Daily Archives: July 3, 2009
Sonoma County Welcomes Electric Vehicles With Plans For 200 Charging Stations
Image via: Coulomb Technologies
Sonoma County, CA is preparing to install 200 new ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations throughout the county. The infrastructure is being installed in preparation of electric vehicles being sold like hot cakes starting over the next few years, but the plan hinges on a little thing calle…
Louise Galvin Launches U.K.’s First Carbon-Neutral Beauty Company
Photo credit: Louise Galvin
Louise Galvin, hair colorist to the stars and the woman behind the eponymous haircare line, can add another pip to her collar: Louise Galvin is U.K.’s first beauty company to become carbon-neutral.
Pumped full of naturally derived ingredients like essential oils, natural extracts, and vegetable-based moisturizing and conditioning agents—no sulfates, parabens, silicone, petrochemicals, synthetic fragrances, or polymers, thanks—Galvin’s cruelty-free follicle-primping products maintain cl…
More Low-carbon Grilling Tips: Minty Marinade
Before: how not to grill–high flame, smoke and charring. Photo via flickr by (appropriately) Combust
When barbecuing your free-range meats and line-caught fish this July 4th, be sure to whip up some marinade first. Yesterday, I offered ten ways to avoid carcinogenic HCAs and PAHs when grilling (or any high-heat cooking, for that matter). Thanks to a comment from a reader, I dug digger into tip # 4, the marinating suggestion that lessens HCAs, and discovered some compelling results and recommended recipes for significa…
Has the ‘Organic’ Label Become the Biggest Greenwashing Campaign in the US?
Photos via Critical Bench, and the Guardian
We’re well aware that more and more products are apt to be labeled with false green claims to try to grab the attention of increasingly green consumers–and 98% percent of them were guilty of exactly that last year. Now consider the federal, USDA regulated <a href=”http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/green-basic…
Speak Up for Energy Independence Day
Assembly Room, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed; and, in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was drafted. Image credit:Flockr, Dailyville photostream. Excerpted.
Perhaps that title is becoming common from those of us who’ve been fighting for clean energy for the U.S. instead of the same old dirty fossil fuels, but as chants of “Drill, baby, drill!” continue to emanate from some corners, we must stick with it.
We’ve hit summer’s stride – It’s time for the 4th of July holiday weekend, people are traveling, …
Fashion That Goes Vroom: Smart Car, Colette Commission Eco-Friendly Wearables
Photo credit: Colette
Renowned Parisian retailer Colette and the cutest car this side of Sanrio have put up a united fashion front, rallying five designer labels from Paris, New York, Berlin, Brazil, and Denmark to produce a tres exclusive, tres limited-edition collection of bags, jewelry, tees, and accessories for the urban car brand.
Revolving around the themes of urban mobility, design, and sustainability, the co-branded <a href=”http://www.colette.fr/#/a/3/eshop/222/special/419/smartecolett…
Stephen Colbert Takes on the Supreme Court, Mocks Toxic Waste Dumping Decision (VIDEO)
Stephen Colbert took on the Supreme Court case that outraged environmentalists everywhere–you know, the one that ruled that toxic waste from a gold mine could be dumped in a lake, subsequently eradicating all life within. Colbert’s take will most likely make you even more angry, but at least it’s funny as hell. Watch the video after…
War in Pakistan Exposes 2 Million Refugees to Contaminated Water, Disease Risk
Photo via the Takeaway
As fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistani military escalated in South Waziristan, millions of people were forced to flee their homes—it was Pakistan’s biggest exodus since the country’s founding in 1947. The two million refugees now face a slew of severe health risks—among them, a contaminated, damaged water supply and insufficient access to health care.
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Richard Branson Opens Farm to Fork Eco-Resort in NJ
Image via: Ninety Acres Culinary School
Richard Branson, known for supporting all types of wild and high profile schemes (renewable energy, carbon capture, alternative fuels for Virgin Airlines and even eco-resorts on his famous islands), now he’s into something a little more mellow: funding a F…
US Consumers Prefer “100% Natural” Food Label
The cultural legacy of R. Crumb’s 60’s cartoon character, “Mr. Natural,” may well be that US consumers have an instinctive preference for the “100% Natural” label over the “100% Organic” one, and by a wide margin (as pictured). That’s according to recent survey of 1006 people by the Shelton Group, which offeres detailed results in a commercially-sold EcoPulse market report….