There should be no secrets among those who continue to prosper in mostly non-financial ways despite the challenging economic times. These people live (and perhaps work) following the laws of [ … ]
Tag: environment
Cutting out Credit Cards: Living Within (or Beneath) our Means
There’s more to buying that high-tech gizmo or fancy new clothes, especially if you put it on plastic. If you’re anything like the so-called average American with combined balances on [ … ]
ZapRoot: The Truth about Recycling
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/cpr8VvpBT_w&hl=en&fs=1] Discover what really happens with your recyclables. It’s time for another round of That’s Just Weird.
Earth Policy Institute: Slide Show for Plan B 3.0 — Mobilizing to Save Civilization
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Books/PB3/presentation.htm Earth Policy Institute (EPI) has created a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes Lester Brown’s latest book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. It quickly reviews the book’s key concepts [ … ]
Emissions from Plastic Manufacturing Damaging Cattle DNA
Courtesy of Scientific American and Environmental Health News, another reason to despise plastic. According to an article by Matthew Cimitile, researchers believe that airborne pollution from plastics manufacturing may change [ … ]
Care and the Environment: A Proposition for Further Personal Growth
We know that we are supposed to do what is good for the environment. We know that the time we live in requires a great change in what we consider [ … ]
ZapRoot: Google Causes Global Warming?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/PbmZcYbFSsA&hl=en&fs=1] This week at ZapRoot: Is Google destroying the planet one search at a time? The recycling market has gone bust. And check out “That’s Just Weird.”
Soaring Migrations: Monarch Butterfly Hotspots
It’s something everyone should witness, at least once. The Monarch butterfly migration, the longest of any butterfly. The Monarch butterflies cover as much as 1,500 miles; their trip spans four [ … ]
Restorative Resolutions for 2009 and Beyond
With a campaign tag line, CHANGE WE NEED, President-Elect Barack Obama and a large portion of the American population should have some rather meaningful New Year resolutions for 2009. For [ … ]
Low Impact Living: Winter Solstice 101 — Celebrating Nature
Growing up in the suburbs of Virginia, I didn’t even hear of Winter Solstice till 9th grade or so. I associated this mysterious Winter holiday with equally mysterious people…pale nerdy [ … ]
College Students: Your Green Video Could be Worth $5000
Got a story, a camera, and some time over the holiday break? Get shooting — the National Geographic Preserve Our Planet College Film and PSA contest is underway. Contest winners [ … ]
Eco-Libris: The Green Collar Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers – Part 1
This post was originally published on the Eco-Libris blog on December 2nd. The holiday season has just begun and if you already start thinking about gifts, we hope you think [ … ]
It’s Time for reWealth! A Book Destined to Change the 21st Century for the Better
We need to start using the R-words more and D-words less. More restoration, revitalization, renovation, and remediation, and much less development, depletion, or degradation — those directives of the 20th [ … ]