The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?

Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?

Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can

So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can

Archive for the ‘corporate responsibility’ Category

Who Is Responsible for How Responsible a Company Is?

published August 7, 2009 and has No Comments

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia We as a company take our role in reducing and reusing waste very seriously. But should others have to do the same? Is it a company's responsibility to be good corporate citizens on their own volition, or do we as consumers or the government have a role to play? How much? Basically, who is responsible ...

Patagonia Footwear Take Up The Zero Impact Challenge

published August 6, 2009 and has No Comments

For four years now we’ve been following Patagonia Footwear as they strive to apply their business manta of “Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis” to the art of shoemaking. Now we’ve been invited to join Patagonia Footwear as they accept a challenge from Backpacker Magazine to ...

Kimberly-Clark Breaks Under Greenpeace’s Kleercut Campaign, Goes Sustainable

published August 5, 2009 and has No Comments

Image via Greenpeace Greenpeace has had quite a bit of coverage of late on TreeHugger with their latest actions of climbing Mount Rushmore to put pressure on politicians regarding climate change, and climbing to the roof of HP to get the company to remove toxins from their products. We wondered Read the original: Kimberly-Clark Breaks Under Greenpeace's Kleercut Campaign, Goes Sustainable

Giving through Growing. Woodbridge Wines Donate to Community Garden Projects

published August 5, 2009 and has No Comments

The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit that aims to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada. The ACGA reckon there are 20,000 gardens across the and their initiatives plan to bump that up another 10% over the next year. Apparently the growth in community gardening reflects ...

Al Gore Vs Mikhail Gorbachev? The Latest on the .eco Domain Battle

published August 4, 2009 and has No Comments

Images via Wikipedia and Green Cross As we've been tracking on TreeHugger, there is a push for a new top level domain (TLD) - the .eco domain - and there are currently a couple hats in the ring. On the one hand, there is the .eco that is backed by Al Gore, Sierra Club and others. And on the ...