Sustainable Living

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call Thursday for the 15th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award nominations.
The EPA said the awards recognize innovative chemical technologies that incorporate green chemistry into the design, manufacture and use of chemicals that have broad applications in industry.
“Nominated technologies should reduce or eliminate [...]

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 21 (UPI) — A U.S.-led international scientific team says it has determined that Earth’s river deltas are sinking due to human activity, many having recent severe flooding.
The researchers, led by University of Colorado-Boulder Professor James Syvitski, found 24 of the world’s 33 major deltas are sinking, making them increasingly vulnerable to [...]

Anna Hartnell from Guardian had an interesting and thought provoking post published on August 29th over on the Guardian’s web site. The article, titled “New Orleans’s green dilemma” discusses, in the author’s words, why “Four years after Hurricane Katrina, residents are struggling to balance the costs and benefits of how they rebuild the city”…
In those [...]

When the economy is challenged, rallying support for a good and charitable cause becomes difficult. While the world looks to recover from difficult economic times, we all find ourselves being more cautious with how we spend our money.
No matter the state of the economy though, our planet continues to feel the impacts of climate change, [...]

Habitat for Humanity and Home Depot are teaming up together to spear head a sustainable living program that exceeds a budget of $30 million dollars and hopes to have constructed over 5,000 energy efficient homes with in the next five years. This big move to push forward for sustainable living comes from a successful pilot [...]