Renew, courtesy of Motorola. ...
Video: Canadian World Wildlife Foundation Ad
This well-made, but slightly surreal, commercial by the Canadian WWF tries to visually get the point across that individual good choices aren't always enough, and that government and industry must also play its part. See for yourself. Via
A123 Systems Wants to Mass Produce Li-Ion Batteries in USA Electric Car Batteries Made in the USA?
A123Systems has announced today that is has applied under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program to qualify for $1.84 billion in loans. The goal? Built lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in the United States, with the first construction location in southeast Michigan near Detroit. Read on for more....
Climate Contributes To Lahore Pakistan's Daily Power Blackouts - Australian Coal To The Rescue? Food Street, Lahore, Pakistan. Image credit:Flickr,PakistaniBloggers: Asif Jafri
People often write of climate associated flooding, loss of agricultural productivity, spread of tropical disease, and so on. The City of Lahore, Pakistan is experiencing a climate associated crisis, as loss of hydroelectric power has forced "load shedding." According to the Daily Times, hydroelectric power generation recently dropped from 6,500 megawatts to 150 megawatts: close to a 98% ...
Buying a Headstone for Knut's Surrogate Father Dead at 44
Thomas Doerflein became famous because of his devotion to Knut, the world's most famous polar bear. After Knut was born in captivity at the Zoologischer Garten in Berlin and rejected by his mother, the zookeeper nurtured him round the clock, even sleeping near him in a sleeping bag and feeding him several times each night. But Thomas died last september of a heart attack. He was 44. Read on for the rest of the story......
HP Trading Cash for Old Gadgets Photo via kyz
HP is offering more than just credit or a smile for returning old electronics to them. They're offering cash for tech equipment that still has some life in it. ...
Jay Leno Talks Wind Turbines (Video)
Jay Leno likes getting green energy at his garage. Check out this great video in which he and Ken Johnson from Enviro Energies talk about a magnetic wind turbine called the MagWind. He and
An Earthquake-Ready School for China (Just Add Cardboard Tubes) Shigeru Ban's Paper Tube School
The devastating earthquake that struck in central China's Sichuan province on May 12 killed 69,000 and left 4.8 million people homeless. The most chilling symbol of the Wenchuan quake were the thousands of schools that flattened like pancakes, crushing scores of children -- the result of shoddy construction. While the investigations continue (and serious criticisms continue to be suppressed), scores of domestic and foreign initiatives have come to Sichuan, hoping to rebuild stronger and more sustai...
Timer Switch Knows When the Sun Sets: Pass or Fail? The Mother-in-Law has a timer switch that turns on a table lamp at sundown. Of course, it is only right twice a year as sundown is a moving target, so she is either in the dark or wasting energy. That is why the Aube Solar Timer switch is interesting; you program in your latitude and your longitude so it can calculate sunrise and sundown all year long. ...
Simple Solutions to Complex Problems: The Hurriquake Nail For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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No Way To Run a Railroad: Amtrak Arrests Photo Contest Participant- For Taking Photos
Photo of where Dwane Kersic was standing in Penn Station. Used, I think, with permission
TreeHugger loves trains and loves Amtrak, kind of like one loves a wayward child. Thanks to underfunding and management, Amtrak gives train-haters lots of ammunition, like when it runs out of gas (a post where half of the commenters called it "incompetent"). Its latest: Amtrak Police arrested photographer Duane Kerzic for taking pictures of trains in Penn Station- for Amtrak's
CleanTechies Beats Out Non-Green Blogs for "Best Business Blog" Finalist
The Weblog Awards are a fairly big deal in the blogosphere, and when green blogs beat out others for prime finalist spots, it's a good sign that blog readers are catching on.
CleanTechies is a business blog focused on information from the CleanTech industry, and it beat out 5,000 blogs for a spot as a finalist in the "Best Business Blog" award competition. But what makes this such an achievement is that it was the only green blog in the category.
Read on for what you can do to help this green blog get some recognition. ...
Aftermath of the TVA Coal Ash Spill: Get Ticketed for Taking Water Samples (Video) Note: the intro to this is the same as some other clips we’ve shown on this subject, but this one really does a better job at showing the extent of the damage caused by the spill--if you want to get quickly caught up on what's happened over the past since the spill happened, this is the one.
One more eyewitness video clip showing the aftermath ...
Green Gizmos Meet Refabs at School of Sustainability
We often complain that there is a lot of embodied energy in existing buildings and that they should be preserved and renovated; we have also repeated Donovan Rypkema's comment that architects are overly fond of "green gizmos" instead of simpler technologies. The new Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University has its feet planted in both camps; it is a refab of an old nursing school and it is most definitely decorated with the greenest of gizmos: cute little AeroVironment wind turbines....
