Image: marcopako via flickr Sam Greenblatt liked working for Starbucks—he thought the company treated its employees well.
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Image via The Daily Beast Newsweek has been releasing a green ranking of America’s and the world’s biggest companies for a few years now, and the 2011 results are in…. Read the full story on TreeHugger Images via screengrab Um, so this is a kind of horrifying wake-up call. A website called Slavery Footprint will run a few questions by you to tell you just how many slaves around the world are at work providing you with the things you wear, the things you eat, even the sporting equipment you play with All photos: Nau. As we’ve alluded to in one or two prior posts Nau were planning to release some snug outdoor winter garments, made in part with recycled coconut waste . That time has arrived Image: TreeHugger It’s not exactly easy to free a drunk elk from a tree, we learned this week. We also have disturbing news from the tracking device monitoring the penguin Happy Feat’s journey home, amazing close up photos of whales, a report that says humans are hardwired to respond to animals, and more in the Week in Animal News Image credit: Coco-mat Recently I met the Spanish partners of Coco-mat , a greek company that makes sleeping products out of natural materials. Photo: creativecommons/flickr/cmatsuoka It’s back! The humble cork, which had been replaced by screw tops in wine bottles around the world, is making a major come-back. And it’s all due to the wine snobs. Photo by ericmcgragor via Flickr CC When we stated our seven ideas we want Tim Cook to focus on as the new leader of Apple, we included detailed tracking and transparency of the environmental footprint of the company for every product. We, of course, aren’t the only once concerned with the impact of Apple’s supply chain. photo: Mark Rain / CC BY A new deal has been reached between Exxon and Russian oil firm Rosneft . Image credit: Shwood Eyewear Whether it’s a tiny, off-grid home for $2500 or DIY Appalachian Gothic architecture from recycled pallet wood , unconventional, natural homes are often as much about personal expression as they are sustainable building. |
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