Climate Pulse

Just in time for South Africa to host the World Cup, a group of Harvard students have created a way to provide energy from a soccer ball. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the sOccket. The Caribbean nation of Anguilla may be lush with tropical forests but it lacks the farms to eat fresh fruits and... [continue]

Image credit: Timberland Earthkeepers From recycled plastic bottles to the 100% locally sourced tee, Kara's list of 7 dark green t shirts we'd actually wear showcased some of the best in sustainable apparel. But what if you could get a sustainable, 100% recycled t-shirt that could also help... [continue]

Image credit: The Robin Hood Tax The UK's top bankers may be using G-Wiz electric cars to get around these days, but that's not enough to make them popular. In fact there is as much public anger over bank bailouts in the UK as there is in the US. And while higher taxes may, in general, be a tough... [continue]

Photo via EcoStiletto Actress Gabrielle Anwar--most famous for her Scent of a Woman tango with Al Pacino and her current role on USA's Burn Notice knows that the lessons you learn as a kid are the ones most likely to stay with you--whether that means teaching her daughter that acting isn't all... [continue]

Image credit: Solar One If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn't always turn into action. From clean energy legislation to local feed-in tariffs, there is plenty that law makers can do to help us move to a greener, saner, more... [continue]

Image via Amazon How to change things when change is hard. Yep...sounds like what the green movement struggles with every day. How do we get everyone to change things as ingrained as unsustainable eating habits? How do we get governments to shift energy policies? How do we get businesses to switch... [continue]

Image credit: PETA Much like Blythe's excellent slideshow on PETA porn, I'm never quite sure what to make of PETA. On the one hand, the constant focus on Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]

Photo via steepways @ flickr Get your Oscar celebration rolling early at Global Green USA's Pre-Oscar Party, where a host committee that includes James Cameron, Adrian Grenier, Woody Harrelson, and Orlando Bloom put together an evening of performances from Camp Freddy (featuring The Cult's Billy... [continue]

Image via PETA From the launch of its "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign in 1991, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has never shied away from using naked--or nearly naked--women to draw attenti...Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]

Climate change activists are regrouping post-Copenhagen – and some are reasserting their radical rootsThe climate change movement is dead, long live the climate change movement! was the proclamation made last week by Rising Tide North America, as green campaigners around the world begin coming to... [continue]