Great Green Wall of Trees for Africa
July 15th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), in an effort to lessen desertification and drought in Africa, is helping to plant a [&hellip
Browsing the "climate change" Tag
Geoengineering: Peru Paints Mountain White to Save Glacier
June 22nd, 2010 | by Jennifer Lance
Painting the roses red We’re painting the roses red We dare not stop Or waste a drop So let the [&hellip
The UN Urges a Vegan World
June 9th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
What will the projected 9.1 billion people on Earth by 2050 eat? Are animal products a generation or two away [&hellip
Preventing Urban Sprawl with Parks
June 8th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
I love this idea. Sort of obvious once you think about it, but hardly considered or discussed when talking about [&hellip
You Might Need This Some Day
April 30th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Here’s a green living idea – a survival tool that you might need in the future after a few decades [&hellip
50 Low-Carbon Villages in Taiwan
April 26th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
This week Taiwan announced their intention to create 50 “low-carbon villages” by the end of 2011. According to Taiwan’s Environmental [&hellip
How to Make Earth Day Significant
April 15th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
You probably have a handful of options in your community for what you can do on Earth Day. Hopefully, each [&hellip
Reinvent Cities to Stop Climate Change
April 12th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
My professional training as a city planner is without a doubt part of the reason this topic idea caught my [&hellip
Forests Killed From Bark Beetle Infestation – What Can We Do?
April 5th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Because a wide swathe of the US and Canadian pine forest is currently dying prematurely due to ever increasing Mountain [&hellip
Vegetarianism and the Environment
April 2nd, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
As a vegetarian who believes that living a vegetarian life is more of a moral or spiritual issue than anything [&hellip
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