Going Green

With oil prices constantly rising, the need for alternative energies is becoming greater and greater. In addition to the economic costs, the stress on the environment has been excessive, and climate change is becoming a very real threat. Therefore, we need to find a solution, and fast. Biofuels are popular, but the most utilized ones [...]

In this day and age of frantically trying to lessen our impact on the environment, if you take a look around, you’ll see that not only are consumers doing their best to go green, but companies as well. The reason why it’s so important to encourage companies to go green is because by cutting down [...]

Everyone loves a holiday, the break from work, the de-stressing from everyday life. With the advent of cheap airplane tickets, we can go pretty much anywhere in the world for pretty much nothing. This is partly related to what I wanted to write about today, ecotourism. If we grab a quick quote from wikipedia: Eco-tourism, [...]

Something we do not normally consider when buying food, is how much carbon footprint the foods actually have. Many of us would base the food we buy from the price, rather than any other metric (I know I certainly do!), but how many of us are actually aware of how much it costs in kg’s [...]

Are you going to be entering college soon, or will you be sending your children to college soon? If so, and if you care about the environment, then why not look into the colleges that are going green and doing things to reduce their carbon emissions, those who promote reuse and recycling, and those who [...]