Google Maps released a feature that gives turn-by-turn biking directions in 150 American cities this week, as it has pre…
Carbon Emissions
E-Readers: Cute as a Button or a Real Page Burner?
E-readers are spineless compared with hardcover books, lacking the soulful carbon fingerprints of readers past. You cann…
The Story of Cap & Trade Video Begs Us to Get Real
“Get real! This is the biggest crisis humanity has faced,” warns Annie Leonard in her latest environmental e…
Renting Is the New Buying: From Cars to Clothes, Bags to Bling, Leasing Cuts the Cash and Carbon
Better hope the lease isn’t up on the crystal stemware when your mother-in-law comes over for dinner. Is encouragi…
In: Convoys. Out: Carpools
Commuting could take on a whole new meaning with the Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) research project fund…
Big Pharma One of Our Biggest Polluters
A new study has found that the American health care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country’s carbon dioxide …
KISS My Carbon Footprint
Anyone who subscribes the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid) philosophy will appreciate the results of this new study recentl…
Sweden to Label Foods’ Footprints
Buying food really was a whole lot easier a hundred years ago. There was less choice, the food was usually homegrown or …