As we face the urgent crises of climate and extinction, we need every tool available — including the law — to fight for life on Earth. By identifying “ecocide” as a prosecutable crime, as a panel of 12 lawyers recently proposed to the International Criminal Court, we can set up a practical framework for tackling... Continue Reading →
Gas-fired stoves are emerging as a burning issue as American cities consider phasing out natural-gas hookups to homes and businesses to reduce carbon emissions. Many restaurant and home chefs prefer cooking on gas-burning ranges, and persuading some to switch to electric stovetops is proving to be a hard sell—a sentiment the natural-gas industry has seized... Continue Reading →
Cities Try to Phase Out Gas Stoves—but Cooks Are Pushing Back
Rideables are any small-wheeled device with an electric motor, such as a skateboard, scooter, Hoverboard and Electric Cycles. If it's electric and compact enough to carry or ride on a sidewalk, it's rideable. The 21st Century is certainly living up to its hype. It's a truly great age of technology. Although we don't have the true hoverboards or... Continue Reading →
What Are Electric Rideables? The Benefits Of Electric Rideables. What Makes It A Rideable?
From the ancient rice terraces of Yunnan to modern vertical hydroponics, agriculture comes in many different forms. Now a group of Italian brainiacs have created the world’s first underwater garden for terrestrial plants. Seaweed and kelp have been cultivated along shorelines for centuries, but in small submersible glass domes, pots of basil, lettuce, tomatoes, and... Continue Reading →
World’s First Underwater Vegetable Garden Reopens Growing Lettuce and Basil in Perfect Temperature
To combat climate change and pollution, Madrid is building a green wall around the city. A 75-kilometre urban forest with nearly half a million new trees “What we want to do is to improve the air quality in the whole city,” says Mariano Fuentes, Madrid's councillor for the environment and urban development. “To fight the... Continue Reading →
Madrid building a huge urban forest in bid to combat climate change
The view of Cairo from the air is one of concrete buildings and tangled overpasses stretching as far as the eye can see. Green areas comprise less than 4% of the total urban built area, and recent construction projects have resulted in the destruction of tens of acres of the city’s already-sparse green space. In... Continue Reading →
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Public procurement has played an essential role in bringing climate technologies such as wind and solar from niche to mainstream. It also could be key to scaling the plant-based ecosystem, lowering the carbon footprint of food production. Schools might be the public infrastructure soon kicking off this development. Environmental groups such as Friends of the... Continue Reading →
How school food can serve a climate solution
Solar Roadways – A Real Solution
The primary purpose of Solar Roadways is to generate clean renewable energy on roadways and any other surface that can be walked or driven upon. That would include: parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, plazas, bike paths, playgrounds, garden paths, pool surrounds, courtyards and the like.There are many longstanding uses for solar power, which are terrific.... Continue Reading →
Hello, Nice To Meet You! Are you ready to wake up? Our goal is to create a conscious world where everyone is aware of their own actions. And we think it’s time to wake up, take control, and be empowered to take positive action so that we can leave the world in a better place... Continue Reading →
Green Is The New Black
From California to Maine, land is being given back to Native American tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation. Some tribes are using traditional knowledge, from how to support wildlife to the use of prescribed fires, to protect their ancestral grounds. In 1908 the U.S. government seized some 18,000 acres of land from... Continue Reading →
How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature
It begins slowly with the sound of a few drops of rain hitting the roof. As the storm intensifies, the rain’s drumming rises to a crescendo, thunder booms, and the sky opens up. Soon, a torrent of water gushes through the downspout and into a waiting rain barrel. The rain will water your garden for... Continue Reading →
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