Source: sustainablebrands.com Published: July 20, 2017 As global temperatures reach record highs and heat waves become the norm across the globe, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), a global initiative led by former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to...
Source: treehugger.com Published: July 7, 2016 CC BY 2.0 Barbara Eckstein By Derek Markham These natural and DIY pesticides are effective at helping to rid your crops of harmful critters, but safe enough to keep from poisoning you and your family. There’s nothing like...
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 19, 2014 By Katherine Martinko CC BY 2.0 Helmuts Guigo The bathroom is one of the easiest rooms in the house to cut back on waste, although you might be surprised to hear that. With a few adjustments to your shopping habits, you...
Source: forbes.com Published: July 27, 2017 James Conca Most everyone has heard of hydroelectric energy or hydropower, that uses a dam to store water in a reservoir. Water released from the reservoir flows through turbines, spinning them to generate electricity. ...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 27, 2017 by Jasmin Malik Chua Lake Geneva’s latest resident—all four feet of it—is neither man nor beast. Dubbed the Envirobot, the critter is a biomimetic robot designed by Swiss researchers to pinpoint the source of pollution in...
Source: curiosity.com Published: July 15, 2017 As charming as an ornate Victorian or funky mid-century home can be, their aging windows and old-fashioned insulation can wreak havoc on your energy bills. The problem is that there are a lot of decades-old houses out...
Source: alternet.org Published: July 10, 2017 Written by Reynard Loki / AlterNet According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average American’s monthly residential electric bill is $114.03. That’s almost $1,400 a year. Consumers could easily reduce...
Source: m.phys.org Published: July 17, 2017 Scanning electron microscopy image of calcite. Credit: Adam Subhas/Caltech by California Institute of Technology Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed up the slow part of the chemical reaction that...
Source: reuters.com Published: July 24, 2017 Reporting by Muyu Xu and Ryan Woo in Beijing and Pak Yiu in Hong Kong; Editing by Joseph Radford BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a country where you can find everything from chopsticks to slippers designed to look...
