Bear Butte is a sacred mountain located eight miles east of Sturgis, South Dakota. It is registered as a National Historical Landmark. Also take a look at www.bearbutte.com
Hundreds gathered on Nob Hill last night for the kickoff event for the Ecocity 2008 World Summit, organized by Richard Register of Berkeley's Ecocity Builders.
Did you know you can charge up a spin-dryer using an exercise bike? You saw it first in Nimbin, reports Niamh Griffin. The average person looks at a bicycle and sees a way to get from one place to the next. Sure it does not use petrol or produce gases
The Sierra Club has partnered with Clorox on a new line of natural, non-petroleum-based cleaning products: Greenworks. We've said for years that sustainability shouldn't be a luxury for only the affluent, and Greenworks is the first line of
Q: I am tired of my high electric bills and consuming so much fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil). I like the idea of using a small windmill to produce my own electricity. What are the options for a house?
Our yard is small (we live in an urban neighborhood), so rather than buying a smog-belching gas mower, or even a much more efficient electric mower, I invested in a reel mower. Yep, one of those "old fashioned" lawn mowers you probably once saw...
Mothballs may be effective, but the smell leaves a lot to be desired. Matching the smell is a mothball's toxicity - they are rather nasty from an environmental point of view. Back when I was growing up, mothballs were made mainly of naphthalene, which..
It turns out that Snow White was a role model for saving the forest and Walt Disney was a secret environmentalist, inserting subliminal messages into his cartoons. Who knew? According to a recent book by two Cambridge academics, all those years of...
The Green Living Tips tree planting program assists communities throughout the world via Trees for the Future. Countries and regions receiving assistance including Honduras, Belize, Asia, India, the Philippines and Africa. For each visitor who signs..
Carbon dioxide emissions from American power plants leapt by nearly three per cent last year, the biggest annual increase in nearly a decade, according to analysis of government figures by an environmental watchdog.
Forest crime: a disappearing act with tragic consequences
Illegal logging occurs in all types of forests, from Brazil to Canada, Cameroon to Kenya, and from Indonesia to Russia, destroying nature, damaging communities and distorting trade.
This Month: Your projects, are girls growing up too fast, averting ecological collapse and inspiring futures. // Are you finding or seeking ways to make life more sustainable, joyful, better in some small way? How is it going? Share your experiences and
