Archive for the ‘Environmental Issues’ Category
High-Impact Eco-Friendly Updates for Your Home: Save Money While Saving the Earth
High-Impact Eco-Friendly Updates for Your Home: Save Money While Saving the Earth We’ve all become more recycle-savvy in last decade, but today there are even more resources, pay-offs and chances to make your house eco-friendly. If you’re interested in cutting down on your carbon footprint and saving money at the same time, consider the impacts [...]
Green Grandparents: Leading the way in Sustainable Living
Green Grandparents: Leading the way in Sustainable Living As the population continues to expand and the natural environmental resources become depleted, baby boomers are realizing the importance of the need to maintain a “green” lifestyle. Seniors are embracing this practice in a number of ways that include using eco-friendly materials around the home, purchasing energy-efficient [...]
Solar Power – The Story Behind Edmund Bequerel’s Incredible Discovery
Solar Power – The Story Behind Edmund Bequerel’s Incredible Discovery Energy is essential for human life. Whether it is for basic survival needs like growing food or luxury items like yachts, energy makes the world go around. Humans rely on fossil fuels to keep society running. We dream of the day when we will be [...]
The Best Environmental Films for Families
The Best Environmental Films for Families It can be difficult to find family films to begin with, especially when dealing with kids in varying age groups. And when you throw in the added criteria of movies that address environmental issues you might as well be taking a shot in the dark, right? In truth, there [...]
How Cell Phones Aid Environmentalism
How Cell Phones Aid Environmentalism Cell phones are now as ubiquitous as business cards at networking functions or strollers at the park. More than half of all people in the world have a cell phone, allowing us to get in touch more frequently, and stay connected with friends and family around the planet. It’s an [...]
Eco-Friendly Air Conditioning Alternatives for Summer
Eco-Friendly Air Conditioning Alternatives for Summer It seems like each summer, it only gets hotter. So, for most of us, it goes without saying that each summer, due to our central air working overtime, our electricity bills only get higher as well. This doesn’t just put a dent in our budget, but it also causes [...]
Common Negative Effects of Globalization on the Planet
Common Negative Effects of Globalization on the Planet While there are certainly many benefits associated with a growing global community; including increased awareness of and communication with other regions and cultures, opportunities for businesses to expand, and the potential to spread societal advances and goodwill across the planet; there are also quite a few drawbacks [...]
Knowledge Is Power: The Importance of Environmental Education in Schools
Knowledge Is Power: The Importance of Environmental Education in Schools If you’ve ever watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie or The Waltons, when it came to the kids, if there’s one thing that didn’t need to be a concern, it was when it came to the importance of environmental education. The children [...]
Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Car and Take the Bus
Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Car and Take the Bus Let’s be real. If there was a choice between driving our car and taking the bus, there aren’t too many of us that would choose the latter. That’s because, most times, when we think of riding public transportation, a lot of cons come to [...]
Six Energy-Efficient Tips for the Home this Earth Day
Six Energy-Efficient Tips for the Home this Earth Day With Earth Day approaching on April 22 and in an effort to be more green, why not also consider how your home’s energy is used and how to prevent it from being wasted. Follow these energy-saving tips from Sally Morse, Director of Creative Services for Hunter [...]




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