Save the planet – change the world. Practical suggestions about what can we do to help the environment and make our planet a better place to live.
With the problems resulting from climate change appearing daily in our news, a trend has slowly been emerging to go back to nature and live in a totally self-sustaining home. These houses are being designed by a company called Earthship based in New Mexico. The idea behind these homes is that they are “off-the-grid,” meaning that they try to rely as little as…
“Place your hands into soil to feel grounded. Wade in water to feel emotionally healed. Fill your lungs with fresh air to feel mentally clear. Raise your face to the heat of the sun and connect with that fire to feel your own immense power.” - Victoria Erickson Did you know that your lifestyle affects your DNA? In fact, your DNA is being altered…
How much e-waste or e-scrap we are wasting every year? The answer is 20 to 50 million metric tons of electronic waste, and we only recycle 10% to 18% worldwide. Some of the most used electronics that are usually replaced are television, printers, portable devices like cellphones, USB, and music players. Although electronic waste is the fastest-growing portion of the municipal waste stream,…
Designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel have developed organic, biodegradable burial capsules that will turn deceased's bodies into nutrients for a tree that will grow out of their remains. Change is the only constant in life; and the one inevitable outcome of our time spent on this Earth dueling with this factor is that at some point, we will all pass on. But…
It’s a routine chore every week. Sort the recycling and take out the trash. Then, sometime in the morning or while you’re at work, the trash man comes to haul it away. But what happens after that? And where does the garbage go that isn’t picked up? So which is the secret life of garbage we throw out every day? It’s estimated that…
It was a normal day in 1991 when a local farmer in the Bo Trach district of the Quang Binh province in Vietnam heard a strange sound near where he was walking. It sounded like a flowing stream and whistling wind. It was hard to figure out where the sound came from, and even more astoundingly, it seemed, after some inspection, to be coming…
Anyone with a pet would agree that animals have healing powers. They fill your home with love, they bring families together and studies have also shown that they can improve your health. As Florence Nightingale stated back in the 1860’s- “a small pet is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic diseases especially.” Today, we still know this to be…
Plastic — can you imagine a day without it? It has come to be a component of nearly everything we buy and use, it seems. On the one hand, plastic has made things possible that might not have been possible. On the other hand, there are a few major problems (at least) with its widespread use: It lasts longer than we can adequately…