Archive for December, 2007
A Year Of Trash Is…96 Cubic Feet of Packaging
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Ari Derfel of Berkeley, California, saved his trash - including what he generated when he went out - for an entire year and ended up with a kitchen and then a living room full (96 cubic feet to be exact) of mostly food packaging, bits of paper, and the odd condom. He composted all his […] Read entire article |
Survey: Did You Keep Your Resolution?
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Last New Years many TreeHugger writers posted their resolutions and you voted on which was the best, settling on Graham’s “Actually start carrying around a re-usable bag for shopping.” |
One Picture Tells The Story: Solar Is World’s Fastest Growing Energy Source
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“According to The Earth Policy Institute production of photovoltaics (PV) jumped to 3,800 megawatts worldwide in 2007, up an estimated 50 percent over 2006. At the end of the year, according to preliminary data, cumulative global production stood at 12,400 megawatts, enough to power 2.4 million U.S. homes. Growing by an impressive average of 48 […] Read entire article |
TreeHugger Zeitgeist: The Top 10 Posts of 2007
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So here it is, the zeitgeist of the year 2007- what were the most viewed stories of the year? What kept bringing ‘em back? Sex. 1) How to Green Your Sex Life :Our how-to manual for green sex continues to arouse, month in and month out. Its statement “ It might not be the first thing […] Read entire article |
Greening Transportation: The Year in Review
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Climate change may not have played a major role in the presidential campaigns so far, but it certainly was a hot-button issue in 2007. However, as the NY Times points out, while public opinion “had been shifting for some time” and finally “gelled with the surprise success of ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’” the decisions in […] Read entire article |
New Year’s Resolutions: Change the World 9 to 5
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It’s New Year’s eve and once more we are reading articles about making those pesty resolutions. The latest one says that we are out of luck already: “Most important, say the psychologists, is not to leave the decision until New Year’s Eve. In addition, for men, the secret of success lies […] Read entire article |
Petrol Stain Arrives to Patagonia for New Year, Nobody Responsible Yet
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What a way to end up the year: a petrol stain four kilometers long arrived last Thursday to the coast of Caleta Cordova City at Chubut province, about 1860 kilometers south from Buenos Aires and is now moving open seas. |
Groovy: Matcot is Retro and Active
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If you’ve ever been to Israel and visited Tel Aviv, you might have noticed our country’s “national sport,” known by the locals as matcot. It’s a high-pace game, played-fast-and-furious-like, usually by middle-aged men in their underwear. On weekends the pok-pok-pok sound of the back and forth of the ball, drown out the surf, and frighten […] Read entire article |
350 Parts Per Million: It’s the Magic Number!
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NASA scientist James Hansen, the man who first told Congress the planet was warming 20 years ago, declared the bottom line for our planet is 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…. |
Climate Change Must Factor into UK Policy Decisions
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The U.K. Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has ordered UK ministers to factor in climate change consequences for all policy and financial decisions related to transportation, construction, energy,… |