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Make My Car into a Prius: Retrofit a Poulsen Hybrid Plug-inKit
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
Can’t get by with public transit systems or a bicycle? Need a car, but would rather have something more economical and ecological like the Toyota Prius? If only you could avoid it! Someone has been eavesdropping on your thoughts and that person is Ulrik Poulsen, a Danish mechanical engineer. Ulrik has created the ‘Poulsen Hybrid’, which is an aftermarket device you can add to most any compact car so it performs pretty much like a electric/petrol hybrid Prius. Poulsen’s Hybrid Kit will work on any car with 15” wheels or larger, be they front drive, rear drive, and all wheel drive. ... (original story)
Get Thee to an Eco Nunnery
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
Enough is enough according to the nuns at an ageing Victorian convent. They are tired of being caretakers for an old country mansion that is eating money in fuel bills and upkeep. Now they have commissioned a new home in the remote countryside that will be environmentally friendly. It will have... (original story)
Spread the Warmth with Horny Toad’s Pre-Loved Clothing Donation Program
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
The Bivouac project—I think that’s what it was called—was a scheme, from aeons ago, whereby a bunch of mountaineers organised for their fellow adventurers to donate old outerwear jackets and sleeping bags, those gathering dust in garages, basements and attic. They then dispersed these goods to homeless folk. Climbers and backcountry skiers voluntarily chose, for recreation, to camp out in wintery weather. For many people, however, there is no choice, they brave the same conditions out of the dire necessity of daily urban survival. Alas, that project is no more. But all is not lost. Fo... (original story)
Recycled Cardboard Accessories by Diseno Cartonero
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
The first edition of Sustentable, a design festival entirely dedicated to sustainability and green design, is proving that Buenos Aires is ready to embrace the environmental movement. The event gathered a good amount and quality of designers, which offer a panorama of the state of green design in ... (original story)
Malcolm Gladwell on Home Ownership and Community
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
photography by kris krüg A propos of our post on Is Home Ownership a Good Thing? Part II, the introduction of Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers describes a study of Roseto, a small town in Pennsylvania, where for some unknown reason people just didn't die of the usual causes in America at the ... (original story)
Vanguard Homes Builds First WaterSense® Labeled Dwelling In USA: 20% More Water Efficient
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
The US Environmental Protection Agency has an aqueous analog to the well established ENERGY STAR® program. The 2-year old WaterSense® is a partnership program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is the symbol for water-efficient products, services and practices. Vang... (original story)
To Tour or Not to Tour—Should An Environmentalist Visit the Galapagos?
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
Photo by Pete Oxford From a die-hard ecologist's standpoint, the unequivocal answer is simple: No. Tourism invites hordes of people to trample over the delicate island ecosystems, the ever-growing industry attracts migrant workers to join an already unsustainable population which combined with... (original story)
US Chamber Of Commerce On The Inside Energy Policy Track
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
US General James Jones, retired Marine general, former Nato commander, and newly-appointed National Security Adviser to President Elect Obama. Don't expect "clean coal" to have a diminished importance in the next US Administration. Yesterday, it was announced, General James Jones (pictured) will b... (original story)
International Environmental Court of Justice Proposed by British Lawyer
Posted from TreeHugger 11 hours ago
International Criminal Court photo: Michael Veenman One of the prime problems with any international environmental agreement, beyond getting nations to actually ratify it, is enforcement. It’s difficult enough domestically—a lawsuit against the Canadian government for failing to meet its Kyoto... (original story)
How to Go Green: Cocktails
Posted from TreeHugger 12 hours ago
Photo: Kelly Rossiter There is something about sipping on a cocktail surrounded by friends that makes a party feel special. It doesn't matter what the time of year, whether you are getting into the holiday spirit, or sitting on a dock by a lake. Anybody can uncork some wine or crack open a beer, b... (original story)
"New" Technology Detects and Kills Vampire Power Suckers
Posted from TreeHugger 12 hours ago
Smart power strips have been around for a good long time. But a technology has been developed to automatically detect when plugged-in devices are sipping power in stand by and turn them off...with a twist. Spanish inventors have worked out a way to detect when devices are in stand by, shut them ... (original story)
Unilever Cutting Ink Colors to Save Millions and Reduce Waste
Posted from TreeHugger 13 hours ago
Photo via unleashingmephotography Reducing the number of colors used in printing packaging for a sliver of their products is going to save Unilever millions of dollars every year, and could save the industry as much as $5 billion annually if other companies follow suit. Unilever took a hard look... (original story)
Rainwater Harvesting Umbrella Scales Up
Posted from TreeHugger 13 hours ago
Rainwater harvesting is a big deal, especially in Australia. Designer Chris Buerckner has developed this idea for a harvesting umbrella for urban sports grounds; it spreads out in the rain to gather water and channel it into an underground tank, and folds up to get out of the way at other times (u... (original story)
Brazil Announces Plan to Slow Amazon Deforestation by 70%
Posted from TreeHugger 13 hours ago
photo: Leo Freitas A few months ago Brazil announced that rates of deforestation in the Amazon increased 3.8% over the previous year and that it would be taking steps to crack down on illegal logging, land clearing (sometimes by burning) and illegal settlements. The country also established the Am... (original story)
Controversial Artist Justifies Bad Behaviour in the Arctic
Posted from TreeHugger 14 hours ago
Why do we all keep leaving the lights on, driving our cars and hopping on airplanes when we know full well it's damaging the environment? There may be several answers to this question: necessity, convenience, selfishness? The connection between behavioural change and climate change is a complex is... (original story)
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