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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In Mike’s excellent piece on greener flying , he carefully explained how business class passengers have higher per-passenger emissions than economy. Terrapass have also covered this in their tips for sustainable...
Photo: Edelrid When you are hanging by your fingertips, the environmental credentials of a climbing rope are probably the furthest thing from your mind. But that doesn’t mean the ropes maker didn’t give it some thought. For example, German...
Video via Hulu During his last weeks as host of The Tonight Show , Conan O’Brien trotted out surprise guests and big-name comedians–like Robin Williams , Adam Sandler, and More: NBC’s $50 Million Eco-Mistake, the Golden Globes’...
The tendril network of a slime mold is a near match to Japan’s railway sytem. Photo via Science/AAAS In 2000, Toshiyuki Nakagaki won a Nobel Prize for demonstrating the ‘problem solving’ ability of mold. His experiment tested a slime...
Image credit: coda /Flickr Forests, we know, absorb CO2 which helps curb global warming. These natural carbon sinks are the basis of offset programs , climate models, and most future-looking policy. Forests also absorb and retain heat, however, and new...
The Holidays are just around the corner, but there are a bunch of birthdays in between. If you find yourself sending gifts to loved ones in the mail, you’ve inevitably found yourself staring into the cold, dead eyes of the poly-styrene packing peanut....
If you have Holiday guests coming to stay, or you just want to add some shine to your furniture, try a chemical-free polish. After all, non-tox rocks! Mix 2 parts olive oil to 1 part lemon juice. Use an old pair of undies or a partnerless sock to apply...
The CDC recommends that you wash your hands after using a public restroom to prevent the spread of disease. But what about all that's wasted every time you use a paper towel? In fact, each person uses about 741 pounds of paper each year. That’s...
Next time you’re skipping through the produce section, try skipping something else: the plastic bags that hold your produce. Stick to this simple rule: if you’re going to wash or not eat the skin (bananas, oranges, carrots, peppers, apples,...
