Whale watching tours in Baja are huge business. So are eco-lodges in the Amazon, run by indigenous tribes who now need English lessons so they can improve customer service for tourists. Polar bear safaris are booming, because people will pay through the nose to go and see the bears before they go extinct: Time Limited [...]
On Saturday a friend and I drove through coastal California, from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. Before we left, she began to fret about water. She wanted it filtered, and we couldn’t find any. Finally I commented that since most of the world’s people have to worry about shit and bugs in their water, I [...]
What could be better than the new Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS); a recent bill that lets you trade in your old, gas-guzzling klunker for a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle?
When I first heard about it, I had to grind my teeth, since I just missed out on the cash bonanza. My 12 year old Honda [...]
The latest news is that the execs of the banks that got bailed out have earmarked a large amount of the bailout money to pay themselves end of year bonuses. Now we’re going to bail out GM too, again by forking over millions to the very execs whose miserably bad decisions got GM into this [...]
Scientists have shown that in order to keep global warming and climate change from reaching truly devastating levels every country needs to lower its carbon output by 27% each year. That means starting now. Kyoto II, a plan to be decided on at meetings in Copenhagen next autumn, has the potential to completely change the [...]
GoSustainable is a non-profit breaking new ground in agricultural labeling, expanding to a whole-system approach (including soil fertility, integrated pest management, water conservation and native crops), rather than focusing exclusively on organic farming methods. Working with rural farmers in developing world markets, GoSustainable certifies sustainably grown crops through its Global Farm label. Putting the power [...]
It’s interesting that the manifestation movement became mainstream around the time that the great rug-pull of globalization began to seriously affect the economic stability of millions of Americans.
The prevailing ideology in any culture is one that serves its reigning economic system, concealing the truth of its power relations and its real aims, veiling them with [...]
Doing something great for the environment also does wonders for your bank account. Fresh on the market from Eco Hatchery is the Eco Starter Kit which helps you save over $260 a year on utility bills, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global warming.
Inside the Kit are key energy-saving tools that help reduce [...]
I’m sniffing a new scent on the wind in the US these days. It could be my imagination, but it seems to me there is a real change in the air.
- First of all, there’s the financial bail-out, and the widespread disgust at the greed and the arrogance of the people involved. The 400,000 dollar [...]
A Florida credit union is spreading the green in more ways than one with a “Go Green” initiative to increase environmental awareness and conservation in the communities it serves.
FAIRWINDS Credit Union of Orlando introduced a number of programs in September that encourage conservation by its staff, customers and the general public, including one that pays [...]
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