A typical corporate office is not exactly the epitome of sustainability. Energy-sucking equipment purrs the whole day, piles of paperwork lie around, air conditioning systems work extra hours. But it does not have to be this way: there are many opportunities to save energy and reduce the environmental footprint. (more…)
There are many ways that you can try to be greener and reduce your energy consumption. You can take the bicycle instead of the car, recycle your home waste and compost your waste food. Making your home itself greener and more energy efficient place doesn’t necessarily mean adding solar panels or a new boiler, there are other smaller things you can do. (more…)
Obviously, our country and the world as a whole would be better off if honest and well qualified people were appointed to key cabinet posts. But the converse isn’t always true, i.e., it seems that there are occasions in which having a total imbecile serve in a job that requires an understanding of basic science actually serves to highlight how completely dysfunctional the current administration is, perhaps helping to bring it to a premature end. (more…)
Creating an eco-friendly business can be challenging — but green entrepreneurs can now take advantage of support from consumers and government initiatives.
Whether your business is directly involved in the green economy — or you just want to reduce the carbon footprint of a regular business, there are hotspots across the UK where you’ll slot in smoothly. (more…)
Most Americans are horrified about the direction their country has taken, and, in particular, how closely this trajectory resembles the onset of fascism, with its leader’s vehemently discrediting the media, delegitimizing government institutions, and brazen lying, so loudly and so often. What most of these horrified people are overlooking, however, is how fantastically improbable it is that the forces of evil will prevail. (more…)
There’s a lot of things that you can do to live the ‘green life’. For instance, you can practice the mantra of reduce, reuse, and recycle. You can also avoid doing things that will only further increase your carbon footprint like not driving at all if possible, so you don’t have to consume fossil fuels. (more…)
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A new type of ultra-efficient engine has been attracting the attention of several big-name investors. (more…)
Solar power was the fastest-growing source of new energy worldwide last year. Deemed as the “new era” in power generation by energy experts, solar power is leading the charge in revolutionising the currently outdated energy market. (more…)
One commenter here ridicules another: “Does ‘Mother Nature’ have an email address? I’ve Googled but can’t seem to find her.”
Here’s my personal take on this, FWIW. The scientist in me understands the fallacy of assigning human characteristics to non-human entities. In fact, this is known in literature as the “pathetic fallacy,” (“pathetic” here meaning “of pathos, or feeling”). For example, we talk about the “cruel sea,” where in fact, there is nothing at all cruel about the sea; it’s just a body of water. (more…)
In May 2017, President Trump made an announcement that he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, an agreement created by the United Nations that deals with climate change. The agreement aims to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and reverse some of the effects of global warming. (more…)
