Santa's Arctic Visitors Curb Emissions [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 9:02pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/aGNzLkMrl3c/santas-arctic-visitors-curb-emissions.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/santas-arctic-visitors-curb-emissions.php?campaign=th_rss Santa's workshop photo by undeadbit via Flickr Daily flights to see Santa Claus will now produce fewer emissions. Ho. Ho. Ho. No kidding. Isn't that a nice gift to the planet? A total of 35 planes soar in each direction to and from the UK and the Arctic Circle during the peak period of the holiday season. It adds up. Yes, instead of heading to Harrods to ask Santa for Christmas presents, some English children prefer sitting in his lap in Lapland. Now their parents can feel a little less guilty. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Sen. Feinstein: Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 6:27pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/CYaQ__k7YQs/feinstein-ban-bpa.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/feinstein-ban-bpa.php?campaign=th_rss Photo via Flickr My Senator, Diane Feinstein of California, has penned a blog in the Huffington Post calling on Congress to ban BPA -- short for bisphenol A, the ubiquitous component of plastics that has been linked to infertility and cancer. Feinstein authored the Ban Poisonous Additives (BPA) Act of 2009, which would eliminate the use of BPA from all food and beverage containers....Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Poor Nations' Leader Makes Angry Plea to Obama After Copenhagen: Not Just For Obama (Video) [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 3:23pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/_qPTsz2407E/developing-country-leader-gives-message-to-obama-copenhagen-video.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/developing-country-leader-gives-message-to-obama-copenhagen-video.php?campaign=th_rss "Help Those Who Need to Be Saved From Climate Change" When Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chairman of the G-77 group of developing countries at Copenhagen, came to the press center at 1 AM last night, he was not there to pontificate or yell. Looking weary, Lumumba spoke with a calmness that belied his disappointment and anger over the deal forged last night between the US and the world's biggest developing economies. For developing nations, the ones who have done least to cause global warming bu...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

'Just Talk' from Turkey at Copenhagen, Activists Say [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 12:56pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/G1LwHMyonFw/just-talk-from-turkey-at-copenhagen-activists-say.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/just-talk-from-turkey-at-copenhagen-activists-say.php?campaign=th_rss Turkish youth protest their country's reliance on coal outside the Copenhagen summit. Photo courtesy Georgie Benardete. Though President Abdullah Gül and other Turkish officials came to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen under the banner "Turkey is part of the solution," you can add Turkish environmentalists to the long list of pe...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Stop "Downer" Animals From Entering The Food Supply [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 12:10pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/z5v7G2LlEQc/downer-animals-in-the-food-supply.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/downer-animals-in-the-food-supply.php?campaign=th_rss photo: Farm Sanctuary We're in an age where nearly 70 percent of antibiotics produced annually are given to some form of livestock and mass production of livestock has led to widespread animal mistreatment and serious environmental repercussions. So it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to discern that current animal husbandry practices in this country are making livestock sick. But what are the repercussions when these "downer" animals ...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Alien Frogs Found In Alaska's Imported Christmas Trees [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 10:02am] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/tKsj-YPgCKI/alien-frogs-christmas-trees-imported-alaska.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/alien-frogs-christmas-trees-imported-alaska.php?campaign=th_rss Photo: Cute but a threat to Alaska? (Maxi Millipede on Flickr) Residents in the Anchorage area may be receiving some unwanted Christmas gifts this year in the form of non-native Pacific chorus frogs hitchhiking in Christmas trees imported from Washington state. Though the little critters are not dangerous on their own, state wildlife officials are urging locals to examine their trees and to kill any suspicious-looking amphibians immediately....Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Excess Packaging Department: Another Stupid Shipment [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 9:51am] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/t5bq8Pd9F70/excess-packaging-department.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/excess-packaging-department.php?campaign=th_rss Image credit: Sami Grover From Apple shipping code in a box to the insanely big box used to ship a power cord, I'm never really sure whether to be amused or depressed by stories of woeful over packaging. It's such a sore topic here at TreeHugger, that Jaymi even put together a post on our 7 over-packaging sins. Now I have...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Ecocity 2009: A Sustainable Future for Istanbul? [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 9:35am] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/eZAeoXwmJW0/a-sustainable-future-for-istanbul.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/a-sustainable-future-for-istanbul.php?campaign=th_rss Istanbul. Photo courtesy of Rosario Cuervo. In the 1940's, remembered one of the speakers at the Ecocity World Summit this week, Istanbul was one of the winners of an international "beauty contest for cities," along with Rio de Janeiro. This week, however, with Istanbul poised to assume the title of European Capital of CultureRead the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

