I bought my daughters, ages 7 and 9, a fairly decent microscope for Christmas last year, and I'm pretty sure that since then, I've used it just as much as they have. My oldest daughter is really into science and math and we've had a great time exploring the world of the microscopic. M...
Plastic shopping bags are a complicated issue. One one hand, they're much lighter than paper bags and can be transported using much less fuel per bag. On the other hand they don't ever biodegrade (well, they do, it just takes hundreds of years) and litters landscapes and waterways all...
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A Green Bay, Wisconsin Catholic food pantry would rather see people go hungr y than accept 50 lbs of donated food from Planned Parenthood. As part of its Martin Luther Kind food drive, Planned Parenthood collected the food to donate to Paul’s Pantry, a Catholic food shelf whose entire...
Michael Mann speaking at Penn State. (Photo by Penn State.) This article was written by Suzanne Goldenberg for The Guardian . It is almost possible to dismiss Michael Mann’s account of a vast conspiracy by the fossil fuel industry to harass scientists and befuddle the public. His stor...
Written by Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress As the sovereign debt crisis unfolds in Europe, onlookers have questioned whether the region will stay committed to renewable energy. The answer so far is yes. Even with a few countries pulling back on government support of the industry becaus...
Re-fashioNYC A bin for recycling clothing, flanked by two like-minded companions. Less than a year after introducing a textile recycling program in New York City, supporters have pronounced it a grand success. Last May, the city formed a partnership with Housing Works , a group that h...
Corporate sustainability is not a one size fits all concept. Successful strategy balances all business pressures In a recent paper – The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behaviour and Performance – we reported on a study of a matched sample, two virtually i...
Texas tweens have high levels of persistent organic pollutants. 16 February 2012 Older children have higher levels of Teflon-related chemicals called PFCs - used in products to prevent staining and sticking - than younger children, although their levels are lower than a decade ago. PF...
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Is it possible to change our DNA from within ourselves? Can we even alter our DNA blueprint? At the Institute of HeartMath, we have been researching these questions for over a decade. This is such an intriguing subject to me that I wanted to share some of the results with you and invi...
Targeting new, emerging technologies in locations and environments where they can make the greatest impact makes a lot of sense, and when it comes to renewable energy, island communities, cities and states fit the bill. A clean, renewable energy movement is afoot in Hawai’i, where pro...
As our society has shifted from eating whole foods to consuming processed food-like products, food packaging has become a major part of our solid waste stream. An unfortunately, because there are rules about what’s safe for food to be wrapped up in, lots of this packaging is difficult...
Subscribe to the Queen of Green digest Are there health benefits to using a menstrual cup? Tampons absorb essential vaginal moisture in addition to menstrual flow. This can cause painful dryness. Cups are non-absorbent and chemical-free. Can anyone use a menstrual cup? Menstrual cups ...
DeSmogBlog will leave them in place - in the public interest Heartland Institute general counsel Maureen Martin has sent letters to the DeSmogBlog and several other publications dmanding that we remove all Heartland-related documents that we posted on February 14, as well as all relat...
February 19, 2012 at 9:21AM by Jim DiPeso | comment It's President's Day weekend on an environmental blog site. What could be better than highlighting the good stewardship deeds of America's chief executives? Let's run through several of the better-known accomplishments , and then tur...
So you are rationing the apple juice after the previous arsenic scandal, and paying extra for the sure-to-be-melamine -free baby formula. All is right with the world. Until MSNBC's Today show wakes you up with the latest news: arsenic has been found in baby formula . And here is the h...
A wave of awakening is finally breaking into the mass consciousness that has been building for decades. As a planet, we are awakening from the dream of separation and learning to let go of victim consciousness as we take greater responsibility for our thoughts, feelings and beliefs an...
A joint venture between Tyson Foods and Syntroleum is investing $150 million for a plant that will convert beef tallow and pork and chicken fat into diesel fuel. Once operational, the goal is to produce 75 million gallons of animal fat-based biofuel each year. Located at Geismar, Loui...
What if, instead of telling people what not to do–don’t drive SUVs, don’t live in big homes, don’t buy too much stuff–environmentalists pushed to empower people to choose to work fewer hours, enjoy more time with family or friends and–maybe best of all, in these times– help create job...
The city of Cincinatti (pop. 296,000) is exploring a new power portfolio that could result in the whole city having renewable energy . Another positive development is that the new system might be finalized without adding much in costs to ratepayers, perhaps as little as a one percent ...
Re-fashioNYC A bin for recycling clothing, flanked by two like-minded companions. Less than a year after introducing a textile recycling program in New York City, supporters have pronounced it a grand success. Last May, the city formed a partnership with Housing Works , a group that h...
For detailed debunkings of hundreds of climate change disinformer myths, you can surf his website for hours. But for all of us who do not spend so much time debating with disinformers and do not have such deep knowledge of climate science, or who just need a short (science-backed) one...
What Downtown From Behind does--whether it intends to or not--is show how a more sustainable form of transportation is stylish and beautiful. Street style photographers influence the way people dress in New York. Gone are the days of anonymously donning a fabulous outfit for an aftern...
It would be funny if it were not so tragic. After a week dominated by the relentless assault on women’s access to affordable contraception, state mandate vaginal ultrasounds and personhood initiatives you would think one of the Sunday talk shows would have at least one woman on to dis...
Daniel Klein is a chef, activist, and filmmaker living in Minneapolis. He’s cooked in the restaurants of Thomas Keller, Fergus Henderson, and Tom Colicchio and has directed, filmed, edited and produced projects on various issues including oil politics and the development industry in A...
The Center for Biological Diversity, a US conservation group, has filed a formal request with the Department of the Interior, CBC News reports . The group is calling for a ban on all Canadian wildlife product imports. The proposed ban is in protest against the recent decision of the N...
The Tenderloin National Forest, or Forest, is one of the few open spaces in a dense neighborhood of over 40,000 culturally and ethnically diverse residents. The Forest came to life about twenty five years ago when Darryl Smith, an artist and San Francisco native, was living in a Tende...
Becky’s Homestead is the name of a YouTube channel offering suggestions for “how to go from a consumer lifestyle, into the Self-Sufficient, Community Driven, Eco-Friendly, Homesteading Lifestyle.” A video entitled “Goat Massage” offers what you might call an alternative to those massa...
