We all want to do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint and help the planet, but that can seem difficult, if not impossible, when you don’t own your home or apartment.
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Energy Consumption
The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 3
This week in New York City, the United Nations General Assembly is, even now, meeting to discuss the important issues facing our global community. Among the most important is how we go forward, together, into the future.
Read moreWhat is worth recycling?
The short answer to the question “what is worth recycling?” is everything. And what is not worth recycling should not be purchased. But we don’t quite live in a fully sustainable society. In fact, by current statistics
Read moreFresh vs. Frozen
In this day of modern superheroes, there is always a discussion on who will win the fight. The big studios have recently pitched their titans against each other: Batman vs. Superman, Ironman vs. Captain America, Thor vs.
Read moreSource Series: Give me a Wave
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
Read moreSource Series: The Tides of Change
The ocean is a wondrous and awe-inspiring ecosystem. It covers most of our planet (71% of it…and let’s not forget that number is increasing)! The average depth of the ocean is nearly 2.5 miles, but the lowest
Read moreSource Series: Wind Power. Are you a fan?
Wind power is a renewable energy source which has been around forever (well, a very very long time). Wind powered machines have been grinding grains for more than 2 millennia. Windmills pumping water in the Netherlands prevented
Read moreApocalypse Now: A Restricted Carbon Footprint
“Imagine you live in a world that is facing a crisis. Humanities survival is threatened by a creature of our own creation. Once unleashed the Beast will spare no one. What would you do to stop it?”
Read moreThe Energy Footprint of a Lightsaber?
What do you think the lifetime energy output would be from a Lightsaber?
Read moreEat Naturally, Eat Seasonally
In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey watched their yacht sink to the ocean floor after it was struck by a whale. For 117 days, the couple floated adrift in the middle of the Pacific and, though, they
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