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June 5th 2019 is World Environment Day. This is a UN-Environment led initiative which was established in 1972 and first celebrated in 1974. The day is used to shine a spotlight on the fragile environment around us,
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The path to living a sustainable life starts now. Well, if it hadn’t started some time ago of course. But more than likely with the recent focus on the climate crisis and the undeniable human impact on
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Thankfully, combatting climate change is becoming a much louder conversation. Which means people are becoming more aware of the need to move away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources. Bill Gates has even weighed in,
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On May 20th, which is World Bee Day, it’s even more important than any other day to recognize these very industrious, intelligent, efficient little insects. They are singularly the most important pollinator on Earth. Along with the
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Summer is coming, and that means (among other things) music festivals! There are more than 800 festivals in the U.S. alone every year! Annually in the U.S. approximately 32 million people go to at least one festival!
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We’ve chatted about how to be sustainable when you’re traveling within the borders of the U.S. But for some of you, that won’t completely scratch the itch. The good news is that there are sustainable ways to
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We all work long hours. So when an opportunity for a sneaky weekend away crops up, who doesn’t want to take it? But can we travel sustainably? YES! Because here in the U.S. domestic travel can offer
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The Earth is hot. No, I’m not referring to Global Warming (not this time). The Earth is hot on the inside. How hot could it actually be, you ask? The inner core of the Earth is about
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Bioenergy refers to the production of energy from biomass. And biomass is organic material which comes from plants and animals. This material contains stored energy from the sun. When biomass is burned, it releases the energy as
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We talked briefly about the immense amazingness of the ocean in our article Source Series: The Tides of Change. So we don’t need to remind you all of the incredible ecosystem which surrounds us (let me
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