By eating locally sourced foods, we strengthen the bond between local farmers and our communities, stay connected to the seasons in our part of the world, promote crop diversity, and minimize the energy intensive, greenhouse-gas-emitting transportation of food from one part of the world to another.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He advertido que las floraciones de flores silvestres en las montañas han estado ocurriendo más y más temprano en los últimos años. ¿Es esto un signo del calentamiento climático? ¿Y qué significa esto para la supervivencia a largo plazo de estas plantas resistentes pero todavía raras?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son los alimentos más importantes que deben comprarse orgánicos?
The smart grid will allow us to really make use of renewable energy like wind and solar and give consumers new control over their energy use…
Boulder, Colorado, is now SmartGridCity. Thanks to a test run of smart grid technologies there, residents are already saving money and reducing energy use.
The company Geospatial is creating three-dimensional underground maps that could prove essential for designing a new smart grid network.
Demand-response heaters, refrigerators, washing machines and other appliances are being rolled out at GE and will available in stores soon…
Plug-in hybrid and electric cars can work with the smart grid, by drawing energy when it’s most efficient and helping to store renewable energy…
EWG’s “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides” makes it easy for consumer’s to know which foods they should definitely buy organic.
For anyone still wondering if hydraulic fracturing or "fracking"—a means of extracting natural gas by injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure underground to break through rock—is safe, a new video called "Stand Up New York!" offers a quick tutorial.
The first bill on toxic substances since the 1970s was introduced to the House last Wednesday.
