Okay, so it’s not exactly a new metaphor. But it is a good one, and one with enough parallels to make anyone queasy. Which is why Obama’s Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate Steven Chu, is fond of employing it. He likened the ongoing efforts... 

Image credit: Aardvarkel It’s Monday morning, and I am feeling cynical. So when I received a press release about a “green mobile marketing vehicle” that is 100% battery powered, I must admit I scoffed. Since when has driving around... 

Image credit: Funny or Die TreeHugger has covered hand-powered chainsaws before , and even chainsaws lubricated with mushroom spores , but we’ve never done much on electric chainsaws. I’m thinking we should get something up soon though, before... 

Photo via casers jean We’re fast to post about packaging fails, which are all too common. But happily, we sometimes get to post about packaging brilliance. Cisco is giving us just such an opportunity. The company has taken up a pilot program for... 

Image via Engadget Two new foldable solar chargers from AmbienTech have hit the market. But…They look a little odd, right? That’s because they’re the first mobile chargers to use spherical solar cells. Each cell has around 1,900 spheres... 

Images by B. Alter It’s been Fairtrade Fortnight , and in celebration Starbucks has released a special new Fairtrade coffee from Rwanda. It’s part of their complete switch-over last year to selling only 100% Fairtrade espresso-based coffees... 

photo: Alexander Torrenegra via flickr. Just as its announced that Brazil and the United States will work together to slow Amazon deforestation , Cool Green Science asks an important question: Has it been policy or recession driving down deforestation... 

Photo: Nissan And That’s Just for the United States… Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of Nissan and Renault, isn’t the kind of guy who just dips his toe in the water. He jumps straight in. That’s what he’s doing with the Nissan LEAF;... 

photo: Guyon Morée via flickr. Let’s take the idea of animal rights in a legal direction. Over the weekend voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to start public funding for lawyers to defend animals in court . Which to many people in the United... 

Image credit: Smart Log Splitter From effective masonry heaters to beautiful Danish wood stoves , the Scandinavians know a thing or two about heating with wood. And as Collin stated in his post on wood stoves vs pellet stoves , with trees being a near...