The Clorox Company, a name that for most people means "chemical bleach," last October bought privately owned Burt’s Bees for $925 million in cash, a whopping endorsement of the company’s attractive positioning, and of the promise of sustainable goods across the personal-care industry.
Atlantic Bluefin tuna, rigorously pursued because of the high prices they command as sushi on the Japanese market, are being pushed to near-extinction from Holland to northern Norway, according to a new report in the journal Fisheries Research
Hordes of illegal miners are excavating in biologically sensitive regions in Venezuela.
Re:Vision has launched a series of urban design competitions that will change the way you think about a city block.
A global shift to compact fluorescent light bulbs, in lieu of incandescent bulbs, could close some 270 power plants worldwide.© Energy Federation
It is hard to shock journalists and at the same time leave them in awe of the power of nature. A group returning from a helicopter trip flying over, then landing on, the Greenland ice cap at the time of maximum ice melt last month were shaken. One shrugged and said, "It is too late already."
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, a coalition of public interest groups led by the Ecology Center has made public a database showing how some 1,200 popular children’s toys stack up in terms of lead content and other harmful chemicals.
Ironic as it may seem, state and regional efforts to limit the emission of greenhouse gases might delay the passage of federal regulations mandating reductions.
Some of the hottest sectors for new green jobs right now are: travel and hospitality, planning and land use, alternative health and medicine, renewable energy, environmental law, information technology, environmental education, design and construction, corporate responsibility,
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Muchos alimentos como el atún y losalimentos de mascotas que antes eran vendidos solamente en latas estándisponibles ahora en "bolsas" también. ¿Es esta clase de empaquetado menosdañoso al ambiente o sencillamente más barato para el vendedor?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Estoy en el mercado buscando nuevosmuebles. ¿Qué debo buscar en muebles naturales y donde los encuentro?
