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the “new era” in power generation by energy experts, solar power is leading the charge in revolutionising the currently outdated energy market.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…)
Most of us have been guilty of dropping litter at some point in our lives and have probably thought it didn’t make much difference in the greater scheme of things. However, if you consider that there are almost 66 million people in the UK then you can see how the problem could easily get out of hand.
News flash, Dr. Tyson: Tragically, we simply don’t care. Our xenophobia and love of scapegoating is far more powerful than your logic.
These satellite images show the extent of the unfolding water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa; this is an excellent example of what, tragically, is about to take place in one form or another in places all around the globe. It’s a direct result of the disinformation campaigns the fossil fuels companies have launched and perpetuated, sewing doubt as to the validity of the theory of human-caused climate change and the importance of mitigating it. (more…)
