Japan Arrests Sea Shepherd Activist After Boarding Ship, Trying to Deliver Bill for Sunken Ship
That’s the Ady Gil colliding with the Japanese vessel. Photo: Sea Shepherd.
I admit I’m sympathetic to Sea Shepherd’s cause, but this all is just getting weirder and weirder: The latest is that the Japanese Coast Guard has arrested the captain of the sunken Ady Gil Pete Bethune. For the past month or so since Bethune boarded one of the Japanese whalers, and was subsequently captured, he has been held aboard the vessel as it sailed back …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Memory Marathon is the Start of London Olympics 2012
Images by B. Alter from the film Memory Marathon
For all of those suffering Olympic withdrawal (that means most Canadians) we bring you the Memory Marathon. It’s part of the cultural offerings of London’s upcoming summer Olympics in 2012. It is about the importance of personal memories, in this case those of past Olympics.
The artist Simon Pope walked a specially planned 26 mile marathon through the five London boro…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Top Stories from Tonic: Green Power in Africa, Hydroponic Farming in Anguilla, Environmental Justice Competition, and More!
Just in time for South Africa to host the World Cup, a group of Harvard students have created a way to provide energy from a soccer ball. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the sOccket.
The Caribbean nation of Anguilla may be lush with tropical forests but it lacks the farms to eat fresh fruits and veggies. Enter hydroponic farming.
If you’re into equality and all things green, definitely have a look at this contest from <a href="…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Timberland’s New Recycled Tees Help Haiti
Image credit: Timberland Earthkeepers
From recycled plastic bottles to the 100% locally sourced tee, Kara’s list of 7 dark green t shirts we’d actually wear showcased some of the best in sustainable apparel. But what if you could get a sustainable, 100% recycled t-shirt that could also help earthquake victims in Haiti? This is where Timberland Earthkeepers come in—launching their line of 100% recycled cotton tees that were designed by kids in Haiti last year, long before the devastating events of t…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Taxing Banks to Fight Climate Change: The Robin Hood Tax (Video)
Image credit: The Robin Hood Tax
The UK’s top bankers may be using G-Wiz electric cars to get around these days, but that’s not enough to make them popular. In fact there is as much public anger over bank bailouts in the UK as there is in the US. And while higher taxes may, in general, be a tough sell—taxing bank profits may be a little more palatable to your average man on the street. That’s why activists are calling for a Robin Hood Tax on speculative banking transactions, and they want to use that money…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Gabrielle Anwar Lives the Simple Life, Meryl Streep’s Message for Moms, and More
Photo via EcoStiletto
Actress Gabrielle Anwar–most famous for her Scent of a Woman tango with Al Pacino and her current role on USA’s Burn Notice knows that the lessons you learn as a kid are the ones most likely to stay with you–whether that means teaching her daughter that acting isn’t all that glamourous or instilling good, green habits at a young age. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
A Party for a Solar Powered New York
Image credit: Solar One
If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn’t always turn into action. From clean energy legislation to local feed-in tariffs, there is plenty that law makers can do to help us move to a greener, saner, more efficient econo…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Book Review: Switch – How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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How to change things when change is hard. Yep…sounds like what the green movement struggles with every day. How do we get everyone to change things as ingrained as unsustainable eating habits? How do we get governments to shift energy policies? How do we get businesses to switch to <a href="…Read the full story on TreeHugger
PETA’s at it Again: Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door 2010
Image credit: PETA
Much like Blythe’s excellent slideshow on PETA porn, I’m never quite sure what to make of PETA. On the one hand, the constant focus on <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/petas-latest-ploy-has-pamela-anderson-stripping-peop…Read the full story on TreeHugger
A Pre-Oscar Party for a Good Cause, Simon Cowell’s Meaty Makeover, and More
Photo via steepways @ flickr
Get your Oscar celebration rolling early at Global Green USA’s Pre-Oscar Party, where a host committee that includes James Cameron, Adrian Grenier, Woody Harrelson, and Orlando Bloom put together an evening of performances from Camp Freddy (featuring The Cult’s Billy Morrison, Janes Addiction’s Dave Navarro, and Velvet Revolver’s Matt Sorum), Joel and Benji Madden, and Mia Maestro.
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