Sustainability

The Promise of Sustainable Homes
A sustainable home reduces the human footprint on the environment and maximizes energy efficiency. Sustainable housing is a straightforward concept and increasingly appeals to many stakeholders as a smart response to the climate crisis. As housing prices continue to spiral upwards, sustainable home building will be vital to clean energy and energy accessibility.
By The GenX Joint4 years ago in Earth
Supply chain Imbalances will continue throughout 2022.
The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, supply chain disruptions and the climate crisis are challenges that threaten to destabilize decades of globalization. Just in the last five years, the world has experienced a major trade dispute between the United States and China, a global-scale pandemic caused by COVID-19, the blockage of the Suez Canal, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the war of Russia against Ukraine.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
California's Energy Crisis Could Be A Map Of What Not To Do For The Rest Of The Country. Top Story - June 2022.
There’s a range of reasons we need to use renewable energy. The most simple of which include that they are more environmentally friendly and won’t deplete the way fossil fuels might if we don’t slow down consumption. That’s the “good” of renewable energy.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in Earth
How People Make the Most of Their Residential Solar Systems
The demand for residential solar systems is stronger now than ever. Whether you're in favor of renewable energy or not, the fact remains that going solar saves you money and has a variety of other benefits associated with it. With the price of electricity rising across the board, customers are increasingly interested in going solar if they will eventually save money in the long run. With prices of residential solar systems going down, and the technology keeps improving, there is a greater incentive for homeowners to take advantage of solar energy. The challenge is that a lot of people have a hard time determining whether or not they should make the switch. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your residential solar systems.
By Max Ruby4 years ago in Earth
The Food of Summer
Without a doubt, the perfect food of summer is the veggie burger; it’s just the thing when the casual picnics of spring give way to the sizzling cookouts of summer. This change in seasons means hot nights, cool swimming in the family pool, coconut-scented sunscreen, weekend that feel like they go on for months, and all watched over by the scorching sun, tempered by a gentle breeze pushing the windchimes, smell of cut grass hanging in the air.
By S.K. Davis4 years ago in Earth