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Photo: Feetz.
Last week we posted a round-up of 22 extended frame cargo bikes . Previously we've also collected up a passel of 16 tricycles . Yet still we've managed to neglect a few. The Feetz is such a vehicle. It's trike for transporting kids or cargo. One that folds up into a shopping ...
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Netherlands
Image via: sKai Heitz on Flickr.com
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Many schools started off the 2009 school year by hosting green welcoming events for new students and incoming freshmen. All these wide-eyed co-eds were treated to different ways the school is going green and how they personally can get involved. ...
Energy/Transportation
Massachusetts
Image from Olle Corneer
Musicians have been making music out of weird and wonderful instruments forever and we have seen many of them: vegetable orchestras , bicycle parts , ice and recycled drains and bed springs . And now another addition to this esoteric form of music: the Terrafon. ...
Green Living
Of the Earth
Photo via: Randy Wick /flickr
Here's my kind of sans-sweat, sustainable exercise : my body, seated comfortably on a cushion or folded up blanket. There's no one to compete against, no cheesy loud music or energy-sucking stair masters, treadmills, or flat-screen televisions tuned into ...
Green Living
Organic Food
Still life with Brioche. Image credit: Wikipedia , Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin,
Remember the whole " Freedom Fries " thing following France's refusal to support the US 2003 military incursion into Iraq? My how time flies. US politicians now cite the French example with much excitement; ...
Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
France
Iraq
Climate Change
Credit: oquendo via Flickr .
Nothing against New Jersey, but it's not the first place that comes to mind when you think of clean air in the United States. Maybe that's just not fair to the Garden State .
In a 2009 "Best Places to Live" list of small towns from Money magazine, Jersey has ...
Environment
New Jersey
United States
Jersey
Image credit: Manuel Saez
From the eZee Quando to the Panasonic Time Off to an electric assist Brompton , electric folding bikes are becoming more common. The folding capacity for transportation, combined with electric assist to avoid a sweaty arrival at work, is an enticing combination for ...
Green Living
Panasonic
"I know the score," said Al Gore with a steely gaze last night on Saturday Night Live , about being called up by NBC once a year during its " Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Al Gore
Image: Courtesy of Mike Vecchione
Astonishing
Simply astonishing. The diversity of species that live beyond any hint of sunlight has astounded the team of international scientists as they near the end of ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Environment
Water Conservation
photo via AP
Some climate activists are losing faith in both President Obama's ability and commitment to clean energy and battling climate change. But what if we John McCain were president? Where would we be today? Not in a good place, if his rhetoric on the Senate climate bill is any ...
Environment
Climate Change
Image credit: Soil Association
From its Organic Products Awards to debating whether air freighted produce can be organic , the UK's Soil Association has long been both an advocate for, and a pioneer of, organic foods. Now their Organic Farm School initiative is offering farmers, small ...
Environment
Food Shortage
United Kingdom
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sprinkles Holy Water over the Mississippi River. Photo by GANP/Dimitris Panagos from Ecumenical Patriarchate via Flickr.
A 69-year-old man with a long white beard and big black robes may seem like an unlikely role model for teenagers, but Greek Orthodox ...
Environment
United States
Green Grid
Mississippi
Water Conservation
Vaute Couture vegan jewelry. Credit: Vaute Couture
We've covered Vaute Couture by Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart before--her haute vegan winter coats for winter and her spring/summer 2010 collection during Chicago Fashion Week--and we recently met Leanne at the Humane Society's Cool vs. Cruel awards ...
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Image credit: Spirit Beauty Lounge (left), Jessa Blades
Spirit Beauty Lounge , a carbon-neutral online boutique specializing in organic, cruelty-free, and green lifestyle products, is popping up in New York City at the Green Finds Eco Holiday Market Place. Enjoy organic treats and ...
Other
New York
photo: Vance Vredenburg
I wrote about the plight of California frogs back in August as a result of a pesticide cloud blowing into California's Sierra Mountains, deforming and killing off California's Pacific tree frogs and foothill yellow-legged frogs. Now another threat to California's ...
Environment
California
Photo: Is that really tuna? ( LFL16 on Flickr)
The next time you order tuna at a sushi restaurant - watch out! - it may not be what you think it is. A team of scientists from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History conducting a genetic research project found that more ...
Environment
Food Shortage
United States
Columbia University
The King of Climate Deniers, Sen. James Inhofe
Email communication has made us efficient--yes--but also short-tempered, imprudent at time, and sloppy. Need proof? Check out emails between climate scientists stored on servers at the University of East Anglia that showed not a plot but ...
Environment
Climate Change
James Inhofe
Baylor University
The Nov. 15 " 60 Minutes " segment "Resurrecting Eden."
Life hasn't been easy for the Ma'dan, or "Marsh Arabs," of Ira... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Environment
Iraq
Water Conservation
Earth Creations spring/summer 2010. Credit: Earth Creations
Earth Creations , known for their clay-dyed apparel has been creating sustainable clothing for women, men, and children since 1996. The women's casual and sportswear line for spring/summer 2010 introduces two new hues; celadon ...
Green Living
Earth Creations
Organic Food
Image credit: Homegrown Choppers and Vagabond Journey
OK, I'll admit it. I am a thoroughly confused TreeHugger. On the one hand, I recognize that sustainability needs to appeal to the masses if we have any hope of cutting carbon emissions at the rate necessary. So palatable mainstream ...
