New York City’s Poop Train

Source: mentalfloss.com Published: July 28, 2015 Wikimedia Commons BY Emily Becker Most of us don’t give a second thought to what happens after we flush, but our daily leftovers have to end up somewhere. In New York City, where residents create approximately 1200 tons...

Earth Gets A Surge of New Ocean Sanctuaries

Source: mnn.com Published: October 8, 2015 A green sea turtle swims under Midway Island Pier at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Photo: Greg McFall/NOAA) Russell McLendon Earth is on the brink of a sea change. Its oceans are still mostly wild, without the...

Apple Announces Wave Power R&D Investment in Ireland

Source: treehugger.com Published: November 11, 2015 © OPT Michael Graham Richard In the past few years – ever since Tim Cook became CEO, really – Apple has been cleaning up its act on the environmental front. They’ve eliminated many toxins from their...

Shaving for Sustainability

Source: dickinson.edu Published: May 25, 2016 Click here to watch “Donating Your Beard to Help the Environment”: https://youtu.be/iBh-BwG1XNM Find out how Associate Professor of Biology Scott Boback’s “dope beard” is helping the environment Video by...