This summer, young people who care about the environment, human rights, animals, and other issues have an amazing opportunity to become more effective advocates and to be surrounded by peers and adults who also care about contributing to a better world. Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a unique and fun week-long summer camp for [...]
Back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora during their last semester at UC Berkeley, when 2 months away from graduation they came up with a business idea of growing gourmet mushrooms using recycled coffee grounds as “soil.†After many attempts at making their idea work they finally succeeded in growing [...]
Living an environmentally-conscious lifestyle still carries a stigma of sacrifice. Take these common excuses for not making changes in our daily habits:
“There’s no way I could ever give up meat – I need the protein.”
“I need my truck to haul things.”
“I’d compost, but I don’t want to attract scavenger animals to my yard.”
Whatever [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I heard that some reusable bags contain lead. Is this a major health concern? Can’t these bags be made to avoid such contamination?
It’s true that some reusable shopping bags for sale in U.S. stores have been shown to contain lead, a neurotoxin linked to developmental, brain and kidney problems. The non-profit Center for [...]
So you have a compost bin and added worms, now what? Worms should be fed a vegetarian (or more likely, a vegan) diet. Although worms can eat items like meat, they prefer not to and if they are fed meat the result will be a smelly bin making both you and the worms unhappy.
Buying [...]
Contrary to popular opinion/rumor, whenever possible it is better to shut off your car’s engine than it is to let it idle. In a time of high gas prices, climate change, and modern car engines, it’s important to learn when we should be shutting off our engines and when we should be leaving them on. [...]
I hate filling up my tank and watching the bill go higher and higher as much as the next guy, but The Center for Investigative Reporting has just released a study which shows that the price we pay for gas in the U.S. is artificially low — and I have to agree 100%. Their study [...]
