Reducing Your Carbon Footprint With A Solar Water Heater
A solar hot water heater could save you money on utility bills and also help mitigate the effects of runaway climate change.
Toxic Sludge: Is it Good for You?
Can toxic waste be turned from a disposal problem into a useful and benign fertilizer? That’s the question some scientists and activists are asking about a product that is routinely used by farmers and home gardeners to feed their soils.
John Havlin: Soil Scientist
If soils do indeed achieve the higher profile they so desperately need, John L. Havlin will be one of the people to thank. The professor at North Carolina State University is past president of the Soil Science Society of America, and a dedicated campaigner whose work is helping to establish the House of Representatives Soils Caucus and a $4 million Smithsonian educational exhibit on the subject, opening in 2008.
Is Burning Leaves Bad For The Environment?
Now that autumn is here the leaves are going to pile up in my yard again. Is it really that bad to burn them?
Semana del 24/09/2006
<U><B>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Cómo se define un "pantano" y cómo se protegen éstos en los E.U.A. y Canadá de la destrucción por el desarrollo urbano y otras amenazas?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Qué impactos ecológicos puede esperar nuestra comunidad esperar si Wal-Mart abre una tienda en las cercanías?</B>
Here Comes the Sun
Corporations are discovering that solar installations can be more than a sunny public relations exercise—they’re actually good business. That was certainly the case at the unveiling this September of a huge solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the rooftop of the Whole Foods Distribution Center in Cheshire, Connecticut. The 121-kilowatt system is capable of providing 10 percent of the facility’s total energy needs.
American Financial Institutions and Corporations Address Climate Change
Climate change is becoming a major concern among leading American financial institutions and corporations, and they are starting to develop strategic responses, according to a report issued this week by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a coalition of global investors with more than $31.5 trillion in assets.
Google Earth Adds Environmental Content
Search engine goliath Google Inc. announced last week that it is adding environmental content to its free geographic mapping and satellite photo tool Google Earth. The company has already begun integrating overlays on Google Earth utilizing content and data from the United Nations Environment Program, the National Park Service, Discovery Networks, National Geographic and the Jane Goodall Institute, among others.
What environmental impacts should our community expect
With more than 6,000 stores spread out across the globe—Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest retailer, hands down, and also a magnet for criticism for its low wages, inadequate health coverage and effect on struggling downtowns
What defines a “wetland” and how are wetlands protected in the U.S. and Canada
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as “lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface.