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Archive for August 24th, 2008

Planting Trees to Kill Bad Odors and Reduce Emissions

Image from the George W. Malone
You already know them as nature’s lungs. But its deodorant, too? That is the conclusion of new research done by George Malone, a poultry specialist at the University of Delaware, who found that planting trees around poultry farms helped to significantly cut their emissions and odors.
Three rows of trees […]

Bottles 2 Bags Recycled PET Makes Nifty Laptop Cases and Bags

Really it’s a bit hard to keep getting excited about the idea of another shoulder bag or cosmetics case made from recycled PET plastic bottles - though the first TreeHugger reviews of Patagonia rPET goods were basically gushing, and for good reason. Anything rPET is better than anything virgin polyester.
rPET is the new polyester
And it […]

Quote of the Day: Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond- Stephen Erat at TalkingTree
“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.”
-via Megan Prusynski, who lists seven things one should think about before making a purchase at ::PlanetSave

More cute little cabins on TreeHugger
Clara Cabin by Bryan Meyer and Anne Ryan