It seems not a day goes by when you hear about school budgets being radically cut, or even closed, and as a result the educational future of our next generation in uncertainty, lacking in depth & breadth. Theater, music, even the always preserved sports are being left to the side, in favor of focusing on how to train good test takers, to better secure funding…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Time to Stop Waiting For Others to Teach Our Kids Eco Literacy
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So often in the past few years, if you saw a product designed with style, humour and an environmental message, the designer was Tobias Wong. It started on TreeHugger with the Sun Jar. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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D. Tobias Wong 1974-2010
In Leiden, the Netherlands, Paul de Ruiter Architects are building a parking structure. It is made of “recyclable” materials so that it can be taken down in ten or twenty years when the land is redeveloped. The architect writes at Designboom: “given that our current way of life is largely dependent on mobility (by car), it is important that the issue is resolved in a way that is as sustainable as possible.” Wrong. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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LEED or Not, Parking Garages Are Not Green
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Image: NASA , public domain. It already has been a few weeks since scientists have detected large underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico, but BP is still denying that they even exist. Maybe they’re saying that in good faith and truly haven’t found them, but let’s also remember that they have an incentive to downplay the scale of the spill because the fine they will have to pay will be based on how many b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP Denies Existence of Giant Underwater Oil Plumes
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photo: Kevin Poh via flickr I normally don’t cover traditional building methods , but this one is a bit too cool. Scientists from Zhejiang University in China have discovered one what may be the secret ingredient in the Great Wall’s strength and longevity: Sticky Rice . Well, sticky rice soup mixed with slaked lime and lim… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sticky Rice is Secret Ingredient in Great Wall of China’s Strength
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Gulf leak oil slick. Image credit: Reuters A New York Times news analysis reminds us that James G Watt, Interior Secretary Under President Reagan, formed the US Minerals Management Service back in 1982. This is the same James Watt who was once awarded a plaster foot with a bullet hole in it for his tendency to mouth off and foment culture wars. For an example, here’s a cite from Wikip… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Minerals Management Service Does What James G. Watt Designed It To Do In 1982
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Image credit: InfoThought When I wrote a post last week asking why so many people hate environmentalists , RecycleNot brought up a climate skeptic/denialist talking point I hadn’t heard in a while—that science does not work by consensus, and that argument from authority is a logical fallacy. On the face of it, it’s an attractive argument for those who don’t believe in man-made climate change, and one we heard many times when TreeHugger was inundated with ‘skeptic’ commen… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: SatoriLab . We’ve been seen plants and natural elements integrate to pretty much everything lately: chairs , fashion accessories , you name it. And although they’re probably more concept than real sustainable solutions for products, they show interesting ways to view natural materials. The objects from this article come from a new workshop by the
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Inspiration: Accessories Made With Fallen Leaves and Dry Straws
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Photo via The Sydney Morning Herald In 2007, villagers captured a mysterious young woman in a remote region of Cambodia who, by all accounts, was completely isolated from human society, a feral child living in the forests. News of her discovery circulated quickly as authorities attempted to identify the girl, dubbed “Jungle Girl” by the press. Soon, a f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Captured Feral "Jungle Girl" Flees Back Into the Wild
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Steve Mouzon has been a fixture on TreeHugger since I first read his thoughts on the original green, on how people designed before the the Thermostat age, and how buildings kept people warm in an era before oil, or cool before air conditioning was invented. I have come to base much of my thoughts on the sustainability of heritage buildings (I am a volunteer at a heritage preservation org ) on what I have learned from Steve, much of which is summarized in the points made above in the illustration; that good buildings (old or new) are lovable, durable, flexible and frugal. I looked forward to his new book, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Original Green By Steve Mouzon: A Must-Read If You Care About Sustainable Design
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