I was surfing TV channels and saw this station: Planet Green from the Discovery Channel. I watched a show about one household reducing its footprint and saw some ads for other shows. There were some problems with what I saw: They were pushing a...
News that came out last week from the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) literally sheds new light on the possibilities of harnessing sunlight to convert it into power. “Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and...
If you’re like us, the first thing that comes to mind when you think “environmentally friendly†may not be a tire manufacturer. However, that may soon change if your opinion is based upon Japan’s Yokohama. Their plan...
As many of you may have seen on a recent edition of Newsweek magazine (7-14 July), the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a joint initiative between Yale’s Center for Law & Environmental Policy and Columbia’s Center for...
A leading international anti-poverty charity, ActionAid has issued a statement criticizing the recent G8 meeting in Hakkaido, Japan. “The G8 meeting in Japan proved to be nothing but an exercise of escapism from responsibilities towards the...
