Want To Detox Your Home? Throw Out These Things Right Now
It wasn't until I became a mother that I realized many objects in our homes are made from petroleum and other harsh chemicals. Then, I learned that these chemicals can contaminate our air and even act as neurotoxins, reproductive toxins, developmental toxins, and endocrine disruptors in the body. Read More...
16 more tips for living without plastic
Plastic-free living requires careful and conscientious consumer choices. Here are more ideas to help you along the journey. 1. Burn beeswax or other natural candles to scent your home, instead of air fresheners. Just make sure to avoid palm oil in the ingredient list. 2. Choose kids’ toys Read More...
Study shows LED lights attract far fewer bugs than other lights
Here’s another reason why you should replace the traditional filament lamps in your home with LED lights. In a new study, researchers found that LED lights are much less attractive to nuisance insects such as biting midges than filament lamps. In fact, the results showed that LEDs attracted four Read More...
First electricity from tidal energy farm reaches mainland Scotland
For the first time, Scotland’s mainland has received electricity from tidal power. Scotland is currently developing the world’s first large-scale tidal energy farm, with plans to deploy up to 269 turbines that will generate around 400MW of electricity. That’s enough to power hundreds of Read More...
Amsterdam has plans to turn its city center into an environmentalist's paradise
Amsterdam’s city center is always crowded with tourists and traffic, but that may all change in the coming years. Architecture firm HofmanDujardin recently unveiled a new project that will decentralize the area and repurpose routes currently used solely by cars into green, pedestrian-friendly Read More...
China is taking climate change and air pollution seriously
China is stepping up its efforts to crackdown on pollution as public anger continues to grow over damaging smog levels and environmental degradation. After inspections revealed that provinces are doing too little to implement pollution control efforts, the country is holding factories and other Read More...
Boost your productivity and organization with this app
If you’re struggling to keep with all the tasks that make up your day, perhaps its time to consider downloading the app Todoist. It’s a productivity app created to help you manage your personal and work lives, and now it has a brilliant new feature powered by artificial intelligence that helps Read More...
Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity
A new engine that generates electricity from waste hot water could reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions for thousands of different businesses, from cargo shipping to data centres. So says Exergyn, a firm based in Dublin, Ireland, which plans to run the first industrial trials of its Read More...
Study: Battery-electric cars cheaper, better at cutting emissions than fuel cells
There's been considerable debate among advocates of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell cars over which technology is better for the environment. While neither vehicle type produces any tailpipe emissions, their overall emissions vary depending on the fuels and processes used to generate Read More...
California’s plug-in electric vehicle fleet to surpass 250,000 milestone this month
The plug-in electric vehicle fleet in California has grown rapidly over the last few years, partly down to the substantial support that the government there provides, though partly due to the presence of companies such as Tesla, a greener focus in the state, wealthier citizens, and associated Read More...