Yet Another Attempt to Define Sustainability
Next to “Green” it is perhaps the most overused and misunderstood word in the envirobiz; We previously asked “Is Sustainability Over”; Bill McDonough thought it over years ago when he said “We still have people talking about ’sustainability’! Nothing is more boring. Are you proud if your marriage is ’sustainable’?”
But that hasn’t stopped Eric Zencey from taking a shot at it in Orion Magazine.…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Foraging Gets Trendy: But Is Trendy Sustainable?
Image credit: Channel 4
Only last month we heard, via Food and Wine, about eating dirt as the latest weird restaurant trend. And it seems this magazine, which is usually a champion of unbridled luxury, and even excess, is on somewhat of a sustainability kick these days. Sure, there are still plenty of ads for cruises and SUVs and living the high life, but they are interspersed with articles on solar …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Pinwheel Concept Lights Up With Wind Power. So Why Is It Called Solarlight?
Image via Yanko Design
It’s called the Solarlight but it has nothing to do with sunlight. It actually generates electricity with wind power. The concept by designer Eon Tae Yoon is a way to teach children about sustainability for energy generation; specifically, how a bit of breeze can provide us with light. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sustainable Eating Brings More Pleasure
Image credit: The Kitchn
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Only yesterday I was musing over how sustainability has to be more interesting than business as usual if we are going to get out of the mess we have created. So I was delighted to discover an article over at The Guardian about why saving the…Read the full story on TreeHugger
What Does Sustainability Look Like? Photos From Around the World (Slideshow)
A market for salvaged goods in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph by David Lazar.
What does “sustainability” mean to you? That’s the question that JPG Magazine, a publication of reader-submitted photography, posed to members of its online community, who posted hundreds of images of peaceful landscapes, freshly grown <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/green-roo…Read the full story on TreeHugger
SolidWorks Sustainability Software Helps Designers Make The Greenest Products (Video)
Images via SolidWorks
How can designers make products that they can be sure have a minimized environmental footprint? The software they use during the design phase can make all the difference. A new tool, called SolidWorks Sustainability software shows designers the air, water, carbon, energy and disposal impact of every decision they make on every part of a product. That way, they can come up with the most environmentally friendly version of their product, without having to go back to the drawing …Read the full story on TreeHugger
TreeHugger’s Best of Green 2010: Get Your Nominations in by Thursday!
Do you know of a green person, product, company, event, or concept that deserves to be lauded for the positive environmental change it has enacted? Let us know! In TreeHugger’s second annual Best of Green Awards, we’re looking to bestow top honors on the people, places, and things that are helping move sustainability into the mainstream.
Last year, we awarded more than 170 prizes across eight general themes. This year, we’re asking for your help making some of the selections. Let us know who you think should be nominated for a Best of Green Award. Then we’ll ask for your hel…Read the full story on TreeHugger
New Frontiers: Sustainable Design Innovation Initiative Launches in the UK
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For those doubtful about how we can get out of the various sustainability crises we now find ourselves in, financial, social and environmental, I have two words for you: <a href="http://www.treehugger.com…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Lessons in Sustainability Learned from Slumburbia
Photo via All Mountain Realty
Timothy Egan has an interesting column about the fate of the foreclosed developments that now litter the nation. There are, as you’re well aware, entire neighborhoods with little residing in them but foreclosed signs, empty lots, and empty homes. Many of these developments sprung up on fertile farmland, and have now been vacated or left unfilled. So what lessons can be learned from Slumburbia? …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Good Green Design Doesn’t Have To Be Expensive: The M&M House
All photos via 100Khouse
I have not paid nearly enough attention to the work of Postgreen, the Philadelphia developers of economical and very interesting houses. Preston at Jetson Green nailed their 100K House as “the perfect trifecta of elements necessary in a green project: style, sustainability, and affordability.”
Now …Read the full story on TreeHugger