Gibson, one of the most celebrated guitar brands, has admitted to using illegal, threatened rainforest wood to make its instruments. The crime came to light after federal agents raided one of the company’s supply outlets in Nashville, Tenn.
Subsequently, the company admitted importing…
Covered with a growing medium and plants, green roofs can benefit a building’s insulation, control storm-water drainage and remove pollution from the air, as well as provide wildlife habitats.
Extensive green roofs might even be able to compensate for urban habitat lost at…
On September 24, 2011, hundreds of thousands of people came together around the world for Moving Planet Day.
2000 Events In Over 175 Countries
Organized by 350.org, Moving Planet is a day when people march, bike, skate, sing and dance to demand action on the climate crisis and call for…
Supermarkets, gas stations, restaurants and coffee shops are full of disposable beverage containers, making them a convenient option. In fact, they are often seemingly the only option for everything from water and coffee to wine and beer. However, with a little forethought, you can replace…
There’s been a steady stream of distracting commentary here and elsewhere positing that carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas at the heart of concerns about a growing and hard-to-reverse human influence on climate, is far more ephemeral than climate scientists assert.
The assertion is that…
Solar Roadways, the company behind a technology that could transform the nation’s roads into a network of shatter-proof, energy-generating solar panels, has just a received a new $750,000 grant from the federal government. With that money, the team will get to work at developing a prototype…
