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IKEA Thanks USA Staff With 12,400 Free Bicycles

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on IKEA Thanks USA Staff With 12,400 Free Bicycles

Photo: IKEA via Business Wire IKEA is giving its 12,400 staff, in the USA, an early Holiday present. “We hope this bike will be taken in the spirit of the season while supporting a healthy lifestyle and everyday sustainable transport,” said Mike Ward, IKEA US President. Unlike the 9,000 British employees who, back in 2006, were the beneficiaries of a free folding bike , it looks like American staff have scored a chunkier mountain bike style bicycle. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Con.Temporary Furniture: Simple Screwless Flatpack

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Con.Temporary Furniture: Simple Screwless Flatpack

Images Credit DBCSC Swiss designer Colin Schaelli tells the story of John Doe, who was so tired to going to the Big Swede for cool furniture on a budget. Really, his only friend from Scandinavia is Billy. “All others appear too unappealing to him. And who could disagree? Nobody wants acquaintances he needs an extensive manual for, right?” So Colin designed con.temporary furniture , really simple designs that go together without screws and don’t need a manual. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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5 Green Things We Really Need More Of

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 5 Green Things We Really Need More Of

Photo courtesy Pink Sherbet Photography via flickr and Creative Commons . The continuous flow of press releases through the TreeHugger mailboxes is truly astrounding, and mostly inspiring. So many green entrepreneurs, with so many great ideas! After a while, however, a discernible pattern appears of the products that continue to flow into the market. Green, sustainable messenger bags, no shortage there.

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Picture Painting Chimp Earns Fame, But Not Freedom

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Picture Painting Chimp Earns Fame, But Not Freedom

Photo: O Globo For most of his 27 years, Jimmy the chimpanzee has been kept under lock and key, allowed only to dream of the world beyond the confines of his enclosure at a small zoo in Rio de Janeiro. With no companion and little to do to pass the time, Jimmy had become understandably depressed — that is, until he discovered the joy of painting. But despite receiving national acclaim for his artistic ability, and becoming a household name in Brazil, the results of Jimmy’s latest … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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VP of R&D Admits Electric Engine Helps Porsche Game Environmental Laws

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on VP of R&D Admits Electric Engine Helps Porsche Game Environmental Laws

Image: Porsche 918 Spyder Press Release When Porsche presented the 918 Spyder plug-in electric concept car, it got some leaded blood boiling. A sportscar that can do 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds but gets under 78 miles per gallon (3L/100km)? Brian Merchant deemed it a significant development, one which “will make waves far beyond the crowd concerned with fuel efficiency.” And that is what we want, right? To pull everyone into the green li… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Micro-Architecture: An Eco-Hut That Would Turn Lincoln Himself Green

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Micro-Architecture: An Eco-Hut That Would Turn Lincoln Himself Green

Images Courtesy of Yeta Here at TreeHugger, we love architecture and design that makes outdoor life more enjoyable, especially when it keeps things simple. And here’s a great example of exactly that, from Italian architect Flavio Galvagni and the firm Lab Zero : Yeta, the wooden micro-architectural structure that shows us just how far log cabins have come since the time of honest Abe…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cancun Climate Agreement Saves UN Process But Not The Climate

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Cancun Climate Agreement Saves UN Process But Not The Climate

In the plenary hall at COP16 last night… video: Adopt a Negotiator That title is a paraphrase of Greenpeace International’s climate policy director Wendel T… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Walmart Adds 218,000 Acres to Wildlife Habitat Protection Program

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Walmart Adds 218,000 Acres to Wildlife Habitat Protection Program

Image: mjb84 via flickr One more item to add to the list of reasons it’s getting harder to hate Walmart : its Acres for America program is working to preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Caused By Short-Term Extreme Weather Not Gradual Temperature Rise

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Caused By Short-Term Extreme Weather Not Gradual Temperature Rise

The blue areas in this image represent changes in elevation of the ice sheet from 2003-2006; the grey areas represent no change in elevation. Image: NASA Goddard Photo and Video / Creative Commons . We’ve all heard that the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting and that should it disappear completely some really dr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Satellite image of bottom trawlers off Louisiana Coast; photo via Wikimedia Commons In a great victory on the path to more sustainable fishing, Oceana has announced Belize banned all forms of bottom trawling in its country waters. Effective December 31, 2010, the incredibly destructive fishing practice will be no more for Belize, helping to preserve its reef system and maintain the World Heritage Site status of its barrier reef system…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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