Tag Archives: Treehugger

Work from home or at the office: Which is better?

Yahoo! recently ordered their workers who telecommute to come back into the office. Environmentalists have touted telecommuting, as it saves billions of dollars and gallons of gasoline.

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Rent out your car, save the environment

Can you rent out your car and save the environment? The CEO of RelayRides thinks so.

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EU to ban widely used pesticides because of danger to bees

The rapid and unexplained decline in the bee population has prompted the European Union to take action recently with the banning of widely used pesticides.

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Could you downsize your living space?

You thought apartments were small — one man lives in a 78-square-foot apartment and New York City is looking to make micro-unites for its growing population.

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The big plastic debate: Concord, Mass., bans

single-serving bottles

One town has kicked the bottle habit: The city of Concord, Mass., has made single-serving plastic water bottles illegal to sell.

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Nothing is the next big thing

“Less is more” and “small is the new big.” How about “Nothing is the next big thing”? Do you think that living with less is true living?

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