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1. Bigger Better Bookcase Stair
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2. Bottled Water Drinkers Are The New Smokers
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3. Video: Jamais Cascio & the Footprint of a Cheeseburger
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4. Michael Pollan On The Big Beef Recall
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5. Book review plug: Living Like Ed
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6. How Not To Light With Compact Fluorescents
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7. Is Your House Making You Look Fat?
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8. My Carbon, My Responsibility?
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9. China To Polluters: Get Insured!
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10. Commitment to Green at the Interior Design Show
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11. SustainStyle: The Perfect Yoga Get-Up, Free Patterns, Green House Boutique + More
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12. Web host The Planet reaps big savings on small changes
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13. The TerraPass store: your reviews please!
Bigger Better Bookcase Stair
less is more
TreeHugger loves stairs as bookshelves and as storage as a way if getting more stuff into less space, but we have never imagined one like this, designed by Tim Sloan of Levitate Achitects. It is an alternating step design that rises twice as steeply as conventional stairs, turned into an extraordinary library. The architect told Kristin Hohenadel at Apartment Therapy: ... 
Bottled Water Drinkers Are The New Smokers
water
A year ago we quoted Giles Coren of the London Times writing "Mineral water is a preposterous vanity." This modest and self-effacing food critic now takes credit for the government taking action about it. "For make no mistake, this is all my doing. Since I first made my stand against bottled water in 2006 – incorporating penalty points for serving it into my restaurant ratings, vilifying its producers and mocking its consumers – consumption of the stuff has plummeted (probably) Far more restaurants than ever before offer tap water first and then bottled onl... 
Video: Jamais Cascio & the Footprint of a Cheeseburger
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Michael Pollan On The Big Beef Recall
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Book review plug: Living Like Ed
I went to see Ed Begley, Jr. speak at the Strand last night. It's difficult to capture the precise nature of the charm that Ed brings to his environmental evangelism, but I'll attempt an analogy: what Julia Child was to French cooking, Ed Begley is to green living.
Both Julia and Ed are self-taught, so they're effective popularizers. Both bring such abundant isn't-this-fun zeal to their subject matter that you can't help wanting to join in, even if you've never held a chef's knife or a solar panel. And both have such evident generosity of spirit that non-experts feel instantly at ease (and experts momentarily stop tut-tutting).
Last night was also my first chance to look at the new book, Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life. I'm hopelessly compromised by the fact that I'm in the book, but here goes anyway: I really like it. Ed and Rachelle's shtik carries over well to the printed page. The book manages an appealing breeziness even when getting into such weedy (but worthy) topics as off-peak power pricing. The general patter and random asides keep the pages whizzing along without being distracting.
Most importantly, the tips seem solid. They're grouped into six sections: Home; Transportation; Recycling; Energy; In the Garden and Kitchen; and Clothing and Hair and Skin Care. If you're looking for some Earth Day self-help, this might just be your book.
How Not To Light With Compact Fluorescents
lighting
I admit to having little tolerance for those who whine about the quality of light from compact fluorescent bulbs, but have learned that they can be used inappropriately. I am visiting mom in a condo north of Miami Beach, in the most un-TreeHugger place I have ever been (more on that later) but where the owners have diligently put CFLs everywhere. However when one puts five exposed CFLs over a dining room table it is more conducive to doing surgery than having dinner. So I will concede that perhaps in some locations one cannot just swap out the old bulbs and put in the standard CFL; perhaps an inves... 
Is Your House Making You Look Fat?
Design & Architecture
That is what author and design writer Allison Arieff asks about the current state of house design. She echoes the suggestion from the AIA Committee on the Environment that perhaps buildings should come with labels like those nutrition labels on food. "If people could see that they might be moving into the architectural equivalent of transfats, would they begin to choose their homes differently?" Allison's suggestions for lean and healthy housing: ... 
My Carbon, My Responsibility?
Business & Politics
In an important step forward, the business voice was included in discussions at the Major Economies Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of January, where the WBCSD presented the business case for climate action. The US-led talks brought together the United Nations and the 17 major economies responsible for about 80% of the world's emissions. It was aimed at improving understanding of how to reach agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2013 – the Bali Action Plan. The main stumbling blocks on the road towards a global agreement remain: Who's carbon is it that is building up in the atmosphere and who is responsible for what actions in the future?... 
China To Polluters: Get Insured!
Business & Politics
As environmental "incidents" continue to pollute China at a rate of one every other day, the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) this week announced a long awaited "green insurance" scheme to better monitor polluting industries and help victims of pollution get compensation. (We wrote about the proposal last year.) The system, which aims to insure all industries with pollution risks, will be implemented nationwide by 2015 aft... 
Commitment to Green at the Interior Design Show
events
This TreeHugger always covers the Interior Design Show in Toronto and finds a week worth of posts on good green design. Among the events scheduled this year are "meet the innovators" sessions sponsored by Azure Magazine, including TreeHugger favourites Castor Design, Helen Kerr Patty Johnson and Molo. On Sunday, TreeHugge... 
SustainStyle: The Perfect Yoga Get-Up, Free Patterns, Green House...
Fashion & Beauty
This week we start on the month-old New Year's resolution list we planned for 2008! Just like any girl (and most men), "more physical exercise" is the top priority in the New Year, so we put together the perfect yoga get-up for this week's DRESS ME. Next, we moved to the "do more creative things" resolution and got school... 
Web host The Planet reaps big savings on small changes
Ted Samson - Cooling
The TerraPass store: your reviews please!
It seems far longer than three months ago that we began selling energy-saving gadgets at TerraPass. Since then, hundreds of you have cut down on standby power with the Smart Strip, measured your appliance's power usage with the Kill A Watt or kept your tires fully inflated with the LED Tire Alerts.
Now we need your feedback -- our product pages have a handy tool that lets you leave your reviews on anything you've purchased. It helps us to know what you think, and can help to inform other customers who are thinking of buying.
Reviewing is simple. Go to the TerraPass energy-savers page and click on the item you want to review. Thanks for helping out!
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