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.”
It was a great resolution; not too tough and very sensible. Did Graham keep to it? I know that I failed in mine.
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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 food scraps and over time, became obsessively careful about what he bought and consumed. As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, Derfel’s experiment was a vivid demonstration of the fact that while we throw away lots and lots of trash, much of it never really goes completely away.
One of the most interesting and thought-provoking results of Derfel’s experiment was his feelings around tra…
We thought Mr. Splashypants would swim away with the prize but the glow-in-the-dark bike pedalled into the lead. Both posts show that there is nothing like a bit of controversy to get readers interested! Not including the Gift Guides, which dominated, the top posts of the month of December:
1) New Light Glows For 12 Years: But is it TreeHugger? The product is marketed as non-radioactive a…
It looks like Freeplay, creators of self-powered devices like the Lifeline radio and Indigo flashlight, have had a busy year expanding their offerings and updating their website. We are loving the classy looking Weather Band Radio, featuring solar and hand-crank charging and an integrated flashlight, and the wall-mounted Light Center cabinet pictured above is an…
Fifteen years ago the joke was “what do you say to an architect with a job?” answer: “Big Mac and fries, please.” The AIA survey of residential architects is a good guide to where design is going, and on the design front, things are going in a positive green direction. On the business side, it’s going into the tank.
-”Residential architects are reporting continued strong interest in mixed-use facilities within developments; that is, projects where residential uses are integrated with retail and other commercial activities. They also see increasing interest in infill housing to take advantage of more desirable locations.” -peo…
The coming year is playing out to be a pivotal one for many of the planet’s endangered species; whether or not they endure will – to a large extent – depend on the steps humanity takes to protect their habitats and avert the worst of global warming. Few are perhaps as vulnerable as amphibians: According to leading conservationists, one third to one half of the world’s 6,000 amphibian species – frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians – are facing extinct…
A picture of what may or may not be the next-generation Blackberry 9000 popped up in an online forum. The device does not appear to have a touchscreen, but it does sport a black iPhone-like sheen. Again, this could be the real deal, a hoax, or some unrelated prototype. But one thing [...]
Okay, final list for 2007. Here are the top-25 bookmarked or shared posts from the year, as determined by people who used the “Add This” bookmark button at the bottom of each post (see also our other year-end lists: Popular, Headlines, Launches, Deals, Deadpool):
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The Secret [...]
Rounding out our year-end lists
Another year has passed us all, and 2008 beckons tomorrow. For those not out and about this New Years Eve, here’s a few places you can join the experience online:
Video Streaming Sites
Sites such as Ustream, Kyte, Justin.tv and others will have many users live stream the new year from where ever they are.
Twitter
Twitter will provide [...]