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If You Really Want To Get Off Oil, Move To Buffalo

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A few years ago, Wired Magazine published an interesting map showing carbon footprint per capita that graphically demonstrated the obvious: Where you get sprawl, lots of cars and air conditioning, you get a much bigger footprint for every citizen due to their higher energy consumption. So if we want to reduce our footprint and get off oil, what is the best thing for Americans to do? Move to Buffalo…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ask Pablo: Is Replacing Windows A Good Investment?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image Source: TottoBG Dear Pablo: I am thinking about replacing my windows to cut back on my home’s energy usage. Will this yield a good return on my investment or is my money better spent elsewhere? Most windows can be compared to a giant hole in your home’s insulation. While a standard wall might have an R-Value (resistance to heat flow; higher is better) of 13-19+, a single-pane window is no better than 1. A gas-filled double-pane window can reach a R-Value of 3, or closer to 2 once t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Durable Zero-Waste Bags Merge Functionality with Architectural Appeal (Photos)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Credit: Maria Mayer via Carga bags . From Mauro Bianucci , the same Argentinean architect that brought us recycled wool felt Carga bags back in 2006 , comes a new line of zero-waste bags, built with a single piece of rubberized cordura and vegetable-tanned leather. The trio of bags are called “Zero-Wastage,” and we read about them first on

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Finisterre’s Still Making Waves in Waterproofs and Wool

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When I’m a grown up I’m going to donate my fleeces to Finisterre. All photos: Finisterre As we’ve noted before, Finisterre is a fiercely independent crew of surfers, out of Cornwall, making highly functional, and award winning, outdoor clothing with a deep ethical and ecological bent. Of recent note is a). their new Anabatic II rain shell, made of recycled and recyclable polyester, b). their exclusive line of double ply Merino wool/organic cotton Tees, and c). their ongoing venture to bring British Bowmont sheep (pictured above), and their superfine wool back from the edge of extinction…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Birth of Adorable Liger Cubs Lands Zoo in Hot Water

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via The Telegraph If being adorable was a crime, these liger cubs would clearly be in a great deal of trouble — but that’s not why they were seized recently by authorities in Taiwan. In Taipa’s “World Snake King Education Farm” a lion and a tiger were apparently allowed to produce offspring without first getting governmental approval to permit the breeding — grounds for having the animals relocated and the zoo fined. Officials fr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Weekday Vegetarian Gets The Nod From TIME and PETA

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Sam Kerr for Time Graham Hill’s Weekday Vegetarian concept is controversial among some of our readers, who don’t think people should eat meat at all. But Time Magazine says that only 2.5% of Americans are strict vegetarians or vegans, and Graham’s idea is that any cutback in meat consumption is good for the environment. Not everyone has the discipline to go, dare I say, whole hog; according to Vegetarian Times , a full 10% of Americans follow a “vegetarian-inclined” diet. But the most surprising takea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Super Cheap Nanotech "Tea Bag" Cleans Water Instantly (Video)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Could a simple “tea bag” of carbon and antimacrobial fibers that costs just pennies be the solution for quickly filtered drinking water on the go? Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa hope they’ve found the solution to drinking water problems in rural African communities. Lacking water sanitation services, the communities can turn to a simple water bottle that uses cheap, removable sachets to clean their drinking water. And comparing the clean water solution to tea bags isn’t far off — they’… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cross Pollinating Ideas- NYC Hires New Sustainability Director from Portland

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

David Bragdon is headed to NYC photo: Daily Journal of Commerce Last week, Mayor Bloomberg announced that David Bragdon will take over as NYC’s new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, the office responsible for the creation and implementation of PlaNYC , the City’s twenty year vision for a more sustainable, more populated New York City. Bragdon was most recently the president of the

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Facebook Petition to Save Lake Skadar Made a Dam Difference

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

Image: chrn, Flickr TreeHugger joined our friends at Wild Wonders of Europe in putting out the call for signatures on a FaceBook petition to Save Lake Skadar . Thanks to all of you who signed, the strategy is bearing fruits. WWF has announced that the Montenegrin government has decided to call off the original plans to build 4 dams on the Morača River in Montenegro! It is reassuring to know that the voice of the people can still influence the inexorably grinding gears of … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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U.S. Cancels Some of Brazil’s Debt in Exchange For Forest Protection

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr If only Visa treated my debt the way the U.S. is treating debt from developing countries. On Friday, the Obama Administration announced that it will cancel debt from Brazil in exchange for forest protection. The U.S. has done the same for Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and the Philippines. Deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of global warming emissions, making zero deforestation a priority in places like Brazil and Indonesia, which rank third and fourth for GHG emissions, respectively. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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