Image from ShanzaiCardboard is popping up everywhere. A strong and durable material, it is made from recycled paperboard and is itself recyclable when you get bored. It is long lasting, can be assembled easily, comes in a flat-pack and some say is softer and friendlier than wood or plastic. It certainly is cheaper....Here are some new and novel ways that cardboard is being used in the furnitur
Firefighters face a wildfire in Northern California. Image credit: mattspinner/FlickrEvery summer, wildfires rage across the western and southern regions of the United States. These fires threaten homes, animals, and ecosystems, and they are also responsible for something else: carbon emissions.For decades, the primary strategies for dealing with these fires has been to prevent them at all costs
Photo via Pilar Olivares / ReutersPeruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi loves to ride the waves--so much so, in fact, that he's made it his mission to share the experience with different animals he comes across. Over the years, Pianezzi has become quite accustomed to teaching all manner of furry and feathered friends how to surf, but for the first time yesterday he hit the wav...Read the full story o
Former Rainforest Action Network Director Mike Brune has begun his tenure at the Sierra Club, the country's most effective campaigning organization on coal. Brune has a strong background taking on the country's biggest polluters and now he joins a team already taking the wood to the country's biggest polluting industry, coal. On his first day, Brune sent out an email to his supporters laying out
Images from BBCWhat a fabulous name for a tree: the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead. And what a pity that this 1,200 year old oak tree has split down the middle and died this month. Located in Wales, its trunk has a circumference of 34 ft. It is thought to date back to the reign of King Egbert in 802, when Wales beat back Henry the Second. And finally old age and nature have taken their t
Image credit: AardvarkelIt's Monday morning, and I am feeling cynical. So when I received a press release about a "green mobile marketing vehicle" that is 100% battery powered, I must admit I scoffed. Since when has driving around a billboard been anything but a waste of resources? (Kristin covered similar ground before on why 100% electric billboards are a waste of creative juices.) But as is of
Local indigenous dance group Rulan Tangen and Dancing Earth use costumes and sets made of recycled and organic materials. Photo via the Santa Fe Art Institute Blog.A year-long show focusing on the four elements is bringing well-known environmental artists to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to create new works and engage with the community in what appears to be an up-and-coming hub for recycled and other ec
ISO bright ideas. Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr.If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, and their competitive nature. That's the strategy that came out of a cocktail party hosted by the online magazine Slate as part of an ongoing attempt to "harvest the collective intelligence of [its] reade
From the news that the first known male elephant twins were born in the north-eastern province of Surin, Thailand to sustainable clothing ensembles and the The Cove's Oscar win at the Academy Awards, a lot happened this week in green. Find out what else happened in the world of green this week in our photo roundup of most popular, most important, and most oddball stories. ...Read the full story o
