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Hair
I used to be a beauty routine maximalist
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Now I'm obsessed with paring it down to the absolute minimum. While many people have been hard at work decluttering their homes and talking about …
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Breakfast
Exercise before breakfast for 'profound and positive' changes
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
Study finds that those who exercise before breakfast burn double the amount of fat than those who exercise after. We hear much about miraculously …
2 days ago
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Sustainability
How to practice 'forest bathing' in a park
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
The Japanese pursuit of shinrin-yoku uses trees and nature to heal oneself – here's how you can do it even in a park. Japanese “forest medicine” is …
Jul 16, 2018
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Halloween
Could you make a plastic-free costume this Halloween?
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Most costumes are single-use plastics, made from polyester that's essentially disposable and non-recyclable. We can do better than that. Here's an …
2 days ago
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Sustainability
A guide to sustainable packaging labels
treehugger.com - Tom Szaky, Guest Writer
Consumers are choosing brands they think are better for the planet, so it’s important they know what they’re getting. How often are you overwhelmed or …
2 days ago
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Sustainability
Two excellent strategies for second-hand shopping
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Frugality blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames has outfitted her house and family with thrifted finds. This is her advice. Thrifting may seem like a …
3 days ago
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Sustainability
Photo: Beguiling bull elk during bugling season
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
What a handsome fellow. This gorgeous photo was taken by Richard Liebert in Benezette, Pennsylvania. According to PennLive, the area is one of the …
2 days ago
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Sustainability
Here's what happened to opioid users after 8 weeks of mindfulness training
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
New research finds that a special mindfulness therapy works as an antidote to opioid misuse. Opioid misuse and addiction are one of the great scourges …
3 days ago
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Sustainability
Should green homes have gas stoves and wood fireplaces?
treehugger.com - Lloyd Alter
One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to …
3 days ago
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Saunas
Genius tiny house has a full bath and sauna
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
With this tiny home on wheels, living with less doesn't mean abandoning pampering. A hallmark of many of the best tiny houses is ingenuity – there is …
3 days ago
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Sustainability
Parchment paper is my culinary enabler
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
It makes cleanup so easy that I find myself wanting to cook more. 'Always use reusables!' is a line you'll often hear repeated on TreeHugger, but …
3 days ago
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Agriculture
How to support farmers with your food shopping
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Your focus should be on local growers, rather than those overseas. Grist's advice columnist Eve Andrews was asked an interesting question by a reader: …
3 days ago
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Sustainability
It's better to buy less than to buy 'green' products
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Voting with your wallet has its time and place, but sometimes it's best just to leave the wallet at home. Americans are obsessive shoppers. Whether …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
Photo: Maples clamor in color during golden hour
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
Our photo of the day is the epitome of autumn. Even though it happens year after year, every time the trees take a turn toward their vibrant autumn …
3 days ago
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Sustainability
Paris zoo exhibits the world's weirdest living thing
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
The mysterious organism looks like a mushroom but acts like an animal, and it's one of my favorite beings ever. I don't use superlatives lightly, so …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Modern DIY yurt has the dreamiest garden bedroom
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
An Oregon couple built this spectacular houseplant-filled yurt, and are offering a detailed online guide for free. Yurts have come a long way since …
4 days ago
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Habitats
Video: Well-managed forests provide habitat for at-risk species
treehugger.com - Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Through forestry, SFI provides the essential security of long-term habitat conservation for at-risk species.
4 days ago
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Sustainability
Growing SUV and pickup sales are cancelling out emission savings from electric cars
treehugger.com - Lloyd Alter
Even if more cars go electric, it's almost pointless unless we get rid of light trucks. The great benefit of electric cars are that there are no …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
How do we tackle airline food waste?
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
'Fly less' is the obvious answer, but there are some effective interim solutions, too. Airline passengers generate 3 pounds of waste per person per …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
FREITAG introduces S.W.A.P- a sort of Tinder for bags
treehugger.com - Lloyd Alter
I am not convinced this can work but I will give it a try. TreeHugger has long been a fan of FREITAG (Our first post on them dates back to 2004!). …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
Scotland bans parking on sidewalks
treehugger.com - Lloyd Alter
One would think this would be obvious, that sidewalks are for people not cars. In Japan, you are not allowed to buy a car unless you can prove that …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
California bans sale of fur clothing
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
It will soon be illegal to sell, trade, or donate furs of any kind. On Friday, California's governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will ban …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
NASA wants people to look at the clouds
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
It must be a certain type of person who follows the moon on Twitter – and NASA must have our number, because the below tweet came through my feed and …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Photo: Western toad sits for a portrait
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
Our photo of the day comes from Glacier National Park. We usually reserve this space for readers' photos, but we could not resist this western toad, …
4 days ago
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Sustainability
Go plastic-free for Global Handwashing Day
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
If you're not into bar soap, here's an innovative option for liquid hand soap. Today is Global Handwashing Day, a chance to reflect on how clean hands …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Help build an eco-friendly secondary school in Kenya
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
A young Toronto-based woman is working to build a school in the Kenyan village near where she grew up. While writing about the development an …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
How pizza is keeping former inmates out of jail
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
Haven't we always said that learning how to cook is a useful life skill? A great pizza can make people very happy, but in some cases it can even …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Plastic-stemmed cotton buds are now illegal in Scotland
treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko
It's one less form of plastic pollution on beaches and coastlines. Scotland's ban on plastic-stemmed cotton buds has finally come into force, nearly …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Watch these magnificent bison return to the Badlands (video)
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see. For ages, tens of …
5 days ago
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Sustainability
Photo: Gloomy morning in the gorgeous mossy woods
treehugger.com - Melissa Breyer
Our photo of the day comes from the UK's Unity Woods. Photographer Andrew Hocking calls this dreamy shot, "D I S U N I T Y," a play on the location's …
5 days ago