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Author of Whole Earth Catalog Favors Nuclear, GMOs, and Geoengineering at...
On June 3rd, TreeHugger was able to attend TED@State, a one-day mini-conference sponsored by the US State Department, and organized by the folks over at TED Conference. As part of their Global...
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No Impact Man Documentary Film Is Low on Carbon, High on Awareness
TreeHugger attended a pre-release screening No Impact Man, a documentary made about Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) and his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York...
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Commuter Couture by Outlier Tailored Performance
Photo via Outlier If you're a bike commuter (or just a vain rider), and you don't want to abide by the traditional archetypical aesthetic (rearview mirror on glasses, 1985 Bell helmet, rubber-bands...
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EATR: The Vegetarian Robot that Kills
Photo by RTI The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (aka EATR) by Robotic Technology Inc. is a proposed military robot that can do all sorts of things according to the company's brochure. It can...
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How Californians Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Warming
A recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows that Californians are less than concerned with global warming than in years past. Moreover, their diminishing concern is...
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Yale Essay Says Sustainability and Open Immigration are Often at Odds
Image by YaleGlobal A recent essay in YaleGlobal online by Jamie Chamie explores the controversial connection between immigration and overpopulation—a subject that is constantly framed morally or...
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Stagnation at White House May be Attributable to Sewer Sludge in President's...
In truth, the levels, while not ideal, are far from unusual or unsafe for
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Suggestions for Whole Foods CEO Mackey for Promoting Healthy Body and Planet
Photo via WSJ In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey admitted the national supermarket sells "a bunch of junk." Mackey was promoting Whole Foods' impending...
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You Know What They Say about Corn Syrup...that It has Mercury in it.
Despite claims by the Corn Refiner Association to the contrary, there are in fact problems with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). In addition to being a major contributor to epidemic obesity and...
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Automotive "Methadone Program" (AKA Cash for Clunkers) Leads to Relapse in...
While the spotlight has recently shown brightly on the US iteration of the Cash for Clunkers program, Germany—whose program Abwrackprämie or "wreck
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Freedom: Mac Application Leaving You Nothing Left to Choose
A Mac application called Freedom is for people like me who have a dicey relationship with being online: I am at once fond of the boundless information at my fingertips, but troubled by my frequent and...
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Fiji Water: The Earth-Friendly Choice for Military Juntas Everywhere
A recent exposé in Mother Jones called "Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle" confirmed my common sense notion that drinking bottled water shipped from the South Pacific is a silly and wasteful idea. It also...
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Receive Free Neurological Disorder with Your Swine Flu Vaccination
In another case where the cure is worse than the disease, concerns have arisen over a link between the new Swine Flu vaccine and a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré. Actually, the link is a...
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Omnivore's Delusion and the Joy of Industrial Agriculture
A recent post in The American called "The Omnivore's Delusion" seeks to rebut the "agri-intellectuals" like Michael Pollan et al, whose rarefied opinions do not accord with the experience of real...
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US Fish and Wildlife Service Shows Kids Wonders of Outdoors with New Video Game
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has concocted a plan to encourage children to spend more time outside and take an interest in the environment: describe it in a video game. "Neighborhood Explorers"...
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Survey Shows Environment No. 4 on Consumers' Minds
In a study conducted by the Shelton Group, the environment ranked 4 out of the 6 top things American consumers' top concerns.
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American Apparel Bag-O-Scraps: Green, Gimmick or Both?
American Apparel, peddler of made-in-the-USA t-shirts and semi-pornographic ads, has introduced an innovative new product: the Bag-O-Scraps. It reminds me of Dan Aykroyd's Saturday Night Live skit...
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Questionable Intelligence Surrounding "Smart Choices" Food Label
A New York Times article "For Your Health, Froot Loops" uncovers the absurdist logic of a new food-labeling campaign called the "Smart Choices Program." The label is a "front-of-package" designation...
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Stanford University Hospital: Come for Surgery, Stay for the Food
Props to Stanford University's Hospital and Clinics (SHC) for their Farm Fresh Program, which offers inpatients locally sourced, organic cuisine during their hospitals stays. SHC is working with...
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Plush Toilet Paper: Soft on Your Butt, Hard on the Environment
A recent Washington Post article tackles the tender issue of toilet paper softness. The article reported the market is glutted with super-plush toilet paper; they cited Quilted Northern
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