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.
As children across the country prepare to head back to school to start the new school year, a new online animated series has launched to help make learning about the environment fun and easy. The E-Team (short for Eco Team) is made up of five members each possessing a specific gift for knowledge in topics such as recycling, energy, green building, nature and water.
There are thousands of species in danger of becoming extinct forever. I am an animal lover, no matter what type, size or shape, I love them all. I hope to never see the day when these creatures are no longer endangered, but forever gone.
3,500 wolf tags sold in Idaho in three hours yesterday (that's nearly 20 every second) after the Idaho Fish and Game Department began issuing permits. At $11.75 a pop, that tells volumes about what wolves are worth to the state. Are these people competing with Governor Butch Otter, who roughly two years ago, claimed he wanted to be the first in line to shoot a wolf?
Imagine owning over five million books. Cost and storage are no concern and, even better, you know that the books will never take up space in a landfill after you are through with them. BookCrossing.com offers just that kind of guilt-free literacy with one catch — you have to find the books first.
If you switched from a Nalgene bottle to a metal SIGG bottle, check the color of the inside of the bottle. If you purchased your SIGG bottle before last summer, you may be drinking out of a bottle lined with a compound containing bisphenol A (BPA).
Irrigation methods such as this canal in China’s Guangxi Province would need to be improved across East Asia if farmers are expected to irrigate 47 percent more land by 2050.
In the past, Seattle voters have taxed themselves to pay for parks, affordable housing, libraries, and other causes. However, this past Tuesday, Aug. 18, the voters decided against establishing a 20-cent paper and plastic bag fee. The Seattle Times reported that 58 percent of voters opposed the bag fee.
Air pollution is a deadlier weather hazard in America than hurricanes, according to Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology at The Weather Underground.
A constant theme in green building programs of North America is certification of wood. There appears to be a near consensus that “green” credits should only be awarded when it can be demonstrated that any wood used in a structure has been responsibly produced.
