Perhaps you’ve heard of the ‘No Impact Man,’ Colin Beavan, who, in 2006, with his wife and daughter, went off the grid in New York City to minimize their negative impact on the environment.
This incredible experiment, which inspired a blog, a book and a movie, has now inspired a challenge to which more than 2000 [...]
This past weekend, the 2009 Solar Decathlon kicked off on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Hosted by US Department of Energy and open to the public Oct 9-13 and 15-18, the Solar Decathlon is an international collegiate competition in which student teams compete to design, build, and operate highly energy-efficient, completely solar-powered houses.
Teams will be [...]
Design your dream vacation at home. Consider a vacation with no packing, no airports, no stress and less environmental impact.
A staycation is an economical and environmental alternative to a conventional vacation of travel. It’s a vacation spent experiencing the great things that home and close to home provide.
There are lots of reasons to stacation: financial [...]
Harnessing the Power of the Jet Stream
Researchers have compiled the first global survey of wind energy at high altitudes, where currents blow more steadily and 10 times faster than near-surface winds. If the energy of the jet stream energy could be harnessed using tethered, generator-kites, it could provide a major source of electricity for cities [...]
Chinese Ban on Plastic Bags Saves Oil
“Banning flimsy plastic bags has been dismissed as a drop in the ocean when it comes to dealing with the world’s environment problems, but multiplied on a China scale, it appears to have made a big difference.”
Recycling? Fuhgeddaboudit
Susan Burton takes an entertaining, sometimes disturbing but informative look at the [...]
This week is International Compost Awareness Week — really!
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), established in 1995, promotes awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource. ICAW takes place this year from May 3-9. This year’s theme is “Compost!…Recycling The Way Nature Meant It To Be.” In nature, compost just happens. Leaves, plant debris, dead [...]
Guest Post by Adam Downing
Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent, Forestry & Natural Resources
With the approach of Arbor Day, we should all have plans to plant a tree. To encourage you in this direction, I would like to recap some of the wonderful services trees offer.
(Note: If you do not have a yard or space to plant [...]
We may very well not be alone in our galaxy.  While most people concieve that there is life elsewhere in the universe, it is almost surreal to know that not only is it true but that life may not be that far from Earth, astronmically speaking.
A little more than 20.5 light years away exists a planet that [...]
With burgeoning interest in local food and the revival of Victory Gardens, from your house to the White House, I found this article, from Kitchen Gardeners International, supportive of our individual efforts to reconnect with the food chain.
Consumers are taking action in record numbers, inspired by both health and the recession. According to the [...]
Daniel Sheridan, a student on the combined master’s Consumer Product Design degree course, at Coventry University in the UK, designed a simple see-saw which when played on by children at schools in the developing world, generates electricity to help power up their school.
Following is the sixth in a series of six personal stories, complied by the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, CA, and presented here at Ecology-Today in the hope of inspiring your own resolutions for a more eco-friendly New Year.
Senior Cottages Get a Makeover
With energy costs in the neighborhood of $29,000/year and an annual budget [...]
Following is the fifth in a series of six personal stories, complied by the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, CA, and presented here at Ecology-Today in the hope of inspiring your own resolutions for a more eco-friendly New Year.
Tackling the ‘Electronics Corner’
Shams Barnhart
CEC loaned a Kill-A-Watt meter to Shams this summer and asked him [...]
