It’s Arbor Day. Can’t you plant just one tree?
Sure you can. Here’s how: 1) Scope out possible planting locations. Trees need room for both branches and roots to spread out, so adequate space is key. So is good soil. Is yours loose and loamy, or dense and full of
What Do Kids “Calculate” When It Comes to Conservation? It’s Not $$$!
For Earth Day, author Terra Wellington offers this guest post brimming with suggestions on how to get closer to nature with your kids. You’ll find other great ideas in her new book, The Mom’s Guide to Growing Your Family Green:
“Inception” and “The Adjustment Bureau” Ain’t Got Nothin’ on the New Disney Movie
Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio move over. Sita, cheetah mother, gets my vote for “action hero” when it comes to thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat. “African Cats,” Sita’s star vehicle and this year’s Earth Day
Recycling Electronics Just Got Easier
Tired of how inconvenient it can be to recycle your computer, cell phone, laptop, MP3 player or PDA? A new ECycling Leadership Initiative will make it easier for you to find more than 5,000 recycling locations around the country so you
Earth Day Health & Beauty Countdown: Switch Your Liquid Shampoo to a Bar
Earth Day is Friday, April 22. Why not use it to set some new goals that will help you green your health and beauty routine? Let’s start with shampoo. Conventional shampoo contains ingredients that may cause asthma or other human health
GoDaddy or NoDaddy? It’s about more than the elephant.
Does GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons have any believable excuses for shooting an elephant in a village in Zibabwe, Africa a few weeks ago? If he does, the public ain’t buyin’ it. Neither am I. In early March, Parsons killed an
Is your environmental “glass” half empty, or half full?
Are you hopeful about the state of the world, or filled with despair? Japan’s nuclear disaster is only the latest in a string of environmental catastrophes that might make anyone question whether we’re doomed. I’m normally a “glass half full” kind
What’s the Link between Population and Nuclear Energy?
Japan’s nuclear disaster got me thinking about energy demand. Nuclear power advocates justify the decision to power plants with uranium as the best way to meet energy demands that are increasing because world population is growing. I couldn’t help but wonder: why aren’t
Nuclear disaster in Japan, oil disaster in the Gulf. What’s next?
The nuclear meltdown in Japan and the recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may seem unrelated, but they’re not. Both catastrophes occurred because we’ve made three fundamental mistakes in the way we generate energy. 1) We have relied on centralized power
Top Ten Ways to Use Less Gas
Here we go again: gasoline prices are soaring close to $4.00 a gallon, and several of the countries that export oil to the U.S. are in such political turmoil, we can’t be sure our supplies will continue. When, oh when, will we say, “Enough,
