World leaders are preparing to meet in December for the Copenhagen Climate Talks, but by all accounts it’s startin…
Berlin’s Red-Light Scene Goes Green
In Germany, prostitution is legal and provides work for an estimated 400,000 people. But like many industries, it has be…
Compulsory Road Pricing to Stop Global Warming?
It could happen. It’s already being (re)considered in the UK. In 2004, the then British Transport Secretary, Alist…
Squash Air Leaks with Chimney Balloons and Smoke Pencils
Are you ready for winter? Have you figured out how to keep the energy bills down? Is the house all bundled up to stop th…
Here’s Your Receipt. Would You Like BPA with That?
Everyone knows that shopping can be dangerous to your bank balance. But did you know it could also be dangerous to your …
This Place Is a Dump…We’ll Take It!
Could converting the huge amounts of garbage sitting in landfills around the world into biofuel be the answer to the gro…
Rio De Janeiro’s Eco Barriers: Protecting the Environment or Hiding the Slums?
Debate is raging over Rio De Janeiro’s proposed eco-barriers designed, according to officials, to protect its enda…
Newsweek’s Green Ranking List
Who’s the greenest of them all? That’s the question that researchers at Newsweek magazine have been asking o…