5:22 am in botanical, Business & Politics, endangered species list, ethical, fish, food, Food & Health, sustainable by TreeHugger
Photo: channel4
In January, national treasure, chef and writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
spearheaded a campaign called "Fish Fight" in response to the "insane waste" caused by North Sea fishermen throwing back almost a million dead and dying fish every year.
He had a series of t.v. shows, a
themed week at a department store and
a petition to the Europe...
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5:10 am in bats, bees, gardens, insects, sustainable, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
Photo: B. Alter
Insect hotels are architectural, recycled and perfectly formed. But you can't stay there: they are for the bugs.
Several gardens at this year's
Chelsea Flower Show were featuring them. The most stylish, attached to the wall of a recycled shipping container, were at the Royal Bank of Canada's
New Wild Garden. ...
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5:04 am in Fashion & Beauty, footwear, recycled consumer good, recycling reuse, sustainable by TreeHugger
Photo: PoZu
Everyone knows
Timberland: the company that has been making eco-friendly and environmental shoes and clothing forever (well, it seems like that). Not so many people know
Po-Zu: the little slipper company that is about to grow.
Together they are making beautiful (?) music, oops shoes, together. Called the
Convertible, these mens' boots can be worn as a ...
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4:56 am in botanical, competitions, Culture & Celebrity, fruits & vegetables, gardens, insects, sustainable, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
Photo: B. Alter
Green roofs are getting a lot of coverage this year at the
Chelsea Flower Show and it's great that their popularity is spreading. Seen first at Chelsea and next year on your street...
The roofs can be landscapes in themselves, with different kinds of wild flowers and places for bees and other insects to alight. They absorb rain water too. So let's see how the big and little garden designers handled them. The
Prince of Monaco has wall to wall...
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5:05 am in fruits & vegegtables, gardeners, insects, sustainable, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
Photo: B. Alter
There are other gardens at the
Chelsea Flower Show besides the big, glitzy and expensive ones. There are small ones...
So give a
Gold Medal to the Winds of Change urban garden which puts its reclaimed, industrial aesthetic first and foremost.
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5:08 am in botanical, Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, environmental certifications, food, Food & Health, food production, sustainable by TreeHugger
Photo: my farm
Being a farmer sounds romantic and clean and pure...but if you don't have time and can't give up the day job, here's a way to still get a taste of it.
The
National Trust, the UK's largest farmland owner and a charity, has just introduced
My Farm: it's a large working farm that will be taken over by web users who will be able to vote on all the farm decisions.
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Photo: B. Alter
This roof garden has been a ten year labour of love for the owner who is both the architect and designer. It all started with an eco house, built on a small piece of land in a dense residential area.
The architect wanted to be environmental and he had a passion for gardening. A decade later, house and gardens are flourishing....
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Photo: B. Alter
Green vertical walls are very popular at the 
Photo: B. Alter
This year's 
