Organic Grapes, Organic Wine
Organic wine is here to stay thanks to several pioneering American wineries incorporating local produce and green packaging.
Organic wine is here to stay thanks to several pioneering American wineries incorporating local produce and green packaging.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Estoy un poco preocupada acerca de los rumores que se va a usar hidrógeno como combustible. ¿No fue el hidrógeno el que causó la explosión del dirigible Hindenburg en los años 1930?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Soy una peluquera (estilista) y he estado reflexionando recientemente acerca del efecto sobre la salud y el ambiente de los productos estilizadores que uso todos los días en mis clientes.
The nonprofit Land Trust Alliance (LTA) reported last week that Americans have increased the conservation of private lands by more than 50 percent in just five years. Currently about 37 million acres of private land has been set aside as natural areas across the U.S., as compared to just 24 million acres when the group last conducted such a tally in 2000. LTA works with local land trusts to help conserve private lands.
The famed Appalachian Trail that stretches from Georgia to Maine may just become America’s largest living laboratory for environmental science, if an unlikely grouping of institutions has its way. The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are teaming up with Cornell University, the National Geographic Society, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the American Hiking Society to launch the Appalachian Trail Mega-Transect, a comprehensive and ongoing assessment of various environmental indicators along the 2,200-mile hiking trail.
Last week I showed the Al Gore film An Inconvenient Truth to an audience in the basement of my church, United Congregational, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was, I imagine, an event mirrored across the country, as the producers of the film have made it very widely available without charge to community groups for free showings.
Millions of people around the world use shampoos, conditioners and dyes on their hair regularly without any discernable harm. But recent studies have linked some of the ingredients in these products to various human health problems
The explosion of the Hindenburg blimp in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937 killed 36 people and was one of the worst air disasters of the period, but hydrogen was probably not the culprit
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Dónde puedo hallar regalos ecológicos para amigos y familia durante las festividades de navidad?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Varios de mis vecinos han instalado calderas exteriores a leña para calefaccionar sus hogares en vez de depender del petróleo o gas natural. Pero, ¿es bueno para la salud el humo creado por estas calderas?