Power Hogs: Greening Internet Data Centers
Streamlining data centers may be the low hanging fruit when it comes to finding ways to reduce the electricity consumption of our Internet usage.
Solar Panels Vs. Solar Shingles: What You Need to Know
Several homeowners are now keen on going green and saving energy for their homes, and what better way to do this than to shift to solar energy use.
A Poem To Remind Us Barbara A. Mendelsohn's LITTERNY Keeps Us Vigilant
Barbara Mendelsohn’s poem Litterny reminds us we all play a role in keeping litter in check throughout society.
The Deadly Gift of the Carboniferous Period How an Accident of History Made Modern Life Possible – and May Destroy It
An accident of history—the uninterrupted buildup of carbon in our trees—made modern life possible, but now it may destroy it…
How Is Melting Permafrost Affecting Arctic Communities?
In the Arctic, a great change is taking place. Permafrost, which covers around 25 percent of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, is melting.
Daylighting = Reduced Energy Consumption
When businesses incorporate daylighting into their building design plans, they can dramatically cut energy usage, reduce waste and save money.
5 Alternative Technologies Helping Manage Sewage Waste
Lots of recent innovation in waste management promises to improve efficiency and leave behind less of a negative footprint.
How Geothermal Energy Should Be Used
With climate change once again in the spotlight, it’s important to look beyond just solar & wind to the largely underutilized geothermal energy.
The Environmental Bright Side of the Coronavirus?
The reduction in pollution emissions thanks to the Coronavirus keeping everyone home is actually a boon for the environment…
1960-2019 By the Numbers: It Isn’t Rocket Science
Fully 80% of all manmade CO2 emissions ever produced have been generated since 1960, and half of all emissions have been generated just since 1990.
What We’re Reading: Crosscut, Sea Change, Rooted & Rising, The Rule of Five
Books we are reading including The Rule of Five, Rooted and Rising and Sea Change.
Reading Time: A Climate Policy Revolution What the Science of Complexity Reveals about Saving Our Planet
The sheer complexity of climate change stops most solutions in their tracks. How do we give up fossil fuels when energy is connected to everything, from great-power contests to the value of your pension? Global economic growth depends on consumption, but that also produces the garbage now choking the oceans. To give up cars, coal, […]