Biodegradable’s Dark Side
Biodegradable’s Dark Side: Faster Breakdown of Biodegradable Products Could Be Bad for the Environment as More Methane Leaks into the Air…
September 2011
A Biking Makeover in Boston
Boston tried to overturn its ranking as one of the worst cities in the U.S. for bikes with the launch of a new bike sharing service called Hubway…
How Green Is That…Halloween Candy?
How green is that…Halloween Candy?
City vs. Country
Researchers at Aalto University in Finland discovered that people’s carbon emissions in a city are practically the same as in rural areas…
Hard Lessons
The 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Recalls the Tragedy, the Heroism and the Lingering Health and Environmental Impacts of that Day. Most U.S. publications are likely running some sort of remembrance or retrospective related to the tenth anniversary of 9/11 this month. The date has come to represent so much: tragedy, heroism, resilience. But it has […]
E-Waste Not
Cell phones, TVs and other electronics break or become obsolete at an ever-accelerating pace. And we’ve got the landfills to prove it…
Finding Nature and Community in Israel’s Eco Kibbutz
Desert Oasis: Finding Nature and Community in Israel’s Eco Kibbutz
The Power of Proxy
Shareholders Use Their Votes Via the Power of the Proxy to Help Companies Go Green
The Cheese Challenge
Vegetarianism is on the rise. Ac-cording to a 2008 survey published by Vegetarian Times magazine, 3.2% of American adults follow a vegetarian diet and another 10% follow a vegetarian-inclined diet, most of them for concerns about animal welfare. Yet many of them eat cheese.It turns out that suffering-free cheese is nearly impossible to come by. […]
Fur-Free and Fabulous: Who Can Tell If It’s Fake Fur or Real?
Now that fake furs look increasingly realistic, it’s hard to tell what comes from an animal and what comes from a machine…