A recent Ipsos Reid survey  in Canada revealed that the current crop of teenagers hasn’t quite got the hang of having a small ecological footprint. Almost 94% said that they should be environmentally conscious, but just 20% said they make an effort to purchase environmental products. We all face the challenge of not just talking the talk, but ...

Much like fuel efficiency in cars there is an opportunity to make your home or business use fuel more efficiently as well. This can be accomplished the old fashioned way by turning the thermostat down and opening windows instead of using air conditioning.But for a more systematic approach companies like Comverge and Enernoc provide automated ...

You are right Mark that Arnie was originally elected on a hard nosed Republican platform.  However,  his re-election in 2006 came from voters who had witnessed a transformation in his ideas and policies towards a more sustainable future.

According to Arnold we need to make environmental issues sexy in order to attract more people to the cause. He’s right, but he's not the first one to try and bring a higher level of awareness through the tried and true method used by car companies, beer companies and sports organizations alike.Ryan Kennedy of Brain Mulch fame volunteered as an ...

Real estate has often been considered as a safe choice for long-term investments. The Financial Post recently reported that the price increase for the corn used in the production of ethanol is having a ripple effect on the price of farm land. In fact the boom in prairie and mid west land prices is increasing faster than metropolitan real estate ...

A new label presented an ethical clothing collection at London fashion week recently. Amana is the name for the new label, which means, “delivered in confidence” in Moroccan. The partners Helen Wood and Erin Tabrar have created clothing from fabrics that have minimal impact on the environment. Using hemp, organic cotton and silk, the clothes ...

Australia who has been criticized in the past for not signing onto the Kyoto Protocol is now leading the way as the first country to implement legislation phasing out traditional incandescent light bulbs by 2012. According to recent reports  the Australian government’s decision to phase out the light bulbs is aimed at reducing electricity ...

The American Solar Energy Society has recently released a 200 page report explaining how concentrating solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV), wind power, biomass, biofuels, and geothermal power, along with increased energy efficiency, can significantly reduce carbon emissions by some 1.2 billion tons a year by 2030.''Takling Climate Change in the ...

A series of concerts planned for July will be showcasing musical talent from around the world. The concerts called “Live Earth” are being organized by Al Gore and the Save Our Selves (S.O.S.) campaign for Climate Crisis. The concerts will take place on July 7, 2007. London, Sydney, Shanghai and Johannesburg and Rio de Janerio have been confirmed ...

Well it's been a week since the release of the UN’s IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report that states that ''warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” The cause of the warming is “a very high confidence that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 is one of warming.” The term “very high confidence” ...