Monthly Archives: February 2010
NASA Releases the Best Picture of Earth Ever
Photo via NASA
Never before has the Earth been captured in such high resolution. Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center recently uploaded an amazing series of composite pictures of our planet, named “Blue Marble,” onto the photo sharing Web site Flickr. One look at such a clear view of Earth, <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/new-pictures-of-e…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Nike Creates World Cup Jerseys From Landfill Plastic
Photo: AFP
In doing their part to help make the upcoming World Cup a bit greener, Nike has unveiled their official team jerseys–made from plastic bottles found in landfills. Players from Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands will be wearing the once-was-waste shirts, and millions of fans are expected to follow suit. For Nike, using the recycled plastic isn’t just a nice gesture to the environment; It takes 30 percent less energy to produce these <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/f…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Jamie Oliver Meets Some First Graders Who Don’t Know Fruits and Vegetables
photo via jamie oliver
If you need further proof that our nation’s food system needs to be rethought, check out this video where chef Jamie Oliver encounters some first grade students who cannot identify popular fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, eggplant, and cauliflower. The video comes form Oliver’s new ABC show “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.”…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Earthquake Rebuilding with Recycled Tire Logs
Replace lumber with recycled rubber Tire Logs. Photo from Re-Tread Products
Don’t grind old tires; slice ‘em and roll ‘em up into rubber logs to use like lumber. From footwear to handbags and earthship homes, recycled tires have found various forms of an afterlife, but that doesn’t come close to dealing with the vast numbers of waste tires generated each year. Most “recycling” of tires …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Glocal: An American Family Leaves It All Behind to Live Locally in England
Glocal from Jeff Heie on Vimeo.
This film is an inspiration for all those adve…Read the full story on TreeHugger
NBC’s Olympic Studio Furnished with Reclaimed Wood
Image: complements of Duluth Timber
NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games has drawn comments from the sidelines, ranging from How We Hate NBC’s Olympics Coverage: A Statistical Breakdown to NBC delivers the goods in Winter Games coverage. We will stay out of the content debate, but we want to share one thing NBC did right: they hooked …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Pedal Powered Lawn Mower Is Talk of Handmade Bike Show
Images by Justin Steiner at Dirtrag
If you are going to have a lawn, TreeHugger Mike recommends a reel (or push) mower. (But then, he is an addict) If you are going to have a really big lawn, talk to Ted Wojcik. He built this mower, seen at the North American Handmade Show. He normally builds more conventional bikes at Ted Wojcik Custom Bicyc…Read the full story on TreeHugger
2010: The Year of the Strong Grid? Part V: Hubbell Inc.
Tom Konrad, CFA Hubbell Inc. (HUB-B) is a strong grid stock that also has strong financials, signaled by a recent dividend increase. I came across Hubbell Inc. (HUB-B) when researching General Cable (BGC) for my recent article on the company. …
Al Gore Op-Ed in New York Times: “We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change”
Expect a hundred comments about how climate change is a hoax, reminding us of how much snow fell this month, the non-shrinking glaciers or hacked emails. They will probably be from people who will not even bother reading Al Gore’s long op-ed in the Sunday New York Times. If they did, they would find that he addresses all of these issues.
To summarize it, he writes:
- If only it were true, it would be a great relief;
- The errors in the reports and the emails are embarrassing, but do not change the overall picture;
- Global warming puts more moistu…Read the full story on TreeHugger
iPhone App Aids Electric Vehicle Charging
Image credit: Coulomb Technologies
From San Francisco’s plans to be the EV charging capitol of the US to serious efforts to build a national electric vehicle charging network, Coulomb Technologies’ ChargePoint concept seems to be making waves. But how can EV owners easily access this ne…Read the full story on TreeHugger
