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Easy Armchair by Kenneth Cobonpue
Despite its potential to appear near the top of TreeHugger's favorite materials list, rattan remains dogged by stodgy, outdated design. Sure, it's usually plantation grown, leaving exotic hardwoods...
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bCube Shelter
So many people are trying to build modern green prefab these days; here is a wonderfully done (if a bit long and repetitive) video of a system that claims to be "100% green", we suppose not including...
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Envirofit: Retrofit Engine Kits To Reduce Southeast Asia's Pollution
Those ubiquitous two- and three-wheelers of South and Southeast Asia — which contribute massive amounts of pollution in the region — could be on the way to getting a green makeover. Envirofit, an...
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WWF-Philippines: We Deliver for Kids!
Recognizing that kids throughout the world need access to materials and information about the environment, the World Wildlife Fund in the Philippines has Project LIFE (Learning Inter-dependently for...
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Envirofit Receives Funding at the Clinton Global Initiative
In the video posted above, Plenty interviews Ron Bills of Envirofit International, a Colorado-based non-profit and one of the beneficiaries of the Lemelson Foundation's $2 million largesse, as...
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Five Asian Nations To Study How To Cope With Floods
The United Nations University of Thailand will conduct a three-month course for experts from five Asian countries that will explore risks and model strategies to deal with Asia’s worsening floods and...
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New Marine Species Found in the Deeps of Celebes Sea
Yes, we know - we're suckers for new species discoveries. The latest deep sea beastie roundup comes courtesy of an international research team that has just returned from the secluded Celebes Sea in...
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How Better Conservation Measures Can Help Reduce Poverty
A landmark report released by The Nature Conservancy has demonstrated that effective conservation measures - far from simply benefiting the local biota - can also help alleviate poverty. The study,...
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Exploring Southeast Asia's Geothermal Potential
Indonesia and the Philippines need help. And not because they lack the geothermal energy capacity: No, quite simply, it's because they're having trouble accessing it. The two Asian countries, both of...
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Can We Make Termite Resistant Houses of Chicken Feathers?
A termite resistant building board made from a composite of chicken feathers and compressed cement. This is the dream of Dr. Menandro N. Acda from the Dept. of Forest Products and Paper Science,...
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5 Ways Geothermal Power is Heating Up Around the World
Last week when the US Geothermal Energy Association released it's biannual report which stated that geothermal power had grown by 20% so far this year , it cemented what TreeHugger said over a year...
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Ecotourism in the Philippines
The Philippine Department of Tourism's hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They've made it part of their plan for economic development. The country's ecotourism program strives to...
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Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort
Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.
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"Extinct" Bird Eaten by Mistake: Not an April Fools Joke
A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was...
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Philippine Fiber Secret to Naturally Water-Repellent Rainwear
In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for...
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
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Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits...
Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of...
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Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling
Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could...
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Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow)
This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island...
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See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From...
photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is...
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