Our family just returned from another mini-trip to look at prospective colleges with our younger child, Valerie, pic here taken years ago. The relevance to renewable energy and sustainability may appear dubious at first, though I have to say that …
Colleges Encourage Recycling, and That’s Good, But Reducing and Re-Using Are Even Better Read More »
How much water are you really using? Many of us have low flow shower heads and our toilets are using less water, but how does that compare to the water that goes into the things we use and consume every …
From Guest Blogger Melanie Lochness: Surprising Water Usage Numbers [Infographic] Read More »
Being a vegetarian is a huge commitment, but a lot of people want to do it. What are some of the reasons that keeping a vegetarian diet is good for the environment?Saving Animals’ Lives The most obvious reason why being …
From Guest Blogger Jason Harter: Protect the Environment through Vegetarian Diets Read More »
Everyone these days is worried about global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer, but what are any of us doing to stop it? Pollution levels to our environment are at an all time high, but awareness is rising …
From Guest Blogger Jason Harter: Four Ways to Reduce Pollution in the Environment Read More »
Tourism is an important part of the economy; it creates jobs and brings in outside money to a community. The problem is that by its very nature, tourism can be harsh on the environment as lots of energy and resources …
From Guest Blogger R. Hoyal: Renewable Energy Advances In The Tourism Industry Read More »
I’ll never forget one of the very first conversations I had with a cleantech innovator, shortly after the launch of 2GreenEnergy. I was in my office, speaking on the phone with Abe Collins in Vermont. Abe wasn’t an electronic engineer with a …
Climate Change Is a Factor in Desertification, But It Might Not Be the Major Cause Read More »
If you are in a sustainable or ‘green’ business the odds are that you care passionately about what you are doing. For you, your enterprise may be a huge investment, but does it make your heart sing? Business is normally …
From Guest Blogger Kathryn Alexander of Ethical Impact: The Emotional Side of Business Read More »
In response to my piece about the regulation of the electrical utilities and the providing of incentives for clean energy, frequent commenter Dennis Miles writes: There is an old saying I learned about 45 years ago, “If it ain’t broke, …
With grim predictions of global warming now a regular feature in daily news reports, pressure is mounting on each one of us to seek ways to lead greener lives. Being eco-friendly starts at your doorstep. From recycling to replacing old …
From Guest Blogger Alia: How To Make an Eco-friendly Environment Read More »
Last night, a friend of mine sent me a considerable laundry list of things he thinks everyone, certainly all U.S. citizens, are entitled to as basic human rights. I don’t know. I see providing all this stuff gratis to a …
