Urban areas all over the world are striving to lessen their environmental impacts by reducing waste, expanding recycling, lowering pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and expanding open space. Pictured: Curitiba, Brazil,
Though it has not received a lot of press to date, the industry is on the case—in part for the sake of its own survival, and thanks to the hard work of a handful of green groups, guitar makers and wood suppliers.
While most of the world fixates on how to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases we emit into the atmosphere, scientists and engineers around the world are busy working on various “geo-engineering” technologies—many of which are highly theoretical—to mitigate global warming and its effects.
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The brainchild of Grameen Foundation founder Muhammad Yunus, microfinance is a form of banking whereby financial institutions offer small loans to the poor. The idea behind the concept, which originated in Bangladesh
The smart grid concept is predicated on a two-way flow of energy —- and information —- between electricity generators and end users. The system not only delivers power to end users as needed, depending on demand;
No doubt, rental car companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions.
Some 500,000 acres of boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta alone -— key habitat for caribou, lynx, wolves and scores of birds —- are felled each year to provide pulp for toilet paper, paper towels, paper tissues and other disposable household paper products.
Given the different numbers on the bottom of each different type of plastic, which ones are the easiest to recycle and which should I avoid?
