Natural Necklaces from Origin Craft Fair
There were some very natural necklaces at Origin: The London Craft Fair this year. It's the annual juried fair where some of the most sophisticated craftspeople from around the world show their wares....
View ArticleRecycling Makes Old Become New at Origin Craft Fair
At Origin: The London Craft Fair the definition of craft cuts across all boundaries. From necklaces made of driftwood to jigsaw puzzles turned into brooches, recycling of old and natural materials is...
View ArticleNew York Times' Hit Job on Al Gore Sparks Controversy
The green blogosphere has been alight with the startling news of the latest hit job on Al Gore. Startling news of a hit job on Al Gore? What is this, 1999? Gore, and the many people who appreciate the...
View ArticleNY Times Duped by Climate Disinformation Campaign?
I think for the most part, the New York Times is still the most reliable source for breaking news and good information out there. But they have been seeming to slip in their coverage of climate...
View ArticleIs the Mainstream Media Ready to Cover Global Warming Again?
Image via NBC And Really Cover It? Over the last few years, the mainstream media seemed to tire of covering advances in climate science in any real depth. Instead, it turned to the admittedly more...
View ArticleiPad Version of Wall Street Journal Priced at $17.99 A Month - Too Expensive,...
Magazines and newspapers have been in their death throes for years now, and it seems like the iPad is not only the final stake in their heart, but also the very thing giving them the launch they need...
View ArticleNew York Times Declares Cap and Trade Dead. So How Come It's Not?
I consider the New York Times to be the paper of record in the United States, as many people do. But its coverage of climate issues in particular has been frustrating lately. For evidence, look no...
View ArticleHow One Conservation Group With Ties to Big Oil Can Influence the Gulf Spill...
Yesterday, Tom Zeller Jr. and John Broder wrote a piece of news analysis that ran on the front page of the New York Times, suggesting that many of the fears surrounding the gulf oil crisis were...
View ArticleAll Bets are Off on the UK Election But Fun and Games are On
Today is Election Day in the U.K. and the race is on. Betting on the election is legal here and the bookies are giving the best odds on the Conservatives winning. No one else is sure what is...
View ArticleJournalists Covering BP Spill Now Face Felonies, $40K Fines
There's been much discussion over how BP has been obstructing media coverage of the Gulf spill, and rightly so. Thus far, impediments to coverage have
View ArticleNYT Spotlights Yoga for Seniors, Not Just the Svelte
Amen! As an expert stepping ever more deeply into the often
View Article"Millions of Barrels of Oil Safely Reach Port in Major Environmental...
Yes, the Onion, America's finest news source, is consistently hilarious. But even it is rarely this biting, this trenchant -- and this right on. Check out its lead story today, about the massive...
View ArticleDispatch from the Front Lines of a War on Science
You may have heard of Simon Singh long before his name rose to the top of the list of those championing sound science: He'd written two bestselling books, Fermat's Enigma and the Big Bang. Despite the...
View Article90-Year-Old Newspaper House Still Standing Strong
If you think that using creatively recycled materials to build a house is something new, think again. Almost 90 years ago, inventor and engineer Ellis Stenman of Rockport, Massachusetts set out to...
View ArticleHow Climate Change Threatens the American Farmer
Too often, the conversation about climate change gets framed as a culturo-political debate: with liberals and scientists calling for action on one side, and conservatives and free market...
View ArticleNews Corporation Announces New Sustainability Targets for 2015 and Beyond
News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming...
View ArticleWe're Officially Reading More Online News Than Newspapers
Image: allaboutgeorge, Flickr, CC BY The Digital Migration Continues to Change the Face of Consumption A new study from the Ponyter Institute reveals that by the end of 2010, more people were reading...
View ArticleAndy Revkin of the New York Times on Global Population Explosions (podcast)
We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh...
View ArticleGoodbye Yellow Pages, Hello Local Search
Remember the Yellow Pages Association? They represent the folks who print phone books. They've fought some efforts by cities to ban phone book distribution, and
View ArticleThe Best Of TreeHugger Delivered To Your Inbox Daily or Weekly
Is keeping up with TreeHugger too much work? Let us help with our newsletters. We have a daily, edited by me, and a weekly, edited by Warren McLaren. Today I muse about how Amazon is Now Selling More...
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