Culture & Celebrity

21st Century Gargoyles Are Drawn on Found Paper and Decorated with Recycled Trash

October 25, 2011

Keri Rosebraugh/via

Gargoyles and monsters are usually the domain of medieval art, hanging off of Notre Dame and dealing death in fear inspiring paintings. But artist Keri Rosebraugh has revived the motif, and she’s added another element as well. Her …

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Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed Has Planted 13,849 Trees

October 24, 2011

Photo: sneakerdog / cc

Chances are that you’ve never heard of Gene DeSantis, but his story seems one destined for legend. In fact, he’s already being likened to a modern-day Johnny Appleseed. For almost three decades, DeSantis has made it his mission…

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10 Favorite Nature Photos From TreeHugger’s Flickr Pool

October 24, 2011

The TreeHugger Flickr Pool is a group we started up earlier this year as a place for readers like you to add favorite photos depicting nature, sustainability, DIY projects, bike culture and anything else t…

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10 Favorite Nature Photos From TreeHugger’s Flickr Pool

October 24, 2011

The TreeHugger Flickr Pool is a group we started up earlier this year as a place for readers like you to add favorite photos depicting nature, sustainability, DIY projects, bike culture and anything else t…

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How a Medieval Spanish Ghost Town Became a Self Sufficient Ecovillage (Video)

October 24, 2011

Fair Companies/YouTube video Screengrab via OWOO

From anarchist bed-and-breakfasts through off-grid communities producing cutting edge animation to a co-housing community that incorporates a working farm, we’ve seen plenty of ex…Read the full story …

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In New York, Food and Fashion To Occupy Hester Street Today

October 23, 2011

Photo: Hester Street Fair

In New York today, more than seventy-five restaurants and food trucks and sixty shopping, fashion, and gift vendors are taking to the streets for the Grub Street Food Festival and the first-ever Grub Street Beer Garden (and …

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The Week in Pictures: Cloud Travel, a Vertical Forest in Milan, and More (Slideshow)

October 21, 2011

Image: TreeHugger

We talk a lot about low-impact transportation on TreeHugger, from bikes to electric cars to high speed rail. But this is definitely the first time we’ve talked about traveling on a floating cloud.

We also have a building in Milan t…

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Sugar or Glass? When Gastronomy Meets Glass, Positive Ideas Crystallise. (Photos)

October 20, 2011

Chef Christian Escribà making sugar hair… an alternative to nylon? Photo Credit: Poldo Pomés, oh!BCN

Bored of conferences? Looking for inspiration? Then oh!BCN might just be your thing. It is a new kind of happening based around the unusual assoc…

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5 Food Memoir Books We Want to Read Now

October 19, 2011

Photo: Hachette Book Group

If you’ve ever dreamed about quitting your job and leaving it all behind for an adventure — and especially if that adventure was based on food — then these food memoirs are the perfect armchair escapes.

The five books he…

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The Boat Project is Olympic Art

October 19, 2011

Photo: theboatproject

Every Olympic games have to have a cultural component and London is going at it full speed. A massive red sculpture by Anish Kapoor will tower over the site and posters by 12 modern British artists will be created around the co…

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