We may be familiar with the importance of recycling and taking care of our environment every day, but let’s not forget about the annual celebration: Earth Day. The April 22nd holiday started back in the 1970s when a group of environmentalists sprouted. Then, in the 1990s, the celebration grew worldwide with 200 million people in 141 countries. […]
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Elon Musk has a plan to power the United States with solar alone. In the video above, you’ll see that it won’t require as many panels and/or batteries as you might think. A few nights ago, 04/30/2015, he pitched the idea of not only a better battery but also a better future.
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Being environmentally friendly has just gotten easier. Ecosia is a search engine that donates 80% of their generated income toward planting trees in West Africa. So why search with Ecosia? The answer is simple. The cost of planting one tree in Burkina Faso is 28 cents(EUR). It only takes one search with Ecosia to generate […]
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The environment: a very important, yet highly overlooked subject. People assume that every natural resource is infinitely abundant, but the truth is that issues like pollution can destroy so many of them. Many countries don’t have clean water because of the quantity of people living in such a small area, and some people don’t have access […]
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I wouldn’t say Environmental Science is my favorite class, but it’s definitely an interesting one. Not a day goes by without us discussing one of the many pressing issues concerning our environment today; and, somehow, we always connect it back to consumerism — or how many products we as humans make and consume each day, […]
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In a world where we have such easy access to information, it’s almost impossible to ignore the pending threat of climate change. The oceans rise, the ozone deteriorates, California dries up like a prune, and floods wash over Malaysia. Those in power hold meetings to discuss solutions, and they try to do damage control on […]
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Humans create a lot of waste. We’re basically perpetual-waste machines. And when I say “waste,” I’m not just talking about bathroom stuff. Think of all the Cheetos you’ve dropped over the years that the cat didn’t eat. Now think of everything else. Well, what if a bus could be powered by all those food bits and…other bits. Wouldn’t […]
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Three cheers for Lima, host of this year’s United Nations Climate-Change Conference (COP20) and a city that’s already proving how possible it is — and how fruitful it will be — to build a renewable-energy world.
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Could you live simpler? Could you live in a dumpster? Dr. Jeff Wilson, sometimes affectionately called “Professor Dumpster,” is dean of the University College and associate professor of Biological Sciences at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, and his Dumpster Project has already proven that the answer to both questions is “yes.” What I should have […]
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