Philadelphia is on its way to becoming a great riverfront city full of cultural, economic and environmental potential. The Coalition for Philadelphia’s Riverfronts (CPR) has plans to create a scenic walking, biking, skating and blading trail that is connected to the city and follows the edges of the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers.
On May 28, Governor Ed Rendell announced the provision of $76 million to create green jobs and investments to relieve traffic congestion and allow safe routes to schools.
Large swaths of animals and plants are being relegated solely to the history books each and every year. Changing climates and rising seas temperatures have put countless species at risk of extinction and it seems like there really isn’t anything we can do. But listed below are 10 ways you can help in stopping extinction today!
Why might someone act in an eco-friendly manner? Well a couple of the main reasons are so that our environment becomes can become a healthier living place and so that the next generation is able to live healthier in a sustainable environment. If people do not start paying attention to the environment then the pleasures of clean air, water, food and recreation that we appreciate now will disappear for our children. They at least deserve to have what we have.
Much of the ‘Going Green’ information we see today aims to inform homeowners and basically people who have the freedom to do whatever they want with their place of residence. That demographic does not exactly include renters.
Renters do not live in a space that can be easily transformed and/or renovated. People who rent their homes are not concerned with solar-paneling their roofs or replacing their windows, because they do not have those options.
Fair Trade is a movement that works toward eliminating global poverty and promoting self-sustaining economies in developing countries all over the world. Fair Trade works on the premise of paying a fair price and enforcing fair labor laws for all workers, while producing high-quality organic products that are healthier for our planet. Its focus is on products that are exported from developing countries to developed countries, including bananas, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, cotton, honey, sugar, tea, and wine.
As a college student, you probably think you can’t go green. You don’t have a big enough income to contribute enough to make a difference, right? Wrong. Even the smallest changes can make a big impact on the planet. And one of the best times to go green as a college student is when you’re shopping to decorate your dorm.
Every step we take to clean our laundry - the detergent we use, our washers, our dryers - can have a harmful impact on the environment. Follow these healthy laundry options to turn to eco-friendly laundry.
What is LEED?
Those four letters – L-E-E-D – have been cropping up everywhere these days, and many times, without an explanation. Houses and buildings of all shapes and sizes are now LEED certified; even some colleges are making sure their dorms have the LEED approval.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a voluntary rating system that originated in 1998. Since then, over 14,000 projects in both the United States and 30 countries have been LEED-certified.
