]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/sustainability Sustainable Development - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Yesterday, NPR's Here & Now program hosted author James McWilliams, to talk about locavores (it's the 2007 Word of the Year, after all) and some of the ins and outs of food miles vs. life cycle as a way to measure the impact of your eating choices.... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:13:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78515?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Today the WWF and the city of Abu Dhabi released more details (here's our first story) of the 47,500 inhabitant eco-town called Masdar ( the source in Arabic) that they plan to raise from the desert floor. WWF provided ten sustainable-city concepts,... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:56:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78515?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78333?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 [insert boilerplate boy, I've been busy text here]Extra-long meetings at Institute for the Future, covering both the Ten-Year Forecast program and IFTF's own organizational forecasts.Helping a new innovation consultancy called Collective Invention ... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:52:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78333?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 It is probably no surprise that we are big fans of Rural Studio and their community-based regionalist architecture. Samuel Sambo Mockbee was a real visionary, and outside of being an esteemed professor of architecture at Auburn University and o... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:25:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78000?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 It's our first winter living in Jerusalem and we thought that the frosty days we've been having is because we are high in the mountains. Not so. Israel is passing through an unbelievably cold, cold-spell. Pipes are bursting in people's homes all over... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:48:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78000?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78001?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 We're quite taken by Strohhaus in Eschenz, Switzerland. Designed by Zurich-based architect Felix Jerusalem, this home masterfully combines prefab with sustainable materials, primarily prefabricated strawboard panels that provide affordable, environme... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:32:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78001?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 TreeHugger has been a fan of Arbor since they launched a few years ago, designing snowboards and skateboards out of bamboo and other sustainable materials. But when we got a sneak peek at their new Slater skateboard, we couldn't help but take it for ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:20:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77847?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Ecorazzi: Does Jamie Oliver Have Egg On His Face Over Sainsbury's Comments? by Parrish. ...a few masters of the British cuisine (if you can call English food, cuisine I joke) have been doing their part to shed light on the horrible realities of fa... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:47:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77847?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77724?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Kurt Michael FrieseRegarding the article Tom mentioned yesterday, Joel Stein's Time article, Extreme Eating : while Mr. Stein is of course free to eat whatever type of food he chooses, I must take exception to his contention that Dodd was basica... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:08:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77724?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77727?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 In Scandinavia it's almost a given that the shiny, gorgeous, and expensive red and yellow peppers (for some reason there are few green ones) at the grocery store are imported from Holland, the land of the never-ending greenhouse. So peppers aren't th... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:37:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77727?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/77434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 So you've resolved to start the New Year with a focus on being more earth-friendly in your purchases. You want to make sure that you spend your money on businesses that produce their goods and services in sustainable ways. You've resolved to avoid th... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:54:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/77434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77404?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Aimee WittemanThis is the third in a series of five farm bill fact sheets from the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. For more information on the status of all sustainable agriculture provisions in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, p... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77404?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77422?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 With the Arctic warming and polar bears in peril, it's no surprise that children's mega-publisher Scholastic would find the story compelling enough to do a cover. And I don't blame them a bit. But while they've been putting out quality materials for ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:03:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77422?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Growing wheat in Saudi Arabia is about as sustainable as growing rice in California (they actually do grow rice in water-short Southern California, subsidized by taxpayer funded projects). Even though wheat is of Middle Eastern origin, it makes no s... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:00:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77350?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 In spite of all the bad news about first-generation biofuels, it's still a thrill to hear that Virgin Atlantic announced yesterday a 747 flown on a mixture of about 20 percent biofuel and the rest kerosene will lift off for a test flight in February,... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:36:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77350?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77182?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 As of October 2007, Costa Rica lead Latin America in certified sustainable tourism operations with 68 businesses certified by Certification for Sustainable Tourism, up from 51 in 2006. In all, Latin America now has 167 businesses certified by indepen... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:27:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77182?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77040?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 The organically inspired work of Ma Ke is an exercise in the power of poetry and one person's mission to defy the odds in the cut throat world of high fashion and garment production. The experimental Chinese fashion designer has made a name for herse... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:50:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77040?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77024?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 We love NAU and we love Ecolect (one of our recent holiday party cohosts). So it's natural that we're wishing we were in the Midwest for the Ecolect 3rd Coast launch party at the NAU store in Chicago. In case you don't know the two awesome enti... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:03:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77024?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Aimee WittemanThis is the second in a series of five farm bill fact sheets from the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Want more details on all of the sustainable agriculture provisions in the next Farm Bill? Go here (PDF) for a matrix that shows ... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:05:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76742?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 It's easy to see how inspiration takes hold in Watershed' - a 100 square foot writer's retreat in Oregon that is as sustainable as it is engaging. Commissioned by a well-known nature writer and designed by FLOAT architectural research and design, ... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:14:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76742?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By the time the design for most human artifacts is completed but before they have actually been built, about 80-90 percent of their life-cycle economic and ecological costs have already been made inevitable. This is a quote from Amory Lovins, co-fo... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:52:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/76578?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 ONAMI and SNNI (Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacting Initiative) present the Greener Nano 2008 Conference: Nanoscience for a Sustainable Future, 10-11 March 2008 at the Hewlett-Packard Company Corvallis, OR site. As nanotechnology advances, many q... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:37:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/76578?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76512?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 TreeHugger is all for helping the green marketplace grow; the more products that utilize sustainable materials, fair labor or materials-reducing manufacturing, the closer we are to a green future where everything is sustainable. The world hasn't gott... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:10:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76512?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76516?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 1. Great design can change the world and move people2. If you think good design is expensive you should look at the real cost of bad design3. Design, creativity and innovation are essential if we are to meet the global challenges of sustainable devel... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:22:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76516?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76433?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 If the entire dairy industry sector (organic and traditional) did what Aurora is embarking on - Aurora is planning for third party measurement of life cycle carbon footprint of all its operations - and announced the results to stockholders, there cou... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:46:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76433?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 At a New Year's party I attended recently I was pleasantly surprised to find a green alternative at the bar. Purus vodka was the highlighted booze for those who wished to bring in the New Year with an inebriated bang! Purus is organic vodka made with... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:22:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 William Procter made candles, James Gamble made soaps and in The Panic of 1837 they competed intensely for the same resources. The two men happened to be married to sisters and their shared father-in-law sat them down and in pursuit of peace in the ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:23:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Bikes and mass transit are central to sustainable urban mobility, so no wonder we get so excited about folding bikes. We've drooled over the Strida before, and marvelled at the super-light A-bike. But what are they like to ride? We've just come acros... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:31:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By David RobertsSomething I meant to mention last week: Jared Diamond, author of the much-lauded book Collapse, had an op-ed in The New York Times making some simple and important points about consumption rates (along with some rather silly side argu... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:16:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Jon RynnWorried about more coal plants, carbon emissions from transportation, and a crumbling infrastructure? Evidence provided by several recent reports point to one of the least explored causes of these problems: globalization, that is, the tra... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:32:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Here's one for the apocalyptic, techno-nerdy and ecological design enthusiast alike: Luna Gaia, a lunar habitat designed international team of scientists, engineers and grad students that'll make dwelling on the moon not only almost entirely sustai... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:31:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76154?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Image courtesy of blmurchIt was bound to happen eventually: After 15 years of hemming and hawing over the fate of the country's forests, the Chilean parliament has finally approved the landmark Native Forest Law; in addition to setting forests apart ... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:46:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76023?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Until the internet radically changed information flows, US Federal and state government agencies and publicly chartered commissions offered resources and business opportunities that mostly those in the know were positioned to take advantage of. E... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:10:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76023?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Happy 2008 and welcome to a new year of the Carnival of the Green!This week is Carnival of the Green # 109 and it's being hosted by E-Bike Blog, a site devoted to sustainable transportation. So head on over to their site to check out a round up of gr... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:53:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 This post is part of an ongoing series. To access all the profiles in this series, visit The Year Ahead. Image courtesy of the Verdant Gallery Who: Dawn Oliveira, president, co-founder, and creative director and Deborah Oliveira, vice president ... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:42:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/75846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Reprinted from my January 2, 2008 post on sustainablog:The end of 2007 brought with it news of cleantech developments for 2008 and beyond. Here are a few that I found most interesting. Do any sound promising to you? Fuel Cubes A Minnesota company cal... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/75846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75871?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Maria Simmons, RD, LDN, is no hippie. In fact, until a couple of years ago, she knew nothing about developing sustainable food programs and eco-design. Yet today, Simmons runs a nearly all-organic hospital foodservice program [...] and she's not alo... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:37:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75871?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 It's true that good things sometimes come in small packages, and Alyson Fox's A Small Collection is no exception. The Austin-based photographer, illustrator, and innovative clothing designer has come up with a home-brewed recipe for eco-style a... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75808?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Hey San Francisco and New York readers - Any of you interested in for Inhabitat? We are currently looking to fill a couple full time positions with Inhabitat. Specifically we are looking for an Operations Assistant, a Director of Business Developme... Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:10:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75808?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/75662?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Prize honors those who sow confusion and delay on Climate Change Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has captured the inaugural 2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming, the DeSmogBlog announced today. Global warming is an environm... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:18:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/75662?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/75615?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 It began with two friends and seven cows. Today, Stonyfield Farm and its organic yogurt is the No. 3 yogurt brand in the U.S. Today's Sustainability column looks at the company and its CEO-Y, Gary Hirshberg.Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting ... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:34:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/75615?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Living lightly takes on new meaning with the Single Hauz from Poland-based front architects. Inspired by billboards, intended for single lifestyles and propped on a central pole, this prefab looks to the spaces otherwise overlooked. Small, sustainabl... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:26:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/75682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 San Francisco planners have decided to make Treasure Island a model of urban sustainability. For those of you unfamiliar with Treasure Island, it is an entirely man-made 400-acre property in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Originally built in 19... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:12:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/75682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75488?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Katharine WrothCatching up on some late-December news (how dare the world keep spinning during vacation?): The city of Moscow approved plans for Crystal Island, a 27-million-square-foot complex designed by the fellow behind London's notorious Gher... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:03:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75488?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 By Katharine WrothRemember how, way back in 2007, green was the new black? Watch for a new new black in 2008: green building. The press is gushing with green-building news: According to a report from the American Institute of Architects, the ... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:34:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75495?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 If you've been reading Inhabitat recently, you may have seen that we are organizing an event in NYC in February called the Greener Gadgets Conference - to explore design innovations for sustainability in the consumer electronics space. Now we are ex... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:11:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75495?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/75322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Four years ago I started looking for renewable energy investments in the Northwest. I invested in Seattle Biodiesel that became Imperium Renewables. Three years ago I started the Northwest Energy Angel Network. Now stories are showing up every ... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:36:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/75322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/75303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Humans are tool-makers. This, according to many in the sustainable business field, is our greatest asset for building an innovative and sustainable society.While most of us read and write about the latest green inventions on the Triple P site, here i... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:48:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/75303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Daniel Brook starts his criticism of LEED with an easy target: the world's largest monster home, noting that it is more like an example of eco-terrorism than green architecture. He has a point. It is a point we have made before as well, wondering how... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:00:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/75259?rsstype=populararticles&cid=57 Greener Gadgets Conference - February 1st in NYCOn February 1, 2008 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and product designers will gather in New York City to discuss innovation and emerging trends in sustainable electronic design. Featuring... 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