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The great societal debate about cloth versus disposable diapers isn’t as simple as it might seem. Concerned parents should consider the process of production as well as the disposal of the diaper, and keep in mind that the most environmentally friendly choices usually are the best for your baby’s health. While disposable […]

 April 4th was National Walk to Work Day.  We might have missed it, but there’s no reason we can’t extend it to today and to places other than work.   As someone walks, he or she is saving money put into their vehicles (including costly repairs and gasoline) and spending a lot of their own energy instead - with each mile a person burns approximatly 100 calories. 
According to […]

As I plan my own wedding, I have been keeping an eye on my eco footprint my event will have.  While planning a wedding one is presented with an almost impossible number of options, as I keep an environmental eye on my selections, the choices are no less diminished.  You can buy earth-friendly napkins, invitations, flowers and […]

Reading Eagle’s Mike Urban said today it’s a good time to get rid of unwanted items, and disposing of them properly will help the environment, in his headline article “Green up your spring cleanup in Berks County.” The problem can be what to do with large, or chemical-based, or other stuff that shouldn’t –and […]

Anatevka move over. Concerns regarding the planet’s changing climate and the ills in the national housing market are serving to energize New Urbanism, says the Congress for the New Urbanism.
The movement’s holistic approach to building and rebuilding cities and towns – uniting the art of building, the creation of community, and the conservation of […]

Shadow of moon upon earth during eclipse
Voluntarily plunging into an hour of darkness….no, this isn’t a thrill-seekers adrenaline boost. It is Andy Ridley’s idea for raising awareness about global warming.
Some 2.2 million people participated in last year’s ‘Earth Hour’ in Sydney, cutting the central business district’s energy usage by more than 10 […]

Still trying into the hour spring forward? So are environmental researchers! Traditionally, daylight saving has been seen as a positive switch for the environment because of the decreased need for artificial lighting, which, with small appliances, accounts for 25% of United States’. In fact, the installation of daylight savings has always been […]

I was born and raised in Florida - the lightning, and (may as well be) mosquito capital of the world - but rarely has a mosquito dared come close to me. My brother and sister however, fresh and sweet from Illinois, are apparently irresistible. Am I lucky? …nah. I just have bad breath.

Lighters are made from and filled with fossil fuel based materials and they can take a millennium to breakdown when thrown away. Matches, on the other hand, come from a precious, but renewable resource. Which is the better of the two evils? According to The Tampa Bay Times and Hawaiian sustainability expert […]

A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

“The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told delegates at the opening ceremony. “It is the Noah’s […]