Ray LaHood’s vision of how we will get to work That is the title at Planetizen that Tim Halbur writes, that sums up a discussion about whether initiatives to get people out of their cars and to create more walkable cities are socialist plots. George Will recently called Ray LaHood “Secretary of Behavior Modification.” Will writes in Newsweek: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Are Planners Socialists for Trying to Encourage "Livability"?
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Just this past weekend, while riding with Toronto Architect Martin Kohn , we were discussing how Toronto’s elevated Gardiner Expressway would make a wonderful park, cycle route and perhaps even light rail corridor; of course it was a dream, nobody would propose such a thing in Toronto. Then along comes Mayoral candidate Giorio Mammoliti to propose exactly that! … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Candidate for Mayor In Toronto Proposes Turning Elevated Expressway into Park
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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch If you’re excited about the news of the iPhone 4 and are itching to upgrade, Gazelle – one of our favorite gadget resell companies – has made it ridiculously easy to do soy creating a mobile site for customers to set up a trade in right from their old phone. It’s all in preparation for the rush of new customers sure to be switching from their old 2G and 3G models to the newest device Apple has to offer. But the launch of a mobile site like this, especially in preparation for a big rush to Apple stores, has a bittersweet tinge… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Upgrading to iPhone 4? Gazelle Launches Mobile Site for Selling Your Old iPhone
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Image credit: Good On dry land around the world, people are free to debate the cause and coming impact of climate change. The residents of the Carteret Islanders, however, don’t have that luxury. The South-Pacific island they have called home for generations is rapidly dipping beneath the waves—fast enough that they have decided to relocate their entire community…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Climate Refugees Tell Their Story
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photo: Procsilas Moscas via flickr Overfishing is a problem not limited by national boundary or species, as an interesting piece in Tierramérica illustrates: The Argentine Hake (known in Latin as Marluccius hubbsi and in Spanish as merluza ) is the preferred fish in an otherwise meat-loving nation, but due to indiscriminate fishing and a growing export market the fishery is on the brink of collapse–meaning that while there will still be hake in the sea, it won’t be commerciall… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Overfishing Pushing Argentine Hake Fishery to Collapse
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Photo via Boston “Kill, don’t clean” oiled birds No, that’s not the opinion of the most heartless oil spill expert ever, or BP CEO Tony Hayward letting fly another tactless gaffe . It’s the actual recommendation of one oil spill expert and animal biologist who says that once birds are thoroughly oiled, the best course of action is to put them out of their misery. Even if all the crude is scrubbed from their feathers, she says, oiled bir… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Less Than 1% of Oil-Soaked Birds Survive
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Susana Camara Leret Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae ; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during photosynthesis; it gets stored in a battery and released when needed. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Amazing Lamp Powered by Algae, Water, and Your Breath
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Credit: acnatta via Flickr. So the alt rock group Guster is challenging people to eat local, for their tastebuds and the planet. That’s easy for them to say, though, right? They’re co-founders of the Green Music Group. They know about this stuff. Well, thanks to the power of the Internets and ZIP Codes, you can be an expert, too. And learning this lesson can help you win two Live Nation season passes, and maybe a new car. A new car?! Sounds like a game show. So what’s behind Door No. 1? The
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‘Eat Well Guide’ Helps You Eat Local, Like Guster
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Before and after the Becel Ride For the Heart , I was invited to the new home of an avid cyclist/architect and a baker in what might be called a transitional part of Toronto. From the outside one sees little more than a brick box inside a high fence; from the inside it is a very different story…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Cyclist and Architect Designs His Own House
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Brendan Smialowski for the New York Times Peak Oil is not news to TreeHugger readers, but in the New York Times , John Leland talks to people who are preparing for food shortages, a collapse of the economy, a breakdown of civil order that many think is inevitable. He writes that “In bleak times, there is a boom in doom.” He puts the “doomers”…”somewhere between the environmental movement and the bunkered survivalists” and describes how they are packing away food, gold silver and no doubt guns and ammo for the inevitable collapse that will follow quic… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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