Two Years Ago In TreeHugger: Holiday Stats, The Ampere Strikes Back

Number of people injured by fireworks in 2006: 9,200 Dollar amount of fireworks imported to the US from China in 2006: 212 million Dollar amount of American flags imported into the US from China in 2006: 5 million More in 4th of July by the Numbers...

While Print Media Declines, Internet Based Reporting Thrives, and Independent Voices are Empowered

image via: blog.communiquepr.com We've been hearing a lot about the decline of print media. Some call the lessening demand a crisis, as it results in a reduction of jobs within the major media organizations who have become large employers, as well as the loss of an iconic and nostalgic door delivery service. Others agree that one of the most avoidable waste streams is now undergoing a positive and long overdue transformation into the digital age, and with it, a shift towards fresh, independent voices. ...

Wild Wonders of Europe Featured in National Geographic

Image: Wild Wonders of Europe, detail of European bee eater, by Markus Varesvuo Our friends at Wild Wonders of Europe have proudly announced the appearance of a collection of photos capturing some of Europe's rare and awesome wildlife in National Geographic. Don't miss these am...

Want to Live a Long, Happy, Sustainable Life? Consider Central America

Happy, healthy & sustainable: Green countries scored the highest, yellow and orange in between, red the worst. Image via happyplanetindex.org. What if, instead of comparing different countries on the basis of things like GDP, we measured the health, happiness and ecological footprint of people living in those countries? Would the map look different – or does economic well-being encompass everything else? The Happy Planet Index, an alternative development index just released by the New Economics Foundation, is an attempt to do just that, and the results are f...

Should Al Gore Take on Hunger Next?

Can Al Gore do for hunger what he did for global warming with An Inconvenient Truth? That's the goal of Action Against Hunger, a NGO dedicated to tackling world hunger. To recruit Gore, the organization has started a guerilla marketing campaign that makes it appear as if their film, No Hunger, is Gore's next film. A little investigation on their web site reveals that the group is r...