Sep 3 2010

Shocked baby photo

Photo credit: on_ovington

+ Baby formula could contain unsettling amounts of aluminum&emdash;more than 40 times the amount found in breast milk, according to one recent study.

Sep 3 2010

banksy kiddie ride dolphin bp oil photo
Photo: Banksy.co.uk

Poor Dolphin
World-famous guerilla artist Banksy has made many environmental statements in the past, but we think this one is particularly clever, especially with the

Sep 3 2010

permaculture and spongebob squarepants video photo
Image credit: CosmicRevolutionKS

When I interviewed my friend Tim Toben of Greenbridge and Pickards Mountain Ecoinstitute, he suggested it was important that we all "tell the story about the transformation from a world powered by fossil fuels to a world powered by

Sep 3 2010

american mink photo
Photo via qmnonic

Nothing like a flood of minks loose in a country's already fragile ecosystem to put environmentalists in a tough spot. Two fur farms in northern Greece were raided, the results of which saw 50,000 minks running for the hills. Fortunately for everyone (except the minks) the problem could solve itself in a short time.

Sep 3 2010

tiger cub in luggage photo
Photo via National Geographic

We've got a new regular slideshow here on TreeHugger: The Week in Animal Photos.

Sep 3 2010

findhorn ecovillage ecomobile trailer caravan photo meeting
Images unless noted: Findhorn Foundation

While following the development of small green prefabs, It has become increasingly clear that you cannot separate the home from the context, and that what we really need is a sort of green trailer park, where people can own their unit but share common resources. It turns out that it exists, and has since 1962; Dr.

Sep 3 2010

strawberries photo
photo: Dave Parker via flickr

In the tug of war over whether organic farming is really better than conventional chemical-laden farming, a new study in the online peer-reviewed journal PLoS One comes out solidly in support of the benefits of