Giving Up The Baggie: How You Can Reduce Single Use Plastics
Opting for reusable, sustainable alternatives to plastic wrap, baggies and straws is a great way to start the purge of single use plastics from your life.
EarthTalk Q&A
Trump Launches Environmental Rollbacks Under Cover of COVID
The Trump administration is rolling back environmental rules on several fronts while the country obsesses about Coronavirus and #BlackLivesMatter.
Forest Stewardship Council Furthers Conservation Cause, Warts And All
FSC has certified 500+ million acres of forest as sustainably harvested since its inception in 1993, but critics wonder if the group’s claims can be trusted.
Material Ecology? Building The Future With Nature
Material Ecology describes the process of combining materials science, digital fabrication technologies and organic design to produce techniques and objects informed by the structural, systemic and aesthetic wisdom of nature.
Environmental Justice: A Black Lives Matter Priority
“Environmental injustice” is on a list of 12 issues Black Lives Matter (BLM) considers pressing right now as part of its #WhatMatters2020 campaign.
Avocados: Not As Green As You Think?
Avocados are grown with lots of water and fertilizer and pesticides, mostly in Central America, and shipped all over the world.
How Are We Doing About Tropical Deforestation?
How are we doing in the battle to stop or slow deforestation, especially in the tropics where forests store so much of the world’s biodiversity?
Creating An Eco-Friendly Deck
Whether it’s real wood, modified wood or some sort of recycled plastic, there are plenty of eco-friendly deck materials to choose from these days.
Can We Maintain Our Coronavirus Emissions Reductions?
Coronavirus has decreased CO2 emissions temporarily, but the longer term effect could be an emissions increase as we shy away from crowded public transit.
Environmentalists & Civil Disobedience
Environmental activists — such as Extinction Rebellion — have been practicing civil disobedience in various forms for decades if not longer.