An Off-Setting Adventure: Cruising the Galapagos with a Carbon-Neutral Conscience
Carbon-neutral cruises by companies like Ecoventura offer a personal, planet-friendly view of the Galapagos Islands.
Carbon-neutral cruises by companies like Ecoventura offer a personal, planet-friendly view of the Galapagos Islands.
With so many alternative products, it’s easier—and healthier—than ever to go vegan.
Under Governor Charlie Crist, Florida takes a lead on countering climate change.
Several cities have instituted, or are considering plastic bag bans—but paper bags contribute heavily to air pollution and energy consumption, too.
Country music star Willie Nelson is singing the biodiesel blues. Though interest in the alternative fuel is steadily increasing, the road to making biofuels profitable doesn’t come without some bumps.
A 2007 report by Food and Water Watch, "Take Back the Tap," suggests that the laudable goal of reducing bottled water consumption to save our waterways is simply not enough.
Seafood retailers in the U.S. must, by law, affix country-of-origin labels on their products. But congressional Republicans (and the Bush Administration) have held off mandatory labeling of meat products for five years.
Getting a large institution or corporation on board with recycling is no easy job, especially when you are starting from scratch. A good place to begin is to get permission from higher-ups to solicit bids from waste haulers and recyclers interested in new business.
In what amounts to the largest "debt-for-nature" swap in history, the U.S. government last week forgave $26 million owed it by Costa Rica on the stipulation that the funds be spent on the preservation of tropical rainforest tracts.
An article that appeared last week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detailing how researchers have developed genetically modified plants that can absorb large amounts of man-made toxic pollutants, could have a profound impact on the way land managers deal with contaminated industrial sites in the U.S. and beyond.