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Affresol: Prefab Houses Made From Plastic Landfill

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:31:07 +0000

It may well be the ugliest house we have shown on TreeHugger, and it is made of garbage, too. But Ian McPherson of Welsh startup Affresol takes plastic waste, grinds it down to little granules. They then mix it with liquid resin and pour it like concrete into panels, which they call Thermo Poly Rock (TPR). ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Best of Inhabitat: 6 Super-Cool Floating Homes and Habitats

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:18:14 +0000

It used to be that rising tides due to climate change were just a far-off fear - now they're a present-day reality. But we all know that humans are a race of survivors, and some of the best designs come out of the necessity to adapt to environmental changes and challenges. So while we're working on actually mitigating global warming, architects, designers and visionaries are one step ahead, imagining homes, buildings and entire cities situated above or e...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Kate Moss Fights Malaria with Recycled Mosquito Net Dress

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:53:10 +0000

Kate Moss in a recycled mosquito-net dress. Credit: Sport Relief Via Daily Mail Kate Moss models a one-off, recycled mosquito net dress, designed by British Designer William Tempest in photo campaign for Read the full story on TreeHugger

Students Build 33 Foot High Tower Entirely of Cardboard

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:34:59 +0000

images courtesy of Abitare It seems you can build just about anything out of cardboard. Fabrizio of the Italian design magazine Abitare shows us a 10 meter (33 foot) high tower, built by the Institut fuer Konstruktion und Gestaltung at Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, for an exhibition in Paris. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Nestlé, Palm Oil and the Power of the Internet

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:23 +0000

Protesters in Orangutan suits and modified Kit Kat signs. In a great example of Gorilla marketing, Greenpeace in Europe appears to have been successful in persuading Nestlé to drop Indonesian palm oil producer Sinar Mas Group because of their "continued expansion into rain forests and "critical orangutan habitat." The campaign focuses on Kit Kat, the most popular chocolate bar in Europe, and is a great example of how activists can succeed and how corporations can screw up bigtime. (Note: Nestlé does not make Kit Kat in the United States, it is licenced to Hershey) ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Why Haven’t Electric Bikes Caught On?

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:17:09 +0000

<img alt="electric bike with kids photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/electric-bikes-domination.jpg" width="468" height="299" class="mt-image-none" style="" Image credit: Sightline From a $350 electric commuter bike to fancy German e-bikes that apply electric assist direct to the power train, we've had no shortage of cool motorized bicycles here on TreeHugger. And they've even ignited some important debate, including Trevor's musings on whether his elec...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Creative Kid Mobility: Bike to Baby Stroller in Seconds

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:55:42 +0000

On my bike in the middle of the day, I see a lot of moms on the streets pushing strollers, and I always ponder that some of them might be happier and get more done on a bike. However, I know the hurdles to biking with babies, and there's an awkward in-between time when babies get too big (and also too heavy) for bike seats and trailers but they may not be quite rea...Read the full story on TreeHugger

News From Mother Jones: The Future of Meat

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Hi, TreeHuggers. Here's what's new over at Mother Jones' Blue Marble blog: Meat Production Set To Double by 2050: A new report offers insights into meat's environmental impact. A key finding: The livestock sector, including feed production and transport, is responsible for about 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide (the beef, pork and poultry industries emit large amounts of CO2, methane, and other greenhouse gases). Read the full story on TreeHugger

Where Have All the Flowers (Daffodils) Gone?

TreeHugger — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:24 +0000

Image from Mail Online This is England, the parks and gardens and countryside are supposed to be filled with golden daffodils by now. This is why we live here. But where are they? With this year's never ending winter and the long cold spell just beginning to end, the flowers haven't bloomed yet. The village of Thriplow has been holding their daffodil festival on the same weekend for 41 years and this is the first time that this has ever happened. It is also the coldest winter in 30 years and t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

How to Inspect a Washing Machine Pump

Home Improvement Made Easy on Doityourself.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:08 +0000

The trouble with modern living is the regularity with which things break down, for example the washing machine pump.

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