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100-Year-Old Belgian Tree Is World’s Most Social Media Savvy Plant

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Facebook This is begging for a “You know you’re a treehugger if…” joke, the punchline being “if you have a tree as your friend on Facebook.” And there is a century-old tree in Belgium that can fit the bill. It is actually a very social media-savvy tree, with a Twitter stream and Flickr account. It is actually part of a really cool project that brings the life of a tree into the same daily buzz as our human lives, including leaf-eye views of what it “sees” every day. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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7 Tips for Enjoying Nature’s Mushroom Bounty

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Are they edible? scoobygirl, Flickr Few things are finer than taking advantage of fresh, local ingredients growing wild and free to spice up a fantastic meal. In Germany, mushroom season is celebrated with special menus featuring the famous pfifferling mushrooms in classic and modern dishes. But after a moist summer perfect for mushroom proliferation, the headines in Germany are a reminder that nature’s bounty can be dangerous: reports of possible mushroom poisonings have doubled. Following some si… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Growing Potential and Rooted Limitations of Biofuels

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons As oil and natural gas reserves are being depleted, the world’s attention is increasingly turning to plant-based energy sources. These include food crops, forest industry byproducts, sugar industry byproducts, plantations of fast-growing trees, crop residues, and urban tree and yard wastes—all of which can be used for electrical generation, heating, or the production of automotive fuels…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Empowerhouse Decathlon Entry Being Designed For A Real Community

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

First images of the Parsons The New School Design, courtesy Parsons When the show is over, this Solar Decathlon entry will be reassembled into a home. We’re big fans of the Solar Decathlon, although I often wonder if these little gems have much applicability to real world solutions. That is why Parsons the New School of Design’s upcoming entry in the 2011 competition is so interesting: they are going beyond the Washington Mall and building t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Blow to Native Forest Logging: Major Australian Company Drops the Practice

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Tasmania’s Tahune Forest Reserve. Image Credit: ctudball via Flickr In a major victory for the Australian environmental movement, Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced on Thursday that it will no longer engage in native forest logging. Instead, the company, which is the world’s largest woodchip exporter, will turn to plantation-based products. So why has the timber giant suddenly turned over a new leaf? They’ve been under protest for years now, losing legal battles against environmental activist… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Competition Looks for the Water-Energy Nexus

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hoover Dam. Image Credit: kyle simourd via Flickr Here at TreeHugger, we talk a lot about saving water , and reducing energy usage . But the two also intersect, since moving around all of the water we use takes up a ton of…you guessed, it: energy. This is called the water-energy nexus , and in its 2010 competition, non… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Recent News on BP Spill Dispersants Reminiscent of Russian Toxic Rain Prediction

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Craig Anderson, Flickr Earlier this summer, when the BP Oil Spill was still at the top of the headlines everywhere, Russian predictions of a toxic rain consequent to the BP oil spill were generally dismissed by the scientific community. But the cultural meme, as well as an underlying level of anxiety for Gulf residents, was planted. Now, reports are appearing that raise the spectre of the Russian prediction. Are people living … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Filter Could Make LCDs >400% More Efficient

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

Photo: Flickr, CC Negawatts Strike Back The immensely popular LCDs screens that are found everywhere in the modern home (television, computer, laptop, cellphones, etc) use less energy than CRTs, the previous technology, but they are still far from being optimally efficient. Only about 8% of the light emitted by a LCD’s backlight makes its way out, and the rest is wasted. But that might be about to change thanks to a new filter that could boost that efficiency by more than 400% and allow around 36% of the light to pass through. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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James Cameron Hits the Amazon To Stop the Belo Monte Dam (Video)

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image Credit: broddi via Flickr In the months since “Avatar” struck major environmental themes while banking nearly $3 billion, James Cameron, an avid environmentalist, has been very busy. He’s been bringing his celebrity to fight the oil and coal industries and

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Runway-Worthy Recycled Jewelry Made from Nuts, Bolts, Zippers, and More (Photos)

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Erica Corte Atelier necklace made with recycled zippers. Credit: Edwin Flores Argentinian-born designer Erica Corte, now based in New York City, crafts usually hard-looking materials into soft, feminine, and beautifully- handmade jewelry . At first glance, you’d never guess what they’re made out of: recycled industrial hardware components, including nuts, bolts, cutter pins, zippers, silk cord, and fine silver mesh. View mo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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