Blowin’ in the Wind: Genetically Modified Seeds As Environmental Contaminant?
Blowin’ in the Wind: Organic Farmers Seek an Answer to the Problem of Contamination by Genetically Modified Seeds and Crops…
FarmPlate = Sustainable Food Central
FarmPlate allows visitors to search over 40,000 listings in order to find everything from local farmers, to food/drink artisans, restaurants, & markets…
The World Is Their Playground
For parkour enthusiasts, the urban environment offers endless opportunities. Retaining walls for jumping, handrails for vaulting, roof-tops for leaping…
Great Green Outdoor Chairs
Good weather means lounging in the great outdoors. Here are a few chairs to support you with both style & sustainability…
Remaking Roads
Commuters in Bellingham, Washington, are now driving on the nation’s first Greenroads Foundation-certified roadway.
Sharing Green Strategies
On greentowns.com, 15,000 communities of all sizes log their environmental initiatives in nine categories: building, energy, lifestyle, connections, water, land and conservation, food, transportation and recycling.
Why Gas Prices Are Rising
In 2011, the U.S. exported more petroleum products than it imported for the first time in over six decades, according to the Petroleum Supply Monthly February report by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA). Petroleum products were ranked second in value, behind vehicles, of all U.S. exports during 2011 at $111.1 billion—up 60% from 2010—according […]
By the Numbers: Livestock on Antibiotics
Overuse of Antibiotics on Hogs and Cows Could Pose a Serious Health Threat to Humans30.6 Million. That’s how many pounds of antibiotics were administered to livestock in the U.S. in 2010, according to an annual report released by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate […]
Under the Sea
What goes into the air goes into the oceans and the great watery expanse that covers some 71% of the Earth’s surface is beginning to turn corrosive to sea life…