Fifteen years ago this week, my youngest son spent his very first Christmas in the hospital fighting to breathe. It was one of his earliest battles with asthma, a disease both he and his brother have struggled with over the years.
So when I say that clean air and children’s health are top priorities for me [...]
I’ve been freelancing since 1992….- tr
The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we’re reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility, with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees — young ones especially — to work odd hours, telecommute and otherwise tweak the [...]
The vegetable plots are the most visible sign of an amazing plan: to make Todmorden the first town in the country that is self-sufficient in food.‘And we want to do it by 2018,’ says Mary Clear, 56, a grandmother of ten and co-founder of Incredible Edible, as the scheme is called.‘It’s a very ambitious aim. [...]
Just three years ago, the manmade fires here were so fierce smoke would blot out the Amazon sky, turning the days dark. Towering rainforest trees exploded in flames, their canopies cleared to let pasture grow for cattle.The ash that snowed down onto this jungle town was shin-deep. Dirty layers hid red-hot timber chunks, glowing coals [...]
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming talks. Accelerating installations of solar- and wind-power plants led to lower equipment prices, making clean energy more competitive with coal.”The progress of renewables has been [...]
A billion-dollar project by SolarCity to stick solar panels on military housing across the country will proceed solely with private financing, after the federal government backed out in the wake of Solyndra’s bankruptcy.
SolarCity, based in San Mateo, will report today that it has reached an agreement with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to fund the [...]
While still onboard the ISS, Peter Gabriel and I brainstormed some ideas for using this type of imagery to help tell the Fragile Oasis story. The possibilities are truly exciting, and I can’t wait to see where this leads. I hope it will help people follow our missions not as spectators, but as fellow crewmembers, [...]
Wind power, on paper, sounds like a good idea. No emissions generated. High potential for energy generation, when optimally located. No dependence on foreign oil.
And yet, wind power often gets hit with a number of doubts and concerns: first, theres the fact that the wind does not always blow. Will it be a source of [...]
This is the fast track to a sustainable future… KUDOS to companies going green! -TR
Big companies are discovering that going green does not just mean saving trees, but dollar bills, too. By becoming more sustainable, they are increasingly cutting costs and having a positive social impact.Snack company Frito-Lay has recently unveiled one of the greenest [...]
Last night, Michael Moore made his fifth visit to #OccupyWallStreet and delivered an exuberant, celebratory, inspiring sermon via the “human mic” from the steps on the east side of Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park).
The burgeoning movement against economic injustice is spreading like wildfire. If you’re not in or around New York City, there are Occupy solidarity [...]
The environmental group Sierra Club has filed suit against the University of Florida, arguing that the institution illegally withheld records related to controversial research on fertilizer use.The suit stems from a paper published in 2009 that criticized counties, such as Sarasota, for passing laws restricting fertilizer use during the summer rainy season. The paper said [...]
In a surprise move, authors’ groups slammed their one-time university partners with a lawsuit demanding that the schools’ surrender digital collections and stop working with Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The lawsuit opens a new phase in the fight over digital libraries and comes the same week that Google’s controversial books settlement is expected to die in [...]
Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe urged Japan’s new prime minister on Tuesday to halt plans to restart nuclear power plants and instead abandon nuclear energy.
Oe cautioned Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda against prioritizing the economy over safety. Noda has said he will allow idled nuclear plants to resume operation when their safety is confirmed.
via Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel [...]
Hello! Check out my story on community gardening! – tr:
Considered by some to be a sexy subversive social movement, guerrilla gardening is an interesting evolution of activism among artists, horticulturalists, social reformers, and foodies who choose to react against harsh concrete jungles by helping blighted lands return to a semblance of Eden.
via Subaru Drive [...]
What is there to say about Ray Anderson, the iconic and iconoclastic industrialist, who passed away today at age 77 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer? Over the past two decades, he has been deservedly celebrated and awarded like almost no one else in the world of green business.
Anderson, you likely know, was founder [...]
The Southern Environmental Law Center says, “demand from existing and proposed [biomass] plants for wood fuel could easily outstrip the supply of available wood waste, meaning the facilities will need standing trees to meet the demand.” Scientific research suggests that growing trees for fuel would create more carbon pollution than allowing forests to absorb and [...]
Mike Paradis’s family has staked its livelihood on bees for eight generations.
The tradition began in France and spread to Canada in the 1800s, when one of Mr. Paradis’s ancestors arrived in Quebec by ship, bees in tow. The family still has a beekeeping presence in the province, as well as in [...]
The British Columbia government is working toward legislation that would ban home use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes, a practice that is linked to childhood leukemia and other cancers.
via B.C. eyes ban on home use of pesticides.
In the next weeks and months, Lisa P. Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is scheduled to establish regulations on smog, mercury, carbon dioxide, mining waste and vehicle emissions that will affect every corner of the economy.
via E.P.A. Chief Stands Firm as Tough Rules Loom – NYTimes.com.
The Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, meeting in Geneva, decided to list endosulfan under annex III to the Convention on Friday.
This makes prior informed consent of importing countries necessary for export of the pesticide. India, an exporter, did not object to listing of the pesticide.
India exports half of its annual production of [...]
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