TWO activists freed from a Japanese whaling ship following a two-day international standoff will continue to disrupt the fleet. They claim their mission has been successful and have vowed to repeat similar stunts "without a second thought".
An Arizona energy company is betting big on algae. PetroSun Biofuels has opened a commercial algae-to-biofuels farm on the Texas Gulf Coast near scenic Harlington Harlingen Texas. The farm is
Don’t resort immediately to that air-conditioner to keep cool. Actually, if you have that luxury, go right ahead! For the rest of us, we can find solace in these handy tips to keep the house
Bamboo grows wild in forest grooves in Asia, shutting out the sunlight and making forest management difficult. Instead of just complaining, some people at a non-profit group called Tojiba started using bamboo as raw material for market tents that
MRI Australia offers End-of-Life and End-of-Use Solutions for computer and telecommunications equipment through environmentally innovative Refurbishment, Remarketing and Recycling. MRI and the Centre for Design at RMIT University have developed the Transforming e-Waste into e-Commerce Web site. The aim of the site is to grow the market for second-life computer systems, thereby reducing the volume of IT equipment entering the waste stream
If you are at all concerned about your children's future and the state of the planet and you want to know what you can do about it, then Carbon Cops is a must see.
One of the major contributors to climate change is carbon dioxide (CO2). My colleague at Earth Policy Institute, Frances Moore, has been tracking CO2 emissions and recently released an Eco-Economy Indicator on CO2 emissions. Check out the Earth Policy
Good Computer, Bad Computer The Global eSustainability Initiative has released a report showing that while information and communications technologies (ICT) use a lot of energy and have an impact on global warming, that impact might not be negative. It is