environment
The LABOR OF LOVE series stands for the small businesses and designers who are still creating and constructing products in America instead of opting for oversees manufacturing like many competitors. The video above features Lauren Junker, creator of Totally Tubular Designs, who gets her kicks from foraging through trash to… Read the rest
Don’t even think about trashing that plastic milk bottle instead of recycling it. In fact, don’t get a one-use bottle in the first place. What goes around, comes around.… Read the rest
File this one under ‘things it’s easy to forget about.’ There was a great article on Slate … Read the restlast week in which writer Brian Palmer asked and answered a pretty interesting question: how far does one have to ride on a bicycle to cancel out the carbon that went in to
I probably don’t even need to say it, but: one-use plastics suck. Thanks to our disposable culture, we’re not only filling our landfills with the synthetic products, basically made to never disappear completely, but also our waterways and oceans, and pretty much everywhere else.
Thankfully, it isn’t just the environmentally-conscious… Read the rest
When you drive your car or travel via plane, you probably at least consider the impact that has on the environment. But when you search Youtube for wipeout videos or Google search hiking trails or… do you think about the CO2 costs of that time?
According to this video, “Every … Read the rest
Last November we asked the question, “Will Music Videos Pave the Way for Environmental Awareness?” Of course, there’s no real, definitive answer to that. But here’s another creative “music video” with a catchy tune that delves into the environmental dangers of fracking, presenting this controversial topic in an approachable way.… Read the rest
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have found that rodents exposed to motorized vehicle emissions showed signs of brain damage. Specifically, the mice involved in the study showed signs of memory loss and Alzheimer’s after being exposed to these emissions.
Study researchers took samples from the 110 Freeway… Read the rest
This Saturday, the moon will be closer to Earth than it has been in 18 years. More precisely, the moon will be just 356,577 kilometers away from our planet, and it will also be full. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as ‘Supermoon’ because when it occurs, it appears as… Read the rest
“Me and My Bike” is an environmental advocacy video that boasts bikes for transport. The best part? It features young kids from the impoverished towns of Nairobi who argue, through lyrics and a hip-hop style of music, that bikes are a way to help the earth from its environmental issues.… Read the rest
