Every 50 miles, we slow the boat to 2-4 knots and trawl the surface for plastic. I am thrilled to participate in this event with 5 Gyres and can’t wait to see what we pull up. But we didn’t get much. Honestly, I was disappointed, at least until I realized that less plastic was a good thing.
Sea Dragon was making good time, and we weren’t expected in Tahiti for nine days so we made a pit stop on Pitcairn Island. Of its 55 inhabitants, 44 are are direct descendants of the original mutineers who sought refuge there. I couldn’t wait to see how the folks survived in this isolated place.
With their insulated polar water bottle, Product Architects, Inc. has spent seventeen years helping customers maintain healthy lifestyles and now helps its employees do the same. A new health initiative at their Boulder, Colorado, headquarters provides fitness programs and consultations with health professionals for all employees. The initiative has led to fewer employee sick days and better overall health and morale.
Modern intensive agricultural methods have stripped increasing amounts of nutrients from the soil in which the food we eat grows.
Wave science leans heavily on quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and complex mathematics. But, in lay terms, climate change affects wave size. “We’re pumping more energy into the system,” Susan Casey says. “More energy makes bigger waves. Steeper waves, and steeper waves are more unstable.”
The nonprofit group Beyond Pesticides warns that some 60 percent of pesticides used today have been shown to affect the thyroid gland’s production of T3 and T4 hormones. Commercially available insecticides and fungicides have also been implicated. Women are most at risk.
First utilized by relief and aid missions around the world to house workers or refugees, self-contained modular homes that can be partially or even fully fabricated in advance are now all the rage among green architects and those committed to more sustainable living.
I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?”
Merino wool undergarments tout themselves as being kinder to the environment than other wools or synthetics. How is this so?
What is “BPA” used in plastics, and why should I worry about it? Are there certain household items or food containers to avoid because of BPA?
How long does it take a plastic grocery bag to decompose? Or can it decompose at all?
No matter how green your office may be already, there is surely room for improvement somewhere. Here are 10 suggestions to help get you and your co-workers further along on the path to office sustainability.
As Earth-consciousness increases, we’re demanding more responsible activewear.
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