Conserving and enhancing biodiversity and developing more sustainable and productive agricultural systems.
Environmentally-conscious design techniques that minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and space.
A collection of environmentally friendly videos about all things sustainable including new eco technology, living green, how to videos, money saving tips for energy consumption and so much more.
Sustainable energy generated by heat thats either stored deep in the earth, or collected from the absorbed heat derived from the atmosphere and oceans.
Information on the efforts and/or failures of government and industry to become more sustainable and ecologically responsible.
New and innovative eco-friendly materials and the science and ingenuity that create them.
Processing used materials into new products in order to reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air and water pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Information about the emerging use of technology and products that harness the light and radiant heat from the Sun.
News and innovations in the growing global markets of sustainable products and technology.
Tidal power, sometimes called tidal energy, is a kind of hydropower that converts the energy of ocean tides into electricity or other forms of power.
02 July 2009
Federal officials have cleared the state of California to impose strict greenhouse gas limits on new cars, trucks, and SUV’s that more than a dozen other states can follow immediately and that will form the basis of new nationwide rules in 2012. A major reversal of Bush administration policy, the EPA’s ruling was cheered by [...]
30 June 2009
In the third edition of Greenpeace’s seafood sustainability scorecard, called “Carting Away the Oceans,” more than half of the leading supermarket chains in the U.S. have now made some progress in increasing the sustainability of their seafood operations. The supermarket chain Wegmans received top ranking followed by Ahold USA, while Whole Foods dropped to third place [...]
29 June 2009
Colorado lawmakers recently passed two laws that allow certain state residents to collect rain, while also paving the way for a new rain-catching program, according to an article in the The New York Times today. The laws come about as some U.S. states like Colorado are struggling to maintain sufficient water supplies amid drought or [...]
29 June 2009
In Amsterdam, the main hub of culture and business in The Netherlands, almost 40% of commuters and residents use their bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. In Utrecht, a city southeast of Amsterdam, cyclists account for around 35%. “The bicycle is the means of transport used most often in Amsterdam,” reports Bike Europe. “Between [...]
28 June 2009
It’s been a strange and sad week for America. First, Ed McMahon then Farrah Fawcett, then Michael Jackson, and just today, the news that OxiClean spokesman Billy Mays sadly and abruptly passed away. The 50-year-old OxiClean commercial star was found unresponsive in bed by his wife, TMZ reported. Mays had apparently just returned from a trip [...]
28 June 2009
Microsoft Corp., has launched Hohm, a web-based service that lets consumers monitor their home energy consumption and rates in real-time and get related energy information. The real time monitoring service is currently available with a small handful of energy partners who use smart meters, including Sacramento’s Municipal Utility District, City Light Seattle, Puget Sound Energy, [...]
So we thought we’d seen every Michael Jackson video ever made, but we recently stumbled across “Earth Song” - a 1996 Jackson hit we’d never heard before. Apparently, the song was never released in the United States but did extremely well over in the UK.
“For me, this is Earth’s Song,” Jackson had said about the song at the time of its release, “Because I think nature is trying so hard to compensate for man’s mismanagement of the Earth. And with the ecological unbalance going on, and a lot of the problems in the environment, I think earth feels the pain, and she has wounds, and it’s about some of the joys of the planet as well.”
