The U.S. Coast Guard has set a goal of a net zero carbon footprint for housing at their Southwest Harbor Base in Maine.  The base is using solar panels, solar hot water heaters and now a wind turbine for their energy needs.  Efficiency-boosting retrofits... 

Here at EcoGeek we’ve been long-time supporters of e-book readers. The publishing industry (including books, newspapers and magazines) is a serious environmental threat with a huge carbon footprint and raw materials that result in the harvesting... 

Images from metiviergallery : Oil Spill #4, Oil Skimming Boat near Ground Zero, May 12, 2010, chromogenic print The Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, has been photographing the impact of industrialization on the environment for the last 30 years.... 

A food allergy diagnosis can range from being a minor inconvenience — like having to read labels to check for food dye — to a major health issue (think extreme, lethal allergies to milk, eggs, and nuts). But let’s look at the bright... 

Gizmodo points us to a crazy video from big wave surfer Chuck Patterson who apparently took Discovery’s Shark Week to heart. he was stand-up paddle surging in San Clemente, California with several friends when they saw two sharks circle them for... 

images via Designboom eOffice notes that Japan’s famous capsule hotels “are traditionally grimy, and primarily intended as expedient sleeping solutions for drunk salarymen who have missed the last train home.” But they were models of... 

Image via Star Tribune Composting is catching on nationwide as more cities provide services to residents for collecting food, landscape clippings and other compostable separate from recylables and landfill waste. But to test out if the St. Paul’s... 

Image credit: GardenBot Some commenters may have scoffed when Mike posted about high-tech green farming using soil sensors , but with over-taxed aquifers causing reduced yields worldwide , more intelligent monitoring and usage of water resources should... 

Image credit: Clownfish No sooner do we hear about the massive growth in UK solar jobs as a result of feed-in tariffs , than others start asking questions about the viability of such policies. George Monbiot has already labeled the feed-in tariff a “rip... 

Image credit: StreetsBlog From a cyclist getting shot for riding with their child in a busy street to a motorist laughing about the “gay frenchman” he killed , there’s no doubt that cyclists and car drivers do not always see eye-to-eye....