Daily Archives: December 30, 2008

According to the ancient Chinese calender, that is popular all over Asia, 2009 is the year of the ox. This calm and trustworthy animal is a symbol of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. When even the Wall Street Journal follows the lead of Treehugger, and introduces frugal advice for How to Fix Your Life in 2009, it may be a good time to take a moment and heed the wisdom of the ages. Herding the ox:

Image Credit: Emma Grady

The gorgeous and green Adrian Grenier, of HBO’s Entourage and Planet Green’s Alter Eco, hosted the third annual ball for Charity Water at NYC’s Metropolitan Pavilion earlier this month. More than 1,200 guests–including celeb Matthew Modine and eco-model Summer Rayne Oakes–attended the fundraiser, which raised $400,000 for the construction of wells and sanitation projects in Africa

I am an experienced salvia sitter. What that means is that if one of my friends decides to take it upon themselves to buy salvia without first having identified a smoking partner, then I will sit with them, sober, while they try the drug. A better solution is to have one or more smoking partners, [

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Wondering who’s news and who’s so last year? TreeHugger’s 2008 Eco-Matrix is here to inform and entertain. If you’ve been pondering whether Al Gore is in or out, whether ethanol is still a worthy news item, or which green celebs have fallen on hard times, just click through for our handy cheat sheet to what happened in the world of green over the past year, and what and who are on the rise for ’09. (That’s just a sneak peak abo

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

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Two Calgary men wreaked environmental havoc trying to kill gophers with a Rodenator, a device which pumps propane and oxygen into their holes and then blasts them out. Unfortunately the grass is really dry and flammable, and 160 acres, including several outbuildings were completely torched, with a value of C$200,000 (US$197,000 and falling) Men Set Grassland on Fire Trying To Blow Up Gophers

Wherein round up our favourite un-TreeHugger Products of the Year:

Dogs can be wonderful creatures, but they do tend to leave deposits, which in most places have to be picked up, usually in plastic bags, and then disposed of. It is often an unpleasant task; that is why we are so excited about Poop-freeze, the new way to keep the environment clean of unsightly dog poop by spraying it with something that freezes it on contact. More at Poop Freeze: The “Enviromentally Friendly” Way to Deal With It

2008 was a banner year in the green world, and with events like the economic recession came some pretty interesting pictures. Sometimes funny, occasionally sad, always poignant, check out our gallery for 2008: The Year in Pictures and Images to see if your favorite made the list

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You may have seen 75 Stories You Dugg: A Year of TreeHugger on Digg.com and Thumbs Up! The Top 20 TreeHugger Stories You Stumbled Upon in 2008 as well as our Most Discussed Stories of 2008 and Top 10 Stories of 2008 overall. Now it’s turn for a look at what TreeHugger blog post

We wrote earlier about the creative recycling of a 747 into a hostel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. After all, if you can’t afford the five thousand bucks to sleep on a 380 to Dubai, you can squeeze into the former queen of the skies for fifty bucks if you share with two others, “one to sleep with and one who promises not to watch.” What a great idea!

It is now two weeks from opening and Doug Lansky of the Guardian gets a sneak preview. Watch an interesting four minute video h