From Lunch to Landfill
This mini-film, brought to us by Mae Ryan at KPCC, shows the path that our food takes from plate to landfill. Despite 65% being recycled in the LA area (a considerably higher rate than in less developed rural areas) watch in awe at the immense amount of waste our »
Buy Locally, Sustain Globally
Consider buying your food, especially produce and meat, through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). CSA has become increasingly popular in recent years due to the benefits that it provides to both farmers and consumers. In CSA, a farmer will offer a certain »
Ego | Eco: The Fall From Disgrace
In the wake of Earth day, we invite you to add a caption to this image in the comments below to add your own flavor to the process it describes. Author's caption: The Fall From Disgrace. »
Swedish Lessons in Sustainability: Hammarby Sjöstad
Earning the ‘European Green Capital’ title in 2010, Stockholm has become an exemplar city for sustainable urban development. However, it is not only the capital that adds to the greening of Sweden. From Malmö »
Paint Your Roof With Solar Power
By Green Futures A researcher believes thermoelectric paint could bring affordable DIY solar energy to the market within five years. "This weekend, dear, shall we clean out the basement or go solar?" This scenario may soon be a real possibility, using a »
Iceberg the White Orca: the Only One of His Kind?
Three weeks ago, scientists from the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP) released photos and videos of Iceberg, an all-white bull killer whale (Orcinus orca) which the researchers have spotted while they were studying »
Sable Island becomes National Park
Sable Island has gained protective status as a National Park and the decision is backed by environmental groups, but was it only for the money? »
The NICE Consumer Project: Sustainable Fashion Consumption
The Danish Fashion Institute, BSR and Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) have conducted a series of consultations with fashion industry and trade experts, civil »
The End of an Era: Canadian Government Cuts Funding for World-Renowned Experimental Lakes Area
In 1973, in one of the most famous ecological studies to date, an experiment was conducted where David Schindler and colleagues divided an entire lake in half, leaving »
Veja: Sustainable and Ethical Fashion
Using organic cotton from agro-ecology initiatives in North Brazil, wild Amazonian rubber, and acacia tanned leather, Veja produces trainers and accessories which respect both the environment and workers’ rights, »
Princeton Senior Exploring Solution of Bamboo as Biofuel
If you pay any attention to headlines about alternative energy, you know by now that our two big problems with transportation fuels — our dependence on foreign oil »
Gucci: Sustainable Luxury at its Finest
Gucci, one of the world’s most iconic Italian brands, is changing the face of fashion by showing us that luxury does not have to come at the expense of people and planet. Today I catch up with Rossella Ravagli, »
The Affect of GMOs on Food Allergies
Today you will eat something that was born in a petri dish. You won’t realize it since it tastes good and looks exactly like food, but that's because it was engineered to have an enhanced taste, color, and appearance. »
Size Matters: A Smaller Carbon Footprint
Somehow modern life seems to have ingrained a distorted idea in our heads – the assumption that bigger is better. Most people are happy to live in, own, or drive the biggest and costliest they can afford (or get »
The Rise and Fall of Food Crops
One crop seed becomes extinct every single day. Evidence indicates that humans first started eating grain seeds and subsequently planting crops around 10,000 BC. Since then, farmers’ selection turned wild plants into a rich variety of agricultural crops. Each of »