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
Creator of the online video game Fortnite, Tim Sweeney, has been captivating audiences for decades by developing intricate and interactive digital worlds for players. However, it is his work away from the screen that is currently grabbing attention from gamers and non-gamers alike.
Here are 99 stories of human progress that didn’t make it into the evening broadcasts or your social media feeds, including: conservation successes, huge wins for global health, more peace and tolerance, less war and violence, rising living standards, some big clean energy milestones, and a quiet turning of the tide in the fight against plastic. #goodnews
A society that builds its foundations on annual agriculture cannot survive, according to Mark Shepard, founder of New Forest Farm, a 106-acre perennial “agricultural savanna”
Sustainable living is an opportunity to make things better for the sake of everyone and everything and to reduce the carbon footprint. Besides giving up on using those polluting resources for power, we can also decrease the use of plastic and other products that create pollution by simply being made. Here are some #sustainableliving tips.
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While the U.S. continues to heavily rely on fossil fuels, Costa Rica just went 300 days on renewable energy alone. We can’t let the rest of the world pass us by. #renewableenergy
Opponents of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline—from indigenous and environmental groups to local farmers and ranchers—celebrated a win in court after a federal judge ruled on Friday that the fossil fuel giant cannot conduct pre-construction work on the pipeline until the full environmental review ordered last month is complete. #nokxl
If you’re seeking some good news during these troubled times, look at the ecologically sound ways of producing food that have percolated up from the grassroots in recent years. Small farmers, environmentalists, academic researchers and food and farming activists have given us agroecology, holistic resource management, permaculture, regenerative agriculture and other methods that can alleviate or perhaps even eliminate the global food system’s worst impacts: biodiversity loss, energy depletion, toxic pollution, food insecurity and massive carbon emissions. #environment #farming
As time goes on, the need to go green is more important than ever. Luckily, there are a variety of ways that everyone can incorporate eco-friendly practices and habits into their everyday lives. Here’s how college students make their study spaces green…
What can you do today to go green while saving you money? Here are 7 proven ways going green can help you save money both in the short and long term.
In a major victory for the planet, a federal judge on Thursday halted all construction of TransCanada’s 1,200-mile long Keystone XL pipeline and tossed out the White House’s fact-free approval of the project.
Humans are facing “a steep but imperative challenge.” Around the world, people are realizing the current path will lead only to disaster, and they’re beginning to ask the hard questions about what to do next to avert extinction.
The European Parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution of the oceans.
Breaking with its past as one of the world’s top coal users, Wales announced it would end its use of coal following the IPCC’s report on the climate crisis.
Women Land Defenders in Central America Are Fighting Extractive Industries on their Land—and Winning
The battle to stop the spread of extractive industries pits indigenous and peasant communities against powerful business interests, backed up by politicians who encourage the foreign investments. Despite the odds, a Guatemalan group “La Puya Peaceful Resistance” shines as an example of how women can halt the spread of these projects.
The world’s first plastic bicycle path made of recycled bottles, cups and packaging has opened in the Netherlands, as part of a pilot that could see similar roads open up across the country.
