Some say it is a greenwash, some say it isn’t. The leading climate change researcher, James Hansen, has already stated that any idea of a treaty there needs to fail as it will do literally nothing to stop climate change. “Summit talks so flawed that (a) deal would be a disaster” was said in The [...]
Do you eat fish? If so, do you know what you are eating? Do you know which fish are being over-fished and which are OK? Which ones contain more mercury and which ones contain less? If you don’t, you might want to check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program at the aquarium’s [...]
Looking to shop a little bit greener this holiday season? Then you came to the right place! While giving handmade gifts wrapped in recycled paper is probably always the best option, sometimes you have to buy items for people. And if you gotta buy, you should at least try to buy something [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Wouldn’t a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests?
Besides being more sanitary than toilet tissue, bidets—those squirty accessories so popular in Europe, Japan and elsewhere that clean [...]
Know what your parents could really use this year for a holiday gift? Help stemming the flow of junk mail and credit card offers that stuff up their mailbox day after day! There are a lot of people out there who just toss this stuff every day, not knowing that there are steps [...]
Last night I watched the movie Away We Go, starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It’s a lovely movie, and I really enjoyed it, but it wasn’t just the story that impressed me – I learned via the special features that the crew who worked on this movie made sure to make the shoot as [...]
If you use a dryer and do a lot of laundry, did you know that drying your loads back to back saves energy as the heating element stays warm and doesn’t have to heat back up? So this winter while you are using the dyer instead of hanging your clothes outside, make sure to Do [...]