Dishwasher-Poached Salmon - A Recipe for Energy Efficiency Image credit: TerrapassDishwasher Cooking Puts Waste Heat to Work
It’s been a long time since Treehugger covered the rather obscure art of dishwasher cooking, but just like cooking with your car engine, there is some logic to using up heat that would otherwise go to waste. Personally I’ve always been a little too nervous of soap-sud encrusted salmon to give it any serious thought – but Adam Stern over at Terrapass is a braver s...
SwapItShop Is eBay, But With Fake Money
Did you get a bunch of junk for Christmas and you don't know what to do with it? Or maybe you want to clean out your closet and wish you could get something in return for all the things you're planning to FreeCycle?
The SwapItShop is an online trading system that lets you trade unwanted stuff for points, which you then put towards other items on the website that strike your fancy. ...
Foster + Partners Green Building in Buenos Aires: The Aleph
English architecture studio Foster + Partners is about to start building a sustainable luxury apartment building in one of Buenos Aires top neighborhoods, Puerto Madero. The first of this high profile firm in South America.
The building, called The Aleph, was designed with the aim to selectively recycle some parts of an old property and to take the most advantage of the city's sun for light and climate control. Plus, the architecture firm is closely analyzing the buil...
Wild Food: Seven Herbs To Celebrate The Return Of Green
(Photo from Shizenjuku)
Sirerdrick made a good point in the comment to Bonnie's post about Food Foraging, noting that in Japan, you can find a lot of wild foods, including bamboo shoots, fern saplings, and ginkgo nuts. Actually, today, January 7 is a traditional day to celebrate the first herbs that grow this time of year. This afternoon I noticed that my supermarket sold the herbs, so I didn't have to do much foraging, but I like the way they make stuff available:...
Food Foraging Lessons for the Recession image from ajooma.net
Food foraging has moved from being something out there on the fringe to an almost mainstream hobby. Or necessity, if things continue the way they are going. Given the mood of these times, more and more people are taking it up. Courses are being offered to city slickers so that they can become educated in the ways of the forest--a good idea because there are dangerous plants that can be eaten mistakenly. Even a pro like Nicholas Evans, author of the Horse Whisperer, recently needed dialysis after eating the wrong wild mushrooms in Scotland.
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Electric Car Batteries Made in the USA?
A123Systems has announced today that is has applied under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program to qualify for $1.84 billion in loans. The goal? Built lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in the United States, with the first construction location in southeast Michigan near Detroit. Read on for more....
Dead at 44
Thomas Doerflein became famous because of his devotion to Knut, the world's most famous polar bear. After Knut was born in captivity at the Zoologischer Garten in Berlin and rejected by his mother, the zookeeper nurtured him round the clock, even sleeping near him in a sleeping bag and feeding him several times each night. But Thomas died last september of a heart attack. He was 44. Read on for the rest of the story......
Shigeru Ban's Paper Tube School
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The Mother-in-Law has a timer switch that turns on a table lamp at sundown. Of course, it is only right twice a year as sundown is a moving target, so she is either in the dark or wasting energy. That is why the Aube Solar Timer switch is interesting; you program in your latitude and your longitude so it can calculate sunrise and sundown all year long. ...
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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Citing the disproportionate burden Native American populations will bear because of climate change, and have borne because fossil fuel energy development (in particular uranium mining), a coalition of Native groups, including 
Photo of where Dwane Kersic was standing in Penn Station. Used, I think,
The Weblog Awards are a fairly big deal in the blogosphere, and when green blogs beat out others for prime finalist spots, it's a good sign that blog readers are catching on.
We often complain that there is a lot of embodied energy in existing buildings and that they should be preserved and renovated; we have also repeated Donovan Rypkema's comment that architects are
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Did you get a bunch of junk for Christmas and you don't know what to do with it? Or maybe you want to clean out your closet and wish you could get something in return for all the things you're planning to FreeCycle?
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Food foraging has moved from being something out there on the fringe to an almost mainstream hobby. Or necessity, if things continue the way they are going. Given the mood of these times, more and more people are taking it up. Courses are being offered to city slickers so that they can become educated in the ways of the forest--a good idea because there are dangerous plants that can be eaten mistakenly. Even a pro like Nicholas Evans, author of the Horse Whisperer, recently needed dialysis after eating the wrong wild mushrooms in Scotland.
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Photos: © Timothy Hursley - The Arkansas Office
10 Akron Street, Kyu Sung Woo's smart new graduate student housing complex for Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, has received high praise from the US Green Building Council: a 
