Clik here to view.
Is Your Obsession With Coconuts Harming the Environment?
The coconut can truly be seen as a blessing given its versatile uses and benefits. Just make sure you are taking into consideration the backstory of your coconut products so that the planet and its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Is A Gift Economy and How Can It Help Us Reduce Waste?
The beauty of the gift economy is that it makes it so we do not always need to rely on the conventional market to meet our needs in an unsustainable fashion. It’s about making the most out of what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Let Your Garden Become An Eco-Nightmare!
Whether it’s a sprawling backyard or a few planter boxes on the roof of an apartment building, is your garden an eco-nightmare?
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why the Words of the Lorax Matter Now More Than Ever
On the surface, “The Lorax” may appear to be a typical children’s book with the creative rhymes, imaginative characters, and colorful illustrations common to Dr. Seuss. But the book has actually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Trouble With Saving Wolves and Whales: How Focusing on Popular Species...
As passionate as we may be about our favorite animals and our efforts to save them from extinction, from an ecological standpoint, it’s very difficult to justify the lack of attention that other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salmon Farming: How Is This Agricultural Operation Harming Pacific Northwest...
Unfortunately, despite science’s recognition that salmon play a very important role in the Pacific Northwest, the fish are facing increased pressures on their population.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Did a Coyote Die for Your Burger? The Livestock Industry and Lethal...
As the population grows, so does demand for food; it is no wonder that the meat industry and the heavy inputs its products require is putting increased pressure on the... More
View ArticleClik here to view.
Animal Agriculture – Killing More than Just Cows. How Farm Run-Off Threatens...
Dead zones can fluctuate in size with the seasons and move with the tides, but their presence is essentially guaranteed in areas where excess nutrients from conventional agricultural operations enter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DDT, the California Condor, and a Decades-Long Battle With A Banned Pesticide
While many species have gone extinct for millions of years without any influence from man, we cannot blame the near extinction of the California condor on nature. Unfortunately, humans have caused the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Plant-Based Foods Will Win the Sustainable Food Race and Help Fix our...
Let’s take a look at some of the “efficient” ways scientists and farmers have attempted to produce meat, and discuss where these ideas come up short from an environmental standpoint.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Care About Clean Air? Here’s Why You Might Want to Skip the Cheese
All of those flashy “Got Milk?” campaigns make dairy look like a healthy and smart choice for consumers. But in reality, there are some dirty little secrets the dairy industry doesn’t want you to see.
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Signs a Food Waste-Free Future Is Possible
hile it is important to remember the reality around the devastation that we as a species have caused the environment, it is equally important to recognize and celebrate the advances we have made to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is it Really Worth the Convenience? 6 Ways Plastic is Harming Animals, the...
Plastic is certainly a superhero when it comes to making life more convenient. But, for something that is supposed to be quick and convenient, there is nothing quick or convenient about the complete...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Desalination: A Promising Solution to Drought or Just Another Misguided Stab...
ne of the strategies that many countries are using is desalination where salt water is essentially converted into fresh water. There’s plenty of salt water on the planet, as we know, so this sounds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What?! Demand for Fish Swim Bladders In China Is Driving 2 Marine Species In...
Presently, the world’s smallest whale, the vaquita, and a fish prized by illegal wildlife traders, the totoaba, are fighting for their existence in a small swath of habitat off the coast of Mexico....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chai and Bamboo: Seattle’s Elephants Have Left The Emerald City But Their Sad...
For years, animal rights activists have pushed for the retirement of two Asian elephants living at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. Chai and Bamboo have been the subject of an impassioned debate around...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the Plastic You Use Is Killing Animals on One of the World’s Most Remote...
While conflict may have ended decades ago during the first Battle of Midway, there appears to be a second battle of a different type raging both on land and at sea.
View ArticleClik here to view.
There’s a Choice We Make Every day That’s Causing Polar Bears to Eat Dolphins
Scientists have recently documented some shocking behavior exhibited by polar bears in Norway over the last year; several polar bears were seen consuming dolphins, an animal not typical in the bears’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water. Here’s What You Can Do to Make a...
A recent NASA study found that the world's freshwater supplies are being drained at an unsustainable rate. Here's where all that water is going...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Does Your Love for Cheese Have To Do With Dying Coral Reefs?
There are a number of threats to coral reefs worldwide. These threats alternate with the natural rhythms of nature. It is the man-made threats to coral reefs that are becoming especially concerning,...
View Article
