Image courtesy of Michelle Kaufmann, Seeds of Peace All of the media around questions of the mosque being built near Ground Zero is a powerful reminder of how intense and raw feelings are and how quickly those those feelings can turn to hatred and to violence. Hatred of the other is at the root of what caused the horrific and devastating loss on September 11, 2001. How do we stop the this ever increasing spiral of fear and hate? A group of teenagers may have some answers for us…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Teenagers Plant ‘Seeds of Peace’ at a Unique Summer Camp in Maine
Image credit: AZrainman Could government finally be waking up to the threat of peak oil? When a government minister attended a peak oil conference as a “keynote listener” , I perhaps unkindly cited it as evidence that miracles do happen. But despite warnings of peak oil in 5 years from Richard Branson , there’s no doubt that governments the world over have not so far devoted too much attention to peak … Read the full story on TreeHugger
NYC’s bike-share is likely to be similar to other existing programs. The one pictured here is in Taipei. Photo: Flickr , CC Starting with 10,500 Bikes, Then Increasing to 49,000 Biking in New York City has been growing at a good clip in recent years ( check out this graph ), something that the local authorities have been encouraging with new infrastructure and policies. But something in missing from NYC’s bike culture: a bike-sharing program. That… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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NYC Mayor Wants Massive Bike-Sharing Program
Long Studio. All images by Saunders Architecture We have been watching the career of Todd Saunders with interest; two years ago we called the Canadian expat living in Norway the Best of Green Young Architect . He has just completed this stunning artist’s studio on Fogo Islan… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Arts Take Root in a Fishing Village With Studios by Todd Saunders
Photo via Gangajal Seeing as how it’s Friday, I figured I’d just go ahead and rain on everyone’s parade a little bit: Climate change and deforestation are going to more or less wipe out tropical rainforests as we know them in about 90 years. Yes, according to a recent study, 80% of rainforests — which hold a full half of the world’s plant and animal species — stand to be destroyed by climate change as soon as 2010. Happy Friday!… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Climate Change Could Destroy 80% of World’s Rainforest by 2100
Image via Encefalus Any respectable blogger working today is at least aware of the many social media websites that contribute to our articles reaching a wider audience: Reddit , Yahoo Buzz, Stumble Upon, and, of course, the granddaddy of them all, Digg . Digg is the most powerful ‘social media’ website — stories that get submitted there stand to be viewed by more people than anywhere else. Yet over the years, as I wrote story after story here at TreeHugger, I started noticing a trend — if my post directly concerned c… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why Does Digg Hate Global Warming?
photo: Fibonacci Blue via flickr With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head , and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you’re right for starting to breath a sigh of relief. But it occurred to me, if 25% of the oil is still in the water and in the marshes, and rough… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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25% of BP Oil Still in the Water is World’s Eighth Largest Oil Spill All By Itself
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their ‘static kill’ procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working — so far. In other green news, the Galapagos Islands has been taken off the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger — but could it be too soon? The above average temps in July 2010 Temps will be normal for July 2050; an Oregon wind farm offered $5000 for neighbors not to complain about noise, and China reveals a ’3D Fast Bus’ that straddles the road so cars can drive under — cool! Find … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Week in Pictures: Galapagos Islands No Longer Endangered? ‘Static Kill’ of BP’s Oil Well, and More (Slideshow)
Photo: Kelly Rossiter This is National Farmers’ Market week in the U.S. and it’s the perfect time to get acquainted with your local market if you haven’t already. If you are a market regular, take a friend who’s never been before. Buy a vegetable you’ve never tried and be adventuresome. Have a chat with the farmer who is selling her wares and ask her about the farm. Discover the joy of eating local and seasonal food that has just been picked. Take cash and cloth bags. Ask the farmers how they like to prepare the vegetables you are buying. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Celebrate Local Food During National Farmers’ Market Week
There’s no doubt that the last decade or so has seen the rise of what we might term ‘conscious capitalism’. Consumers have increasingly put a premium on paying more for goods and services that have a philanthropic bent — look at the Fair Trade coffee of Starbucks, the organic produce at Whole Foods, or the donation of shoes through Tom’s. Few would argue that this has been a positive development. But there’s at least one man who’s doing exactly that: the philosopher Slavoj Zizek. In this animated feature, he argues that ‘conscious capitalism’ is really just making us feel better about maintaining what is at its core an u… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Oxymoron? (Video)