The Low-Carb Conundrum
The Low-Carb Conundrum: Can Environmentalists “Go Atkins’ and Still Eat Healthfully?
Green, But Clean
Breaking the Lawn-Care Pesticide Cycle Elise Craig lives in a garden apartment in Portland, Oregon, where children roll in the grass and run barefoot across lawns in the summer light. A year ago, she realized that whenever the landlord spread lawn-care chemicals on the grass, her six-year-old son, Michael, lost bowel and bladder control for […]
Credit Where It’s Due
Green Credit Unions Do Well by Doing Good While many of us may feel we don’t have the extra money, let alone the spare time, to take the plunge into the vortex of socially responsible investing (SRI), just about everyone has a bank account. A developing trend in banking allows customers" deposits to be used […]
Sustainable Scotland
Hike, Bike, Kayak and Birdwatch among Natural Splendor in Sustainable Scotland, an Ecotraveler’s Dream
Best for Baby
Natural Alternatives Promote Healthy Kids The birth of a child gives parents a very big and happy incentive to make organic choices. Business is booming for today’s growing contingent of environmentally responsive companies selling eco-healthy children’s products. © Hain Celestial group Perhaps the most natural—and healthiest—choice a new mom can make involves breastfeeding. And despite […]
No Flies On Me
Handcrafted in Vermont using a GMO-free vegetable wax, Way Out Wax‘s Bug Out! ($6.49 for a 12-ounce tin) provides a natural approach to keeping your outdoor activities free from pesky insects. Made with plant-based oils of lavender, tea tree and neem, Bug Out! candles deter mosquitoes and black flies, enabling you to venture outside without the threat of being eaten alive.
British Scientists Scold U.S. on Rejection of Kyoto
British scientists attended last week’s American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle with an agenda: They want the Bush administration to reconsider its rejection of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
Seafood Industry and Presidential Panel at Odds over Total Allowable Catch Designations
A presidential panel next month will urge Congress and the White House to separate the commercial fishing industry from deliberations to set limits on fishing harvests in American and international waters.
Major Insurer Issues Global Warming Warning
Insurance giant Swiss Re warned on Wednesday that the costs of natural disasters, aggravated by global warming, threaten to spiral out of control, forcing the human race into a catastrophe of its own making.
Bush Forest Service Proposes Logging in Sequoia National Monument
Citing forest fire prevention priorities, the U.S. Forest Service has proposed logging in California’s Sequoia National Monument, home to some of the world’s tallest and oldest trees, as well as the Pacific fisher, the California spotted owl, and many other threatened species dependent on ancient forest habitat.