From Arid, Salty Desert to Permaculture Garden: Greening the Desert Revisited (Video) [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 9:05am] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/jefG5_K30nM/greening-the-desert-permaculture-revisited.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/greening-the-desert-permaculture-revisited.php?campaign=th_rss Image credit: Permaculture Science Many people were inspired by Geoff Lawton's original permaculture mini-movie on greening the desert in Jordan--an effort that turned 10 acres of arid, salty Jordanian desert into a lush productive garden. But how has it stood the test of time? As I noted in my post on volunteerism as the cheap oil of permaculture, many demonstration projects seem to b...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Spring/Summer 2010: Lina Rennell [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 9:00am] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/EHDmFRDz0bY/spring-summer-2010-lina-rennell.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/spring-summer-2010-lina-rennell.php?campaign=th_rss Lina Rennell spring/summer 2010. Credit: Lina Rennell With snow in the forecast for this weekend in New York, I'm dreaming of Big Sur-based Lina Rennell's spring/summer 2010 collection. "Triangle Gardens" exudes comfort with its seaside-essential designs executed with silk screen prints in metallic golds, lilacs, pale blues, and browns, and organic cotton and linen textiles. Click through for photos and our Q&A with Designer Angelina Rennell: ...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

Deal and No Deal: The Copenhagen Uncertainty Principle [Saturday, December 19, 2009 // 12:31pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/nZp1ib3_f7g/deal-and-no-deal-the-copenhagen-uncertainty-principle.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/deal-and-no-deal-the-copenhagen-uncertainty-principle.php?campaign=th_rss UPDATED The Copenhagen Uncertainty Principle By the time the world learned of President Obama's announcement about an "unprecedented breakthrough" to close these climate talks, called the "Copenhagen Accord," Obama was already on Air Force One. And not a moment too soon. Hours later, as African negotiators were leading an uproar over the accord and civil society groups were protesting outside, it was still unclear which other countries were willing to sup...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

COP15 Wraps Up, Opinions Fly, and it Could All Be Written in Glowing Fungi [Friday, December 18, 2009 // 7:09pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/86rLbmvAXLo/cop15_wraps_up.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/cop15_wraps_up.php?campaign=th_rss A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com. COP15 Is Over - ClimateGate was a sham, but that didn't stop good old politics from throwing a few wrenches into the works. A 'non-binding-agreement' might be better than nothing, but a lot remains to be desired. Keep in ...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

4 of the Last 8 White Rhinos on Planet Flown Home to Kenya [Friday, December 18, 2009 // 7:00pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/gTHn7DuWNT0/4-of-the-last-8-white-rhinos-on-planet-flown-home-to-kenya.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/4-of-the-last-8-white-rhinos-on-planet-flown-home-to-kenya.php?campaign=th_rss Image via: Google Earth Community Even the organizing agency, Fauna & Flora International, admits is a "last-ditch effort" to save the northern White Rhino - the project itself has been oddly enough titled the "Last Chance to Survive" Project. Yet, four of the last remaining eight northern White Rhinos on the planet are being flown from the Czech Republic to Kenya to live out their las...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

COP15 In a Nutshell: We've Agreed Not to Do Anything Meaningful at This Time, Maybe Later [Friday, December 18, 2009 // 5:23pm] treehugger_feed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/Epq7Ybfsf0A/cop15-weve-agree-not-to-do-anything-meangingful.php http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/cop15-weve-agree-not-to-do-anything-meangingful.php?campaign=th_rss Apologies if you're offended by certain words in images, but it's really apt right now... Photo: Matthew McDermott There's going to be all sorts of analysis coming out in the next minutes, days, week about what just happened at COP15, but this is my first impression, tempered through some fuming by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben in the press room here at the Fresh Air Center. The US and the world has essentially agreed to not do anything meaningful about climate change:...Read the full story on TreeHugger post comment // edit

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