HEAT Documentary Looks at Global Struggle to Reinvent Fossil Fuel Use
Last night we attended the preview of HEAT, a two-hour FRONTLINE investigation that will air Tuesday, October 21 EST on PBS. Produced by veteran FRONTLINE journalist Martin Smith, the investigation...
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British Charity Launches Climate Change Green Guide for Muslims
Tomorrow in London the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) will launch a Muslim Green Guide to Reducing Climate Change at the Islamic Cultural Centre and the London...
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Five Outstanding Green Restaurants
Here at TreeHugger, we've covered the sustainable food movement for years, but have never pulled together our own list of the greenest restaurants. Wait no more: these five outstanding green...
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More New Cars Than Babies This Year in Mexico City
For every birth in Mexico City, two new cars enter the city's vehicle fleet each year, according to the Center for Sustainable Transport, or CTS in its Spanish acronym. The non-profit think tank...
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Lima's Water Source Threatened by Mine Tailings
Gold mine tailings + a water source for 10 million people = Bad News. Reuters has a story on the wires today about the Peruvian government's fears that with the looming rainy season, 744,000 metric...
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Mexico City Wins Health Award For Promoting Bicycling
Biking in Mexico City? No, it's not an extreme sport for thrill-seekers. It's a weekend pastime for families thanks to a program called Muevete en Bici program, or Get on Your Bicycle. Mayor Marcelo...
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The Best Ecolodges on the Planet According to National Geographic Adventure
The Global Travel Editor at National Geographic Adventure has put together a handy list and a nice graphic of the 50 Best Ecolodges in the world, color-coded according to ecosystem. The hotels were...
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Bolivia's Lithium Reserves Could Power Electric Car Boom
The auto industry is beginning to look to lithium batteries to power new models of hybrid cars. The new demand for lithium could be a boon for Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, which...
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The World's 5 Most Inspiring Green Leaders
With a new president elected in the United States, the world may soon turn a corner and create a new unified front on the environment, and climate change in particular. But there are several leaders...
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Greenpeace Goes to Africa
The international environmental lobby group Greenpeace yesterday opened its first African office in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a statement, Greenpeace said working on the ground in Africa was part...
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The Living Walls on San Francisco's Embarcadero
In a blog post on design applications of water resource management, New York Times design blogger Allison Arrieff included a photograph of a glass office building currently under construction in San...
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Coal Pellet Stove Introduced in Uganda
We've written a lot about wood pellet stoves, and are intrigued -- and a bit wary -- with story out of Uganda about a new pellet stove that burns coal pellets.
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Starwood to Build "Luxe-Eco" Hotel in Washington, DC
Washington, DC, which consistently scores high in sustainability rankings for its excellent public transportation, walkability, and green space, has few accolades in the area of green building. While...
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Hong Kong Chefs Join Sustainable Seafood Initiative
Three renowned Hong Kong chefs have been named WWF Ocean Friendly Chefs and will design menus featuring sustainable seafood species recommended by WWF's Seafood Guide. The chefs are Lau Chun from...
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Chef Survey: Locally-Grown Produce Will Be Hot in 2009
As further evidence that locally-grown food is going mainstream, a new survey of 1,609 chefs by the National Restaurant Association ranked locally-grown produce as the hottest trend for 2009.
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Cuba Relies on Urban Gardens to Feed Hungry Populace
Planet Ark/Reuters has a nice piece out of Havana about how urban gardens are filling a key void in food production after three hurricanes wiped out 30 percent of the country's farm crops. In Cuba,...
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Hertz Rolls Out Car-Sharing Program to Compete with Zipcar
Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, is entering the burgeoning car-sharing market with a new offering called Connect, as first reported in Budget Travel. Connect will first be available in...
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New Research Shows Cognitive Benefits of Natural Areas
Jonah Lehrer, author of the new book called "How We Decide," had an interesting piece in the Boston Globe describing how the city affects the brain. Unfortunately, Lehrer tells us, being in an urban...
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Mexico To Enforce Trash Separation
Since 2004, the Mexico City government has been trying to convince residents to separate their trash for recycling and composting purposes. An ambitious solid waste law requires residents and...
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Mexico's Driving Restriction Law Under Fire
Some time back, we reported that Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard had decided to extend the controversial "Hoy No Circula" (Today Don't Drive) plan, a program where drivers are prohibited from using...
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Wyclef Jean, TreeHugger's Graham Hill and Recycle Runway Rock the First Green...
The nation's capital is the place to be this long weekend, as festivities for President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration kicked off and hundreds of thousands of visitors swarm the city for the big...
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Mexico Launches $550 Million Wind Farm in Oaxaca
It was a big week for renewable energy in Mexico. Yesterday we reported that Wal-Mart Mexico has just installed a 174 KW solar array on the roof of one of its stores in the northern city of...
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Comprehensive Sustainable Sushi Book Released
This fall, we reported that the big trio of fish-hugging organizations -- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Blue Ocean Institute, and Environmental Defense Fund -- released a card to help consumers navigate...
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McDonald's Nominated for Seafood Champion Award
It's easy to forget that McDonald's, famous for its Big Macs and french fries, is also in the fish business. But indeed, McDonald's purchases more than 18,000 metric tons, or 43.2 million pounds, of...
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Aquaculture Industry Looks to Sustainable Feeds
Experts agree that as wild fish stocks decline and the world's population grows we will increasingly rely on aquaculture to feed the hungry planet. But many conservationists are concerned about the
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Mexico City to Require Students to Take School Bus To Reduce Traffic and...
Mexico City's minister of the environment, Martha Delgado, announced Friday that in August a pilot project requiring students to take school buses instead of private vehicles to school at 10 private...
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Environmental Film Festival Underway in DC
The 17th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital kicked off yesterday and will continue through March 22 with 136 eco-themed documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental and
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Mars Candy Commits to Sustainable Cocoa Sources
The link between child slavery and cocoa production and chocolate has been well-documented, even here on TreeHugger, with our piece by guest contributor Tex Dworkin of the Global Exchange Fair Trade...
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7 Popular Tourist Destinations to See Before it's Too Late
There's a new kind of eco-tourist on the prowl, one who seeks out the places and experiences threatened by global warming: the climate tourist. The following seven popular tourist destinations may not...
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