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Does Morality Matter in Saving the Planet?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: After Gutenberg When I posted a video of a mainstream farmer trying to green his operations , commenter Adam suggested that he was just doing it for economic reasons. That’s an observation that gets bandied about a lot here at TreeHugger—that this company, or that individual, is not really interested in true sustainability. They are just in it for themselves. I guess the big question is this—does it matter?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bono, Russian Rocker Help Halt Controversial Highway through Moscow’s Khimki Forest

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Russian rock star Yury Shevchuk sings in Moscow’s Pushkin Square at an Aug. 22 demonstration to protect Khimki Forest. Photo via RFE/RL . Russian authorities are not known for responding to popular protests, but when one of the country’s most famous musicians and one of the world’s biggest rock stars added their voices to the angry demonstrations against building a highway through an ancient oak forest near

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Sewage As Hurricane Protection? New Orleans Could Use It To Regrow Wetlands

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via National Geographic What Hurricane Katrina and many other hurricanes have told us is that wetlands are on the coastlines for a reason — they act as a vital buffer protecting land from storms coming in from offshore. The fact that wetlands in the south have been developed or otherwise ruined has been a contributor to the amount of destruction a hurricane can cause. New Orleans recognizes that it needs to build up that buffer once again, and researchers think partially treated sewage will do the trick. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Britain’s Allotment Culture: When Residents Demand Land, They Get It (Video)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: The Journey TV From this awesome tour of a permaculture allotment , to residents battling to keep their gardens , Britain’s ‘allotment’ culture has featured regularly on TreeHugger. And not without good reason. These small plots of land, rented from local government for an affordable fee, are visible in almost every town and city across the country,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lomborg: Just Kidding. We Do Need Climate Action Now

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr Notoriously publicity shy Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish climate skeptic known for saying outrageous things about climate change , has seemingly changed his tune. Yesterday, the UK’s Guardian reported that Lomborg makes a new claim in his upcoming book: we should confront climate change now and invest huge sums for technology development and deployment. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Self-Sufficiency Versus a Backyard CSA (Video)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Peak Moment TV A few years ago, Scott McGuire launched an experiment in backyard sustainability —exploring how much food he could grow in his backyard for his family, and whether they could reach self-sufficiency. So what happened? Having grown everything from annual vegetables to grains, Scott made a realization that it would be almost impossible to grow all his family’s food in such a small space. But rather than give up, or scale back his ambitions, he launched a CSA to feed other families … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you’re unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot’s eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It’s a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Can the Green Movement Still Win? Leverage vs Footprint

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: OedipuSphinx (Creative Commons) A few years ago I got into a heated debate about Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth with a green-minded friend of mine. My hippy friend couldn’t stand the movie—not because of anything it said, but because of the ‘hypocrisy’ of flying around the world to preach about climate change. “Doesn’t he know this sends his carbon footprint through the roof?!” exclaimed my irate drinking buddy. “He probably doesn’t care.” replied I. “Nor should he.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Finance Site Lists Most Expensive Invasive Species

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Credit: Mike Baird Asian carp aren’t the only invasive species causing trouble in the United States. While the monster fish captures headlines as it inches toward the Great Lakes, other species have already colonized other parts of the country, and are costing plenty of money to control. A finance website has totaled up the toll, listing “10 Invasive Species That Cost the U.S. a Bundle.” See if you agree, disagree, or are just surprised by some of the choices. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Protesters Create "Oil Slick" on Major Roads, or Did They?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Climate Camp From beautiful images of a climate camp protest in Wales , to skepticism over protesters’ targeting of offset companies —the ever growing Climate Camp movement never fails to get a reaction—both here on TreeHugger and elsewhere. But it seems the latest Climate Camp protests have garnered atten… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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