Since the law passed in January 1994, any new toilets installed in our homes have to be of the low-flow variety using no more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush. And lately, we have seen WaterSense labeled models which use less than 1.28 gallons per flush, an even better improvement over older toilets which [...]
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED It’s been a while since I have done a giveaway here on The Good Human, so I was pretty excited when M80 contacted me on behalf of Jambu Footwear about doing one! Jambu is a eco-friendly footwear line designed by and for women which uses 100% recycled and recyclable packaging, partially [...]
Let’s face it — we all need to buy shoes from time to time. Some more than others of course, but even if you wear a single pair of shoes for years you will eventually need to buy another pair, right? And while I always check out the local Goodwill or used clothing store to [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Recent news reports have revealed the discovery of previously unknown species inhabiting the deepest parts of our oceans. Is anything being done to protect this habitat before humans have a chance to fish it to death or otherwise destroy it? Unfortunately it may already be too late for some of the deep sea”™s [...]
Leave it up to young students to transform a traffic intersection into an energy source. It”™s too bad our politicians cannot think this far out of the box! Piezoelectric plates (the word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure) laid under walkways and the road capture the movement and vibrations of pedestrians and cars passing over [...]
If anyone is doing “it” right it is John Wells, who is living entirely off the grid and on his own terms in Terlingua, Texas. A former photographer in New York City, in 2007 Wells bought 40 acres of scrub land in west Texas for $8,000 and began building his own little off grid home [...]
The Zoetrope is a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) made from materials commonly found at your local hardware store and a few easily purchased online, and Applied Sciences has made the decision to “open source” the turbine for everyone who wants to try their hand at making one. With videos and a downloadable PDF construction guide, [...]
