This safety light for runners never needs batteries
The jmpLite generates electricity through the motion of your body while you're running, so it will keep flashing as long as you're moving.
Latest Stories from TreeHugger
-
Photo: Pink and purple sunrise over Joshua Tree National Park
November 13, 5:46 PM by Margaret Badore in Natural Sciences
You can see why this part of California is called “Panorama Heights”!
-
This safety light for runners never needs batteries
November 13, 5:44 PM by Derek Markham in Gadgets
The jmpLite generates electricity through the motion of your body while you're running, so it will keep flashing as long as you're moving.
-
Don Blankenship charged with conspiracy over mine explosion that killed 29
November 13, 5:15 PM by Lloyd Alter in Corporate Responsibility
A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.
-
Brooklyn townhouse retrofit embodies a “slow building” ethos
November 13, 3:50 PM by Margaret Badore in Green Architecture
There are many special things about the home of Gennaro Brooks-Church, the director of the green building firm Eco Brooklyn.
-
People are going bananas over spiders in their bananas
November 13, 12:27 PM by Manon Verchot in Natural Sciences
Sometimes banana shipments come with a few eight-legged surprises
-
I'd like to hunker in this bunker
November 13, 11:49 AM by Lloyd Alter in Tiny Houses
A derelict Dutch bunker from World War II is converted into a holiday home.
-
A bunkie gets built on Lake of Bays in Canada
November 13, 8:41 AM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture
The original prefab tiny cabin concept gets extruded into a larger multifunction building.
-
How a small British garden became a mature food forest
November 13, 7:31 AM by Sami Grover in Lawn & Garden
The Scottish borders aren't typically thought of as the best place to grow a diversity of food. Graham and Nancy Bell, however, were not to be deterred.
-
Trying to travel in a city? Biking is the best (or at least most energy-efficient) mode
November 13, 7:16 AM by A.K. Streeter in Bikes
Bikes are superior transportation - emissions free and make you feel good. They are also the most energy-efficient transport around.
-
Can turning illegal weapons into high art stop gun violence?
November 13, 7:00 AM by Katherine Martinko in Culture
Liberty United is a company that recycles and transforms illegal guns and bullets into beautiful jewelry, reducing the number of weapons on the street and generating proceeds to help gun violence victims.
-
Gorgeous glow-in-the-dark bike path goes live
November 13, 6:03 AM by A.K. Streeter in Bikes
When we've written about beautifully illuminated bike paths in the past, they seemed a little too good to be true. Here's a fantastically real one.
-
Photo: A sunny yellow Townsends Warbler
November 12, 6:42 PM by Margaret Badore in Natural Sciences
“This Townsends Warbler is a regular visitor to my yard these days,” writes Donald Quintana.
-
Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator welcomes its first entrepreneurs
November 12, 6:05 PM by Margaret Badore in Sustainable Fashion
A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.
-
10,000+ food additives are allowed in the US. Here are 12 you seriously need to avoid.
November 12, 3:40 PM by Derek Markham in Green Food
Not every additive in processed foods is harmful or dangerous, but these dozen dirty food additives might be cause for concern.
-
Clean tech is better for economic growth than fossil fuels (take that, Big Oil!)
November 12, 3:37 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Clean Technology
Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.
-
Opposition to the loss of the Russell Page Garden at the Frick is growing
November 12, 1:54 PM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design
Because gardens are not just placeholders for development.
-
Multifunction home and office operates like a filing system
November 12, 12:27 PM by Lloyd Alter in Tiny Houses
Push here, pull there and office turns into apartment turns into.....
-
Not in the mood? Chemicals found in soft plastics make women less interested in sex
November 12, 11:55 AM by Michael Graham Richard in Health
Not feeling like it and don't know why?