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No Impact Man Documentary Film Is Low on Carbon, High on Awareness
TreeHugger attended a pre-release screening No Impact Man, a documentary made about Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) and his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York...
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Louise Galvin Launches U.K.'s First Carbon-Neutral Beauty Company
Pumped full of naturally
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Can Rock Festivals Get Green? Denmark's Roskilde Certainly Tries
Denmark's Roskilde Festival doesn't try to proclaim that rock festivals don't have an impact - instead this year's four days of rock added some new measures to 15 years of attempted greening. 1,580 of...
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Geothermal Iceland Generates Its Own Electricity
Iceland is sitting on boiling hot water--it's a volcanic island with geothermal fields spread across the country. They have harnessed that heat, tapped from the hot rock layers lying just beneath the...
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"Payback" Dilemma Holds Back Campus Climate Initiatives
Rocky Mountain Institute is in the final stages of developing "Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives," an on-line book that will describe the many
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Sneak Peek at Exclusive Clip From No Impact Man Movie
In early 2007, writer Colin Beavan started an experiment, which he described as follows: A Guilty Liberal Finally Snaps, Swears Off Plastic, Goes Organic, Becomes A Bicycle Nazi, Turns Off His Power,
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Carbon Neutral Cupcakes and US Open Eco-Art Installation at Brooklyn's Little...
Mouth watering carbon - neutral cupcakes, oh my! Hopefully I can finish this post before I run over to Little Cupcake Bakeshop (9102 Third Ave) in my neighboring-burrough
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Get Paid to Save Energy and Sell Your Credits On the Carbon Market
Do you love to compare your monthly energy savings? Do you have spreadsheets tracking years worth of data showing monthly snapshots of each new energy efficient upgrade you've installed? Well then...
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College of the Atlantic Offsets Campus Emissions Via Truck Stops?
Not satisfied with being the first carbon-neutral college in the US, College of the Atlantic is taking it to the streets, literally. Their latest plan to achieve carbon-neutrality, installing...
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Does Peeing Before Boarding an Airplane Really Save Carbon Emissions?
Although their website makes no mention of it, Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been widely reported to be trying
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Belgrave Trust on Carbon Offsets for the Affluent
The dirty, stinking rich! Yeah, I said it! They are always getting called-out for their imbalanced percentage of environmental destruction. For example, the average American's carbon footprint is 2000...
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Cadbury's Gives Up the Tin and Turns to Cardboard
With all the interest focussed on Kraft's thwarted (so far) attempts to take over Cadbury, a little noticed but shocking announcement has been made elsewhere. Cadbury's is replacing their famous candy...
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Meet the World's Most Powerful Weather Supercomputer
A new supercomputer capable of performing highly-detailed climate calculations has been unveiled by the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) in Hamburg. Hailed as the world's most powerful...
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Urban Shepherds Help Save the Fields
When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep,...
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Interview with Tom Miller, CEO of Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants
As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and...
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Another Major Blow for Carbon Capture, This Time It Involves the "C" Word
Mongstad industrial area at night. Photo Tøssekaien via flickr. The Norwegians have been big supporters of carbon capture and storage, and the government helped get the public to go along with...
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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon...
While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst
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The Fjällräven Kanken Rucksack, a Swedish Eco-Design Classic
Last month, my partner gave me a Fjällräven Kanken rucksack for my 30th birthday, and I have to tell you about it, as this is a classic amongst the eco-designs nowadays. I first spotted these slightly...
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Radical Product Transparency Via Carbon Mapping- Highlight from Opportunity...
This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the...
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Duke University Turns Pig Poop into Power (Video)
Image credit: Duke University Duke University's Bleed Blue, Live Green campaign created a clamor of attention from fans wanting to get hold of a limited edition shirt. So much so, we had to post a...
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Sierra Club Announces the Nation's "Coolest" Schools
School is a testing ground for the way we perform later in life. It can mold us into fine upstanding members of society, or not. While environmental responsibility isn't something we have to learn...
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Craft and Science are Combined in One New Exhibition
The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.
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Is It Too Late To Stem A Worldwide Outbreak Of Rational Governance?
Examples of government looking out for the public good by rational regulation are resurfacing.
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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
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Improved Cooking Technique Slashes Coal Use. Is Funded Through Carbon Offsets...
Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.
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Barcelona to Build First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope in 2015
Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or...
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What Role Do Carbon Offsets Play in a Struggling Economy? Q&A with the Carbon...
Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.
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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video)
French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas...
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On the East Coast, a Sailing Regatta with Carbon Neutrality
Using alternative fuels, carbon offsets, and strict on-board rules, the Atlantic Cup aims to be the first carbon-neutral race in the U.S.
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