Cheap beats organic during hard times

Prior to our latest economic downturn our food buying habits were slowly changing away from the mass produced food items of extremely questionable quality to more organic and Fairtrade food stuffs. According to Geoff ... Read >

Excuse me, but is that a daisy growing out of your camera lens?

I’m not much of a camera buff but I know a lot of folks in the tech world are. In some cases it seem to go hand in hand, just as poker does. This ... Read >

Futuristic looking bike racks here today

As transportation cost go up a lot of people are looking at alternatives and when it comes to living in metropolitan areas bicycles are at the top of the list. The big problem with ... Read >

New report shows Mississippi Delta to lose 4,000 square miles

One of the biggest debate going on between global climate change believers and detractors is the rise of sea levels around the world. When it comes to the US a new study in the ... Read >

Green is the new bad when it comes to your landscape

For most of us water has always been something that we never really about. We use it for drinking,  washing everything from ourselves to our cars and keeping our nice green lawns from fading ... Read >

The case for city living gets better

In both the environmental circles and city planning circles the idea of doing everything possible to increase the livability of city, and primarily the city core, has become a major discussion point. A ... Read >

Let’s see … iPhone or less harm to the environment – which would you pick?

Technology is a driving force in our world, however if that world is facing environmental problems which do you think the majority of people would choose? The Shelton Group wondered the same thing ... Read >

Microsoft enters the energy management space with Microsoft Hohm

Microsoft is launching a new energy management service "Microsoft Hohm" Wednesday, an online application that will allow users to view how much power they use. Unlike Google's move into energy management which includes the use of smart ... Read >

Canadian Scientists Breeding Environmentally Friendly Cows

Scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada are currently doing genetic research to isolate the genes in cows that are responsible for the methane production in the animal's four stomachs. The methane emitted by cows accounts for ... Read >

The changing city landscape in the US

Every once in a while we need to have a reality check and right now it appears that we might be getting a big one when it comes to our cities. For much too ... Read >

7 Home Water Makers for you to consider

Water. The lifeblood of our world, and us. Without water we don’t live very long and with polluted water we don’t live very well. As we face a potential shortage of water one ... Read >

A state of transition for the US ‘land of highways’

Pretty well since the 1950’s the US has been considered the ‘land of the automobile’ and by extension from that the ‘land of highways’. The Interstate highway system has long been held up as ... Read >

We know the National Debt clock but how about one for greenhouse gases?

Pretty well every American knows about the National Debt Clock located on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. It’s a stark reminded for anyone that passes it by just how far in debt ... Read >

Could Phoenix show a bigger desire for public rail than we think?

When Phoenix first started laying out plans for their modern light rail system they were only projecting some 25,000 weekly riders. It turns out that since they opened up a 20 mile line with ... Read >

SG Blocks brings style to the shipping container housing movement

No longer the domain of students and crunchy hippies, shipping container housing has moved from dystopian concept art to sexy living space. The United States imports more than it exports, and ports are overrun with shipping containers- which ... Read >

San Francisco readies $500 fines for bad recyclers

If you can’t embarrass people into proper recycling habits as in the case of Seattle you can always go the route of San Francisco and fine the people who refuse to sign up for ... Read >

Home wind turbines coming to Ace Hardware

Want to get in on the whole wind power thing and maybe reduce your energy bills by even a little bit? Well sometime this fall you’ll be able to head over to your ... Read >

Are we headed to an Internet Dark Ages?

The common wisdom these days is that the Internet and Web, as well as technology in general, will continue on a forward momentum. It will constantly add to our collective knowledge and increase our achievements as it ... Read >

Biking to work. A little encouragement goes a long way

The environment and our impact on it as we make our way though our day is something that we are taking more of an interest in. The one area of our daily work life ... Read >

$50 million to go organic

Much of the farming we see being done these days is mega-corporate type farms with abundant use of chemicals to increase produce yields. It isn’t very often these days that you see family farms ... Read >

Technology to take power usage through the roof

Last year the world spent $80 billion (USD) on electricity to power all the gadgets we can’t seem to do without anymore. This poser demand has increased due to the rise in computers, MP3 ... Read >

3 ways to deal with E-waste

As more and more people climb on the technology bandwagon as they discover the joys of being always connected they are also discovering a big downside to technology. It leaves us with a whole bunch ... Read >