Environmental

A short film called The Story of Bottled Water by Anne Leonard was released Thursday, which was World Water Day. In The story of Bottled Water, Leonard shows how corporations have convinced Americans to spend extra cash on half a billion bottles of water every week though most people in this country can get it for free. “Purified” bottled water has become a $ 5 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. and ironically threatens public health and the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

It is every bit as possible for those who reside in the largest metropolitan places to experience catastrophe events as it is for anyone in a lot more non-urban settings. Although we think of tornadoes around states like Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, it is in reality , doable for them to hit virtually any place. There are several other types of emergencies that will easily impact earth’s most significant cities. The only significant difference from when they hit in a rural region is that metropolitan parts hold millions of people who will would need emergency services and care. Read the rest of this entry »

In Taos, New Mexico, homes enable residents to enjoy unrivaled blue skies, the mysticism of Taos Pueblo and of course the exciting slopes of Ski Valley. Skilled real estate agents show interested parties single family homes, condos, townhouses and – studding the wide open landscape – Earthships. Known in the Taos real estate community as being the definitive answer when it comes to sustainable living and independence from the grid, they are as varied in execution and design as the buyers that seek them out. Read the rest of this entry »

Air pollution is among the deadliest dangers to our surroundings today. Sadly, with each year that goes by, the problem gets worse with an increase of contaminant levels in the atmosphere. Thus, preventive measures must be taken at the earliest to keep this type of pollution in check.

The real reason for air pollution is vehicle emission. To control it, one must use their auto as judiciously as possible and it will go a long way in keeping air pollution levels under control. You don’t have to stop driving your vehicle altogether but you can substitute it with alternate techniques of transportation such as riding a bicycle, walking and using public transport once in a while. Read the rest of this entry »

A one year old program in Ontario (a province in Canada) designed to recycle old electronics is failing to meet goals. The Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) gathered only 40% of the 42,000 tonnes of toxin-laced equipment it was originally supposed to collect. OES has a goal to keep millions of computers and televisions out of landfills. Its funding comes from a special hidden eco-fee that consumers pay on all new electronics. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, sustainability and environmentalism are often at the forefront of urban initiatives. It seems, however, that some U.S. cities are doing better than others when it comes to being green. Back in February 2008, Popular Science produced a list of the top 50 greenest cities in the United States. These are the greenest cities in the United States based on their research study. Read the rest of this entry »

Traditionally, cotton has been regarded as an organic popular inside the styles planet but now the materials generally recognized as Jute is becoming a favorite. The Bag made of Jute is rapidly growing to be a styles staple witnessed on display in shop fronts, on runways and fashion ads around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

As if the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the world’s largest garbage dump, wasn’t enough, now a garbage patch has been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, according to Red Orbit. Specifically, it’s in the Sargasso Sea, between Bermuda and the Azores Islands, but those kinds of semantics pale in significance when compared with the petroleum-based plastics that are poisoning fish, birds and, by extension, human beings. Read the rest of this entry »

As of Monday afternoon, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana spread to cover more than 1800 square miles. The oil spill is coming from a leak in the well that was drilled by the Transocean Deepwater Horizon, a giant offshore drilling rig that exploded and sank last week. The oil spill is reported to be leaking about t 42,000 gallons a day from a well nearly a mile deep. The leak is going to be put under control by the US coast guard using robots. Read the rest of this entry »

All would definitely agree that in the present times all of us are battling the issue of scarcity of energy on regular basis. Considering the pace at which the present resources of energy are being used, its not surprising that in the approaching times we will be left with no energy to utilize. So it surely makes sense to focus on energy conservation and what else can be better than saving energy at your own home. Read the rest of this entry »