Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Pueden aclarar ustedes el impacto ambiental de la industria de la moda? A mi entender, la industria en general no es muy buena para el ambiente.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Se dice que el calentamiento climático traerá una nueva edad de hielo. ¿Es esto verdadero o sólo ficción?
Leaders in the emerging Living Building movement define a living building as “a structure that generates all of its own energy with renewable non-toxic resources, captures and treats all of its water, and operates efficiently and for maximum beauty.”
With the holiday season rapidly approaching, greens can feel decidedly mixed. In some ways, all the gift giving, holiday travel, parties and decorations can seem like the worst examples of our consumer culture.
Military defense contractor Kellogg Brown and Root is facing a class-action lawsuit for burning toxic chemicals in Iraq and Afghanistan, posing serious health threats to as many as 100,000 U.S. military.
Chrysler has abandoned plans to produce a significant line of electric and plug-in hybrid cars, prompting outrage from environmental groups like Friends of the Earth.
According to the non-profit Earth Pledge, today some 8,000 synthetic chemicals are used throughout the world to turn raw materials into textiles. Domestically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that one-quarter of all pesticides used nationwide go toward growing cotton,
Querido DiálogoEcológico: No comprendo por qué tanta gente se opone a la energía eólica simplemente porque tienen que mirar turbinas. Si usted me pregunta, las turbinas de viento son mucho más agradables que las plantas a carbón o nucleares.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Soy un agente de viajes y nuestra empresa tiene varios clientes que quieren contratar vendedores "verdes", incluyendo para el viaje (la línea aérea o el coche de alquiler) y alojos. Nuestra compañía apoya esta idea y por tanto querría saber qué líneas aéreas, hoteles, y agencias de coches de alquiler se están ecologizando a un costo razonable?
One possible outcome of our profligate use of fossil fuels could be another Ice Age. Warming-induced cold water spilling into the North Atlantic from melting ice caps and glaciers could shut down the Gulf Stream
if you are going to travel, you’te going to cause some greenhouse gas emissions, so figure out how to minimize the damage you cause.
If your home is like most others in the country, you rely on a furnace for your heat, usually one fed by oil or gas that grumbles to life whenever you turn up the thermostat.
