Przewalski horses or, to use their Mongolian name, Takhi, are the world’s only verifiably wild horses, a sub-species genetically distinct from any other equine. By 1945, only 12 survived, hunted nearly to extinction for their meat. Add to this Mongolia’s brutal winters, scorching summers, sandstorms, wolf predation and pursuit by collectors and their near-demise is […]
Eco-friendly toys and games are all the rage this year for the hoiday gift-giving season.
Artist Germaine Suriyage found a wealth of materials for his hand-crafted, art-deco lamps and wall hangings while working in the food-service industry. Suriyage reuses mass quantities of discarded but usable "garbage," including recycled industrial cardboard spools, newspapers and colored paper, along with organic glues and acrylic paints. His creations are capriciously colorful animal-shaped lamps and wall-art (like lions and tigers). The eye-catching and innovative artpieces add style to any room, and make quite an environmental statement. For more information, contact:
In a recent issue of Car and Driver, columnist Patrick Bedard opined that population growth had ceased to be an issue in the U.S. because we’d achieved a replacement-level fertility rate. So the U.S. population has stopped increasing, right? Wrong! Bedard’s column is proof that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. If fertility rates […]
Widespread Chemical Exposure Threatens Our Most Vulnerable Population We"ve all seen it: a mother crouched on the floor, arms outstretched, cooing to her baby as he lopsidedly plops first one hand, then the other, on the carpet, dragging his chubby knees behind him. His short journey complete, he rolls onto his well-padded bottom and proudly […]
New Life for Old Floors: Alternative Materials Add Character to Home Designs. Have you considered wood, cork, linoleum or bamboo?
She-crab soup arrives at restaurant tables on North Carolina's Outer Banks as a rich, sweet concoction, delighting tourists and new residents whose cars still boast license plates from their old states: Florida, Ohio, New York. As the ocean breezes sweep away the day-to-day worries of beach-bound visitors, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) scientist Doug Rader realizes the days of the regional soup may be numbered. It's a simple axiom: No wetlands, no seafood.
Environmental Alternatives for the Chemically Sensitive–and the Chemically Concerned If you live in a house built before 1920, chances are that the lead paint that coated its walls left a toxic legacy. Although today’s paints have gotten the lead out, they’re still a witches’ brew. According to Green Alternatives magazine, there are about 15,000 chemicals […]
Permeable pavements prevent water runoff.
All-Natural Choices Avoid Synthetic Additives and Refined Sugar A dizzying array of ingredients and brands are available to consumers who are simply trying to find the healthiest juice. In your grocer’s cooler today are energy drinks, smoothies, blends, "old-fashioned" styles, herbals, all-natural juices and frozen juice from concentrate. What do you reach for, when all […]
