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2012 Olympic Stamps Issued to Celebrate Games

5:03 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, Design & Architecture, designers, sustainability by TreeHugger

tria thalon photo Photo: afp photo/royalmail Make your snail mail look great: it's one year to the start of the 2012 Olympic Games and Royal Mail is issuing a set of ten beautiful stamps to celebrate the countdown. British stamps don't just show the Queen's profile--they cover the whole range from endangered species to the Read the full story on TreeHugger

Drink to the Greening of Ontario Wineries

4:58 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, farming, food, Food & Health, organic agriculture, wine by TreeHugger

flat rock photo Photo: B. Alter, Flat Rock Cellars In the past decade a whole region with new Ontario wineries has sprung up around Beamsville, near Niagara Falls. This was formerly a rich fruit growing area, but the peach and cherry orchards are disappearing as the wineries pop up. Many of them are striving to be eco. They are making organic and biodynamic wines, and have recycled buildings, sheep grazing the vines, and geo-thermal heating and cooling systems. Forget about Wayne Gretzky and Mike Weir's vanity wineries and welcome to the new green world of Wine Country Ontario. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Cargill Sets Sustainable Goals for Palm Oil, But Are They Too Little, Too Late?

3:22 pm in Business & Politics, carbon emissions, corporate responsibility, deforestation, indonesia by TreeHugger

palm oil photo Image: Marufish via flickr Agribusiness giant Cargill has announced plans to offer only sustainably-certified palm oil by 2015 for certain countries, including the U.S., and by 2020 worldwide. On the surface, that sounds like a positive step forward, but on closer look, it seems like just another empty PR move. The earlier goal does not include palm kernel oil—which is produced from the same trees as palm oil and is nearly ubiquitous on food and cosmetic labels on supermark...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Wear a Potato Poncho to the Music Festival

4:55 am in accessories, carbon footprint, corporate responsibility, green jobs, sports gear, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

spud poncho photo Photo: nigels It's music festival time and camping time and if you are in the UK, it's raining time. And more rain. Thus we present the perfect (spud) poncho...made out of potato starch bioplastic, it's the eco friendly way to stay dry. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Obsolete Telephone Booths Recycled as Libraries

4:49 am in corporate responsibility, Culture & Celebrity, Design & Architecture, farming, recycing by TreeHugger

better shot photo Photo: B. Alter We have already written about the recycling of the distinctive red telephone booths in England. With everyone using cell phones, the evocative boxes have become redundant and the phone company is selling them off to local communities. Imagine our delight, whilst meandering through the pastoral roads of Hampshire, to come across this picture-perfect example at a crossroads of a small village. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Sigg’s American Water Bottle Distributor Bankrupt

7:55 am in chemical sensitivity, corporate responsibility, switzerland, united states by TreeHugger

Sigg bottle photo Sigg Bottle photo by StromBer (Wikipedia Commons) Two years ago we asked TreeHugger readers, if, in light of revelations that Sigg aluminum water bottled had actually contained Bisphenol-A (BPA) linings, would they be returning their bottles. 200 said they would. But they were just the tip of a huge iceberg of US customer dissatisfaction for in the end 306,371 bottles were returned to Sigg for replacement with newer non-BPA bottles. A couple of months ago Sigg's US distributor filed for C...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Lego Changes its Wrapping and Becomes More Eco

5:08 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, forests, wilderness by TreeHugger

love lego photo Photo: christopher neimann Lego has changed its ways: packaging of those little Lego men has just become greener and more sustainable. After a robust campaign by Greenpeace, the Danish company has announced a new plan to clean up their packaging and make it more environmental. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Just Do It is a Tale of Modern Day Outlaws

5:06 am in activism, Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, Culture & Celebrity, environmental justice, movies, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

royal bank photo Photo: justdo it Whether you agree with their methods, or not, Just Do It is a "tale of modern-day outlaws" whose spirit and energy you just have to admire. The film follows the lives of English environmental activists as they go about their work: plotting direct-action campaigns in the name of climate change. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Volvo Meets DOE 10-Year Energy Intensity Reduction Target in One Year

4:10 pm in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, energy efficiency, transportation by TreeHugger

Volvo energy efficiency DOE photo Image: VolvoTrucks.com Volvo Trucks' manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia has achieved a 30-percent reduction in energy intensity in just one year, making it the first company to meet a 10-year challenge established by the Department of Energy, the Read the full story on TreeHugger

Canadian Supermarkets Get Mediocre Rating on Sustainable Fish

4:41 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, fishing, food, Food & Health, sustainable seafood by TreeHugger

super rank photo Photo: greenpeace Canada's supermarkets didn't get great marks on their sustainable seafood practices. Greenpeace has rated the 8 biggest supermarkets and 5 of them had better go back to school. Only Loblaw, Overwaitea and Safeway passed the sustainability test. It's not great, but three years ago, when ratings first started, all eight failed the test. Now Loblaw (yes that is a name) has come first with 62%; that means they have im...Read the full story on TreeHugger