Our busy lives, packed schedules and endless to-do lists make it pretty easy to rationalize away our responsibility to the environment. So this Saturday, March 29th, after your work week has come to an end and all of your chores and errands are checked off, take just one hour...
The Great Barrier Reef, the 1,800-mile long coral reef formation off the coast of Australia, is in grave danger due to climate change and could see its destruction in just 16 years, a new report says. Home to hundreds of different coral, sponges, mollusks, rays, dolphins,...
After enduring so many painfully cold, snowy, sleety, icy storms this winter, spring cleaning— really, spring anything— is music to the ears. But before you thaw out and throw away anything even remotely related to a sweater, take into consideration the following spring...
This year’s Winter Olympics has had its share of issues, but it seems future games will have to deal with a problem more complicated than packs of stray dogs and unfinished hotel rooms. Climate change could very well cause a Winter Olympics melt down – with unprecedented...
Aside from introducing the word “Sochi” into our everyday vocabulary, the 2014 Winter Olympics have served as a catalyst to introduce Russia to the concept of sustainability, including implementation of the country’s first national standards for sustainable construction. The...
As skiers, skaters, snowboarders and other athletes vie for gold, silver and bronze, several organizations and companies have already taken home top prizes for their green initiatives in advance of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee implemented...
Over the years, modern consumers have become all but obsessed with what we, well, consume. From our vegetables to our water bottles, our food and drink are guaranteed hormone-free, cage-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, BPA-free, and most certainly, without MSG. However, it’s not...
The 28 countries in the European Union continue to lead the world fight on climate change when, earlier this month, they announced steps to tighten the screws on carbon trading. Following a year of internal wrangling, an agreement was reached making it more expensive for...
Earlier this month, the European Union decided to postpone the sale of 900 million carbon allowances, increasing the price of these allowances in their carbon trading system and making it more expensive for companies to move under the cap-and-trade policy. “Huh, what?” you ask....
In the past 24 years, more than 2,000 people have died in China due to extreme weather, including floods, droughts, typhoons and storms— all perilous products of climate change. Realizing the real dangers associated with global warming, China, the planet’s largest emitter of...
