Technology

Urine-separating NoMix toilet gets thumbs-up in European countries

NoMix toilet.Photo courtesy Sustainable sanitation via Flickr Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there’s such a double-win in most bathrooms around […]

treehugger.com Technology

Seedy tactics in Iowa and Norway in the news this week

Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean seedPhoto: MonsantoThe first in a series of daylong federally sponsored workshops kicked off today in Ankeny, Iowa, to debate whether consolidation in agriculture — in particular […]

Bonnie Azab Powell Technology

Price cannot steer emission reductions properly

In my last two posts I argued two points: emissions pricing is less popular with the public than funding of trains, renewable requirements and other types of public investment and […]

Gar Lipow Technology

Banana briefs are growing on us

Gents, if the thought of pesticides on your privates bums you out, then start thinking outside the boxer. AussieBum has gone down under to pioneer briefs that put a banana […]

Ashley Braun Technology

Breakthrough polymers promise versatile, immortal plastics — a good thing

If you want to build a sustainable street, neighborhood, city, or world, I have one word for you: plastics. The facts about plastic have become part of the green liturgy. […]

Todd Woody Technology

Retooling green jobs for the next generation

When you think “green jobs,” do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about “green” lab beakers, […]

Jesse Jenkins Technology

Farm lobby’s lawyer appointed as Ag Committee’s counsel

Here’s object lesson No. 452 in the ongoing corrosive handover of government power to corporate interests. And no, I don’t think I’m exaggerating. Over at Mother Jones, Kate Sheppard details […]

Tom Laskawy Technology

Business + Stealth Greening = Fail

If a business goes green in the forest and no one is around…did it happen? That’s what a climate action plan sounds like if you don’t market it, according to […]

Frank Sesno Technology

Florida Everglades restoration now a bailout for U.S. Sugar

Cypress trees in the Everglades. Photo: National Park ServiceThe New York Times published a monster investigative piece Monday on the disaster that is the Everglades Restoration Project. In some ways, […]