Green Gardening Tools are Getting Brighter and Better
Last month this TreeHugger was complaining about how the most innocent of pleasures, such as guerrilla gardening, was being turned into a business. Now I have returned to Selfridges to re-test my...
View ArticleBest of Green: Travel and Nature
What's the best twitter feed by (yes, you read that right) an endangered animal? What's the most intriguing new species, the most powerful nature documentary, the eco travel tools that you must have...
View ArticleTickGreen: Wrestling Web Server Wattage
Australia's web servers produce at least as much carbon dioxide as 35,000 cars, according to TickGreen, who offer 100% certified carbon emission offset credits which are applied to the reforestation...
View ArticleObama Resurrects Carbon Offsets (Nobody Says Thanks)
Carbon offsets have not exactly gone away—take Google's announcement in the summer of last year that it would offset 45,000 homes using carbon credits from landfill waste as a
View ArticleOverstock.com Offers Carbon-Neutral Shipping, for Free
If you follow environmental issues, there's no doubt your e-mail inbox has been filled with messages in recent days and weeks. It's Earth Day, Earth Month, green season. One message that caught my
View ArticleStanford Students Answer Environmental Dilemmas from the Public
From whether barefoot running is green to the thorny conundrum of plastic versus paper versus reusable bags, our very own Pablo has answered many an environmental dilemma in his time. But he's not...
View ArticleVoluntary Carbon Market Grew To Record High Volume in 2010
While the green community's view of carbon offsets, either personal or corporate,
View ArticleProfit for Good: Carbon Credits Bring Clean Water to Rural Kenya
I spent part of last month walking from home to home in Kagamega, Kenya, a mostly-rural region known for one of the last remaining tracts of the Congolese forest belt. It is not dissimilar to so much...
View ArticleDon't Call It Offsets: Site Connects Sponsors to Domestic CO2 Reduction Projects
There was a time when protesters where occupying offset companies, decrying these "modern day indulgences", but carbon offsets seem to have slipped off the radar of late. Nevertheless, many companies and
View ArticleOxfam Takes on Land Grabs -- Rich Investors: "They're Not Countries, They're...
Despite years-old warnings against the increasing trend of land grabs by rich countries in poorer countries, the practice continues with little notice. Oxfam says that "in many cases, the land sold is...
View ArticleBringing 5 Million Rocket Stoves To Women Worldwide: The Paradigm Project
It may sound unbelievable but it's true: smoke inhalation from cooking over an open fire kills 1.6 million adults and children yearly. Not only that, in Africa, for example, women walk up to 15 miles...
View ArticleAre Carbon Offsets Irrelevant? Maybe They Always Were...
When I wrote about the new UK Carbon Reporting Framework which connects potential project funders with CO2-cutting initiatives, I noted that they were not calling it offsets. In
View ArticleThe Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More...
Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.
View ArticleHow Carbon Offsets Help Fight Pneumonia
Investing in clean cookstoves may be the single most effective anti-pneumonia intervention there is. And carbon offsets help make that happen.
View ArticleBritish Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
View ArticleImproved Cooking Technique Slashes Coal Use. Is Funded Through Carbon Offsets...
Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.
View ArticleWhat Role Do Carbon Offsets Play in a Struggling Economy? Q&A with the Carbon...
Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.
View ArticleA Pleasant Surprise: Super Bowl XLVI Goes Green!
I was surprised when I realized Super Bowl XLVI's efforts to go green, and I want to know what you're doing too.
View ArticleAmericans Getting Tired of Clean Coal, Biofuels, Carbon Offsets & Cap-and-Trade
Though feelings about solar power, wind power, and hybrid cars remain high, a new survey shows some definite declines in how Americans feel about other cleantech concepts.
View ArticleHow Carbon Offsets Can Help Provide Clean Water for All
A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.
View ArticleThis Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video)
French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas...
View ArticleMicrosoft Imposes a Carbon Price on Itself
The tech giant announced that it will be carbon neutral by the next fiscal year. To do so, it's essentially enacting a carbon pricing system on its own operations.
View ArticleOn the East Coast, a Sailing Regatta with Carbon Neutrality
Using alternative fuels, carbon offsets, and strict on-board rules, the Atlantic Cup aims to be the first carbon-neutral race in the U.S.
View ArticleNew Prius Offers Solution for Healthier Environment - It Kills Its Owner
If there's one sure solution to human-caused climate change, it's fewer polluting humans. Prius capitalizes on this fact with their new car design.
View ArticleEthanol Plant Carbon Sequestration Makes a Million Tons of CO2 Disappear
Biorecro's technology adds an important element to carbon capture and sequestration - the ability to create negative emissions.
View ArticleBlistering barnacles! Ship's paint can save 9% of fuel use, and even earn...
When stuff sticks to ships, it slows them down and uses more fuel. Now a new biocide-free paint may help ship owners slash fuel use and claim carbon credits too.
View ArticleYucatan Travel Journal, Day 2: Healing plants, underwater sinkholes, and a...
As part of an ongoing series about the Maya Ka'an community-based tourism initiative, this was my first official day in the Mayan region, and it was certainly full of adventure.
View Article10 ways to green your work ethic
A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive place to work, and good news for the bottom line.
View ArticleNo magic bullet -- study challenges perception that CO2 reduction can be...
"Until we do something about CO2, nothing we do about methane or these other things is going to matter much for climate"
View ArticlePlain old baking soda may help stop greenhouse gases
We used to write about carbon capture and sequestration. Then we realized it was a bust - too expensive, too complex. Now there's a new way to keep climate gases from escaping.
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