Climate & Nature
Can wheat straw replace trees as a source of paper? September 9th, 2008
Today I read a very interesting article at WorldChanging by Rod Edwards ("Paper from Wheat, not Wood"), who reports from Canada about exciting developments in what seems as a very eco-friendly alternative to trees as...more
Track Your Energy Use by the Second with The Energy Detective September 5th, 2008
Find Out Exactly How Much Electricity You're Using
How much electricity do you use when you turn on a light? When you're watching TV? When you wash your dishes? How about if you're doing all three at once? The Energy Detective ("TED" for short)...more
Google Goes Geothermal. Can You? August 21st, 2008
Clean Energy Could Be Right Under Your Feet
Google recently announced it would invest $10 million into the development of geothermal energy systems. Geothermal, one of the hot new ideas in "clean technology," uses the natural heat under the Earth's surface to provide...more
Concern About Climate Change Drops August 15th, 2008
A recent poll from ABC News, Planet Green, and Stanford University shows a dip in American’s concern about climate change, Greenwire reports, via World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Twenty-five percent of the 1,000 adults...more
Do Amphibian Deaths Signal the Coming of a Sixth Mass Extinction? August 13th, 2008
If the rapidly depleting amphibian populations are any indication, we could be in for another mass extinction. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which...more
Offset Your Carbon Emissions While You Watch Green Videos August 12th, 2008
Watch and Upload Environmental Videos at Go Green Tube
YouTube isn't the only place to watch online videos. It also isn't the greenest. That honor probably goes to Go Green Tube, the newly launched video sharing site that focuses on environmental topics and puts...more
Long-Term Memory Gives Elephants an Edge Against Climate Change August 12th, 2008
Image from exfordy It turns out there's a lot of truth to that old saying, "Mom knows best". A new study published in Biology Letters hypothesizes that old female elephants' redoubtable memory may have helped...more
Smog Envelops Beijing on the Eve of Opening Ceremonies August 8th, 2008
Pollution Could Lead to I.O.C. Postponing Events
Apparently, it’s unclear whether or not the “fog” that International Olympic Committee president James Rogge reported seeing earlier today in downtown Beijing is due to pollution or excessive heat and humidity. Either way, today’s haze...more
Green books series: Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper July 22nd, 2008
Our book this week on Monday's green books will take you on a trail that we find one of the most interesting and significant ones in our life: the paper trail. Our book for today is: Paper...more
Al Gore: New 'Moon Shot' Needed to Solve Climate Crisis July 17th, 2008
Climate Moon Shot Al Gore is scheduled to make a big speech in Washington today, but he previewed it to the Associated Press so we have an idea of what he's going to talk about:...more
