Eco-Friendly
Environmentally friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green are terms referring to goods and habitats, services, laws, guidelines and policies that inflict reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment
The sun is our best energy source, but storing solar energy has always been a challenge. Fractals may be the solution. Read about them here.
This sustainable home incorporates a number of unusually futuristic features, especially for a home carved out of organic wood and designed to fit snugly with the surrounding forested environment.
By 2020, Kamikatsu aims to become the country’s first ‘zero-waste’ community by eliminating the use of landfills and incinerators. Here’s how they’re doing it…
Now your briefcase can give you power for things like your phone or laptop. Read about the new Phoenix solar briefcase.
That’s why David Young decided to create Capstone Community Gardens & Orchard, a volunteer-run non-profit that has converted over 30 blighted and abandoned lots into gardens and orchards for the community. Young started his organization, Capstone Community Gardens & Orchard, shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, when he saw that there were many without food and no resources to access fresh food in the area. With a crumbling infrastructure that wasn’t likely to be fixed anytime soon, companies didn’t want to rebuild many stores, making it even more difficult for the already-poor district to find the food they need to thrive.
If round runways can actually save fuel and reduce noise, will people accept them? Read this.
Antonio Vincente has made forest restoration his life work and legacy. Now nearly 85 years old, Vincente has spent the last 40 years planting over 50,000 trees on his 31 hectare patch of land in the Serra da Mantiqueira mountain range of São Paulo, Brazil. He expresses his mission for future sustainability: “I didn’t do it for money, I did it because when I die, what’s here will remain for everyone…”
Want to know the US cities that are leading the way in committing to renewable energy? Read this.
The Dutch have a lot of good ideas. And since they ride a lot of bikes, a solar bike path seems like a good one. Check out this interesting source of energy.
IKEA continually proves itself to be one of the most environmentally-friendly companies on the planet. The Swedish home furnishings retailer introduced a hydroponic garden last year that allows you to grow fresh produce
Want to breathe cleaner air at home? Raise these 10 plants and you will!
The plane reportedly made the journey using a partial alternative fuel made from the bark of trees recycled from the harvesting of managed forests.
Thinking of renovating? Here are some tips to do it green.
Think you may want to go to solar? Read about Tesla’s latest innovation.
When Canadian schools began to track how much waste their students were producing just by bringing disposable items to school (such as napkins, lunch bags, and all packaging surrounding processed food items), they found that EACH CHILD was adding 67 pounds to the landfill each school year. The schools sought to change this and decided to open up a dialogue with parents and students about employing waste-free practices when packing lunches at home.
