Querido DiálogoEcológico: El término “comunidades sostenibles” se usa bastante hoy. ¿Lo podrían definir para mí?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental tomó recientemente medidas para limitar la contaminación de centrales eléctricas. ¿Pueden dar mayor información?
Arm Warmers, Fleece Zip-Ups, iPad Sleeves and More
WARM FUZZIES You don’t have to break out the snowboard gear to appreciate the latest house shoes from California company Freewaters whose co-founders have backgrounds designing snowboard boots for Burton and O’Neill. Designed for down time, the shoes reportedly feel like a “snowboard jacket wrapped around your feet.” The super-soft vegan Japanese micro-suede provides the […]
SHADES OF GREEN This summer, Juicy Couture launched their Choose Green eco-sunglasses collection. The Peony style ($135), available in black, tortoise or “organic green,” is cat-eye inspired and made with 55% bio-based renewable plant material. The frames, which feature Juicy Couture’s signature stamp logo, are made from “green plastic” derived from the beans of castor […]
Dear EarthTalk: With all the talk of the need for safe, renewable energy sources, isn’t the elephant in the room really that we should use far less energy than we do? Wouldn’t more rules about conservation (like not leaving commercial building lights on all night) make the challenges easier?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: No hace mucho tiempo nosotros leíamos mucho acerca del papel del hidrógeno en un futuro de energía ecológica, con transición de coches de motores a gasolina a vehículos propulsados por pilas de hidrógeno. ¿Dónde quedan ahora los coches a hidrógeno en un mercado con coches eléctricos que están entrando tan fuerte?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He oído que los robos de madera están en aumento a través del país. ¿Por qué robaría la gente madera y es un tipo específico para un uso particular?
Salt-based tapas plates; bike basket liners; stuff-able dog beds; an eco-conscious travel kit; adorable herbal pillows and delectable vegan desserts.
With the hottest decade in recorded history just behind us, President Obama didn’t hesitate to set aside $5.4 billion in his 2012 budget to fund research in solar and other renewal energies. “To lead the world in clean energy, we must act now. We can’t afford not to,” noted Energy Secretary Stephen Chu during the […]
