Earth Day is this Wednesday and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (known NASA to most) plans to celebrate by inviting members of the public to visit one of its facilities to take part in activities aimed at spreading awareness about the space agency’s efforts to protect the planet. At first glance, NASA seems quite wasteful. The ...

Ever wonder about the environmental impact of book and newspaper publishing? The billions of books, newspapers and magazines that are produced daily MUST have a major impact on the environment, right? I’ll be honest here. As a bibliophile and a greenie, I’ve been avoiding that particular question for some time. I stopped using plastic bags and ...

Remember that scene in Waterworld where Kevin Costner’s character pees into a contraption that filters his urine into drinking water? Or the Mad Max movie with Tina Turner in which the town is fueled by pig poop?Turns out, they may have been onto something. According to a report in Reuters, a pioneer program in Orange County, California, will ...

April is Earth Month, and on Wednesday April 22 communities the world over will celebrate Earth Day. While every day should be considered earth day, April 22 marks the calendar day when global consciousness turns to environmental issues like climate change, conservation, energy issues, pollution and  the host of eco-topics affecting our ...

If you were looking for yet another reason to hate the spammers that pollute your e-mail inbox, you’re in luck. It turns out that spam is really bad for the environment. Computer security company McAfee Inc. (best known for their antivirus software) has just released what the company is calling the ''Carbon Footprint of E-mail Spam ...

Using technology to control the climate – it sounds like something out of a bad sci-fi film, but it may be closer to reality than you think. As global warming continues to push the planet towards the brink of climate disaster, even radical ideas like using technology to cool the planet must be discussed. John Holdren, the new science adviser to ...

Cars are one of the greatest inventions for giving individuals freedom. Unfortunately because of air pollution from traditional internal combustion engines our love affair with the car needs some rethinking. Ideally, I would like to buy a car that could run on bio-diesel, this avoids the use of  fossil fuels entirely. Depending on where you ...

Many people think that 2007 may well be the tipping point for the environmental issues to become mainstream in North America. It hasn't taken long for Hollywood to reflect the concern about global warming by presenting movies with an environmental message.  The 11th Hour - premiering at Cannes, is slated to take over where Al Gore's ...

A recent national survey determined that 72% of the American public doesn't know that the raw material for plastic bags comes from fossil fuels. In fact many of today's conventional plastic products are made from petroleum products including oil. Plastics are in every part of our lives, from bags and water bottles to fabrics and packaging.  ...

The third UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report was released Friday and came with some good news and bad for environmental groups. First the good --delegates resisted pressure to tone down the report, which says there is still time to avoid the worst effects of global warming if we take drastic action in reducing our dependace ...