theeconomist: Daily chart: which country consumes the most trees? The average American uses the paper equivalent of almost six 40-foot (12-metre) trees a year. In Belgium paper consumption is pushed up by the EU bureaucracy in...

unconsumption: poptech: The Ocean Conservancy, which organizes an annual International Coastal Clean-Up, has published its results in the 2012 Trash Index. You’re not imagining it: as the global population swells, tankers continue to leak oil, and plastic water...

Do we really need to cut down this many trees to make room for factories?  thiscitycalledearth: by one of TccE’s favourite photographers at the moment, 罗 希 (flickr / tumblr), location unknown (I’m guessing...

How Thinking Sustainably Makes Better Products

The World’s Best Traction. Period. Yvon Chouinard tells the story of innovating the River Crampon and Aluminum Bar Boot, testing them around the world, and how they have changed his fishing. (via Patagonia) “In the end, by trying to make a product that was...

motherjones: ninefiveeight: love it. If only a clear, simple explanation—or graphic!—led to rational...