Via The Atlantic, the National Archives has released 15,000 different images from an EPA project in 1971 to document how we interacted with the environment and how it affects our every day life. The project, called DOCUMERICA, allows us to see how bad the environment had gotten in the 1960′s, and The Atlantic combed through [...]
According to a study in the journal Nature Geoscience, it looks like it will be at least 1,500 years before the next ice age occurs. Good news, right? Not exactly. While an ice age may seem like an event only portrayed in history books and Hollywood movies, the fact is that they normally happen every [...]
Finally, some good news coming out of Washington, D.C. According to the Associated Press, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be finalizing a 20-year ban on uranium mining today on over 1 million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon. Granted, there are already thousands of mining claims in place around the area, which won’t [...]
In my investigation into pasture-based farming, I’ve stumbled upon an alarming state of affairs: few animal scientists see any link between animal feed and human food. “Feed animals anything you want,” say the experts, “and it makes no difference to their meat, milk, or eggs.” Because of this mindset, our animals are being fed just [...]
Q: I always hear about hair products and sprays that claim to be natural and organic based. What are some hair products that can be purchased that are legit and cause no harm to the environment? Many common hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners and hair sprays, can pose health hazards. Most of the shampoos [...]
The other day on Twitter someone asked me if I had a resource for finding local, grass-fed meat and dairy products, and I decided that I would mention it here as well because you guys may be interested too. There is a website called Eat Wild which is a tremendous source of information on finding [...]
The EPA has released their most recent Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data (for 2010) and the data shows that the overall release of pollutants into our environment increased 16% from 2009. The TRI provides information each year on toxic chemical disposals and releases into the air, land and water, and during 2010 approximately 3.93 billion [...]
