The Cow in the Living Room
It is naive to think that the meat industry can be transformed into the scenic farms of old.
It is naive to think that the meat industry can be transformed into the scenic farms of old.
Olympic athletes like swimmer Aaron Peirsol and beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor are standing up for environmental causes.
Green roofs utilize living plant matter and soil on top of a building in order to absorb, collect and reuse rainwater while preventing run-off. Pictured: A green roof demonstration project at the Chicago Center for Green Technology.
The rising oil prices are hitting the airline industry especially hard.
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report detailing how greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.
A new study by the Canadian government shows that levels of toxic chemicals in animals across the Arctic are dropping.
Toyota announced that it expects to have a commercially viable plug-in hybrid available to consumers as early as 2010.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Necesito cambiar mi TV vieja. ¿Pueden decirme cuáles de los últimos modelos son los más "verdes"? Me dijeron que las Tvs de pantalla plana y plasmas son verdaderos glotones en materia de energía. ¿Qué recomiendan?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He oído que los niños ahora están alcanzando la pubertad a edades tempranas y que esto puede tener que ver con toxinas ambientales e incluso sus hábitos de ver la TV. ¿Podrían educarnos al respecto?
Some researchers believe that the preponderance of synthetic chemicals in more developed societies are interfering with human endocrine development and essentially “tricking” kids
bodies into going through puberty prematurely.
According to The Wall Street Journal”s Rebecca Smith, a 42-inch plasma TV set can draw more power than a large refrigerator, even if the TV is only used a few hours a day. This is partly because many newer models don”t turn off but go into “standby” mode so they can start up fast later with no warm-up period.