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.  ...

America's top green heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing his much-anticipated environmental film, The 11th Hour, to the Cannes Film Festival for a special screening this Saturday. And although there's no way most of us are going to make it there for the event, we're pretty excited nonetheless. DiCaprio's film features interviews with ...

It seems like green-tinted celebs are working overtime these days -- joining causes, donating time and money and making others aware of important issues. Many of them get a lot of flack for missteps and moments of bad judgment, but we think these entertainers are doing a lot more good than harm; by almost anyone's standards. Drew Barrymore ...

The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is running a campaign called Meatless Mondays. The campaign encourages everyone to replace one day of meat eating with one day of vegetarian meals and by doing so we can help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. However, Meatless Mondays has an additional benefit by reducing ...

After watching a humorous Mother's Day video that reminded me a little of myself, I realized even greenies, constantly surrounded by unique and luxurious products, might need a little help finding their mom a gift on Mother's Day. You got her bamboo towels last year and she just bought some solar lights for her garden. She's got a collection of ...

The US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) this week has dramatically increased its membership to include General Motors, Shell, Pepsi, and Johnson & Johnson among others. GM is the first automobile company to join the coalition. As the Environmental Defense  points out this increase in membership gives the group considerable leverage. ...

Is it coincidence that we call the planet Mother Nature? There are definite similarities in raising children and nurturing the complex ecological balance that makes up our natural environment. Both kids and the planet require a stable consistent atmosphere to thrive and grow. Also, both mothers and Mother Nature are often under appreciated. In ...

It's hard to believe at first, grass that's drought tolerant, green all summer and only needs mowing once a month or less. The owners of Canada's Wildflower Farms didn't believe it at first either -- and they're the ones who created it. Eco-lawn is a mix of fescues that are slow-growing and have thin, green blades. The seed grows just as well in ...