This giveaway has ended. It’s time for another giveaway, and this time it is for a copy of the new book from the founder of TerraCycle, Tom Szaky. Back in August of last year, I wrote a post about a few of the products that TerraCycle makes out of our waste stream, [...]
This is a guest post from The Good Human reader Rob, who runs his own green products blog over at Energy Saving Gadgets.
More than 100 years ago, William Thomson observed that “if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” William Thomson, also known as 1st Baron Kelvin or Lord Kelvin, is the Irish-born [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I keep meeting people who say that human-induced global warming is only theory, that just as many scientists doubt it as believe it. Can you settle the score?
So-called “global warming skeptics” are indeed getting more vocal than ever, and banding together to show their solidarity against the scientific consensus that has concluded [...]
President Barack Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared to the rest of the world’s, remains a caboose. As a fan of rail travel, this [...]
Although I have posted it before, I thought it was time for a reminder. I love this little film. From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is about water – the water you let run while you are brushing your teeth. Way too many people leave the water running out of the tap as they brush their teeth! In fact, if everyone in the United States shut off the water while they brushed, we [...]
