Dear EarthTalk: With plug-in hybrid and electric cars due to hit the roads sometime soon, will there be places to plug them in besides at home? And if so, how much will it cost to re-charge?
Gasoline-electric hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, are all the rage due to their fuel efficiency, and consumers have been clamoring [...]
Not much going on, so let’s get right to the reads for the weekend, shall we?
Last weekend, I moved from Tennessee to Wyoming. The reasons for my move are long and sordid, but I did want to share with you something interesting I saw on the looooooong drive: Wind turbines.
People wandering the streets of [...]
People living in areas with more parks, trees and grass live longer and happier lives, with less violence and improved mental and physical health, according to research presented at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.
“Humans are evolved organisms and the environment is our habitat,” lead researcher Frances Kuo [...]
This week’s Do One Thing comes courtesy of a The Good Human reader, who wants you to start bringing your own set of utensils to work every day instead of using and tossing the plastic ones provided in the office kitchen. And while you are at it, see if you can convince a few other [...]
Last year, I posted the 6 Sins of Greenwashing…but this year’s list includes a brand new sin added to the list: the Sin of Worshiping False Labels.
Some marketers are exploiting consumers’ demand for third-party certification by creating fake labels or false suggestions of third-party endorsement. This development is serious enough to warrant its [...]
This is not about who we are or what we do, but rather what we consume. In the not-so-distant past, humans either made or purchased items they needed that lasted a lifetime. How many of you have parents or grandparents that have had the same stuff in their homes for their entire lives? [...]
In appreciation and thanks to those who served both still here and already gone, here is to Memorial Day 2009. See you tomorrow.
