by Admin | Mar 21, 2014 | Articles, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, GMO, Green Energy, Resources, Sustainability
Thursday, March 20th, marked the beginning of the D.C. Environmental Film Festival, which hosts a stellar line-up of 200 films (many of them free), including stories about shady politicians, the impacts of technology on our happiness, and cancer-causing chemicals. The...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2014 | Articles, Sustainability
At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on 2/28, Apple CEO Tim Cook laid some verbal bluntness on the company’s conservative investors who want Apple to abandon some of its progressive policies. Over the last several years the company has been advancing progressive...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2014 | Articles, Green Energy, Sustainability
The U.S. last week announced that it would be filing a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India over domestic content requirements in its massive new solar program. India plans to double renewable energy capabilities within the next three years—but as...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2014 | Articles, Green Energy, Resources, Sustainability
The Ivanpah solar power plant in California, which opened Thursday, February 13th, took almost four years and thousands of workers assembling millions of parts to complete. It is the first electric generator of its kind. Almost 350,000 mirrors the size of garage doors...
by Admin | Feb 12, 2014 | Articles, Sustainability
Did you know that more than half of the world’s population lives in cities? Cities often offer greater career potential, educational opportunities, and more—but have limited space. As more of the population has migrated to urban landscapes, many have begun to feel the...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2014 | Articles, Green Energy, Sustainability
Being green at home is easy enough to do—it just has to be thought of. Our culture is one of consumption, and from an early age many of us are taught to consume what we need and throw out all the rest. The problem is, when there are more than 7 billion inhabitants of...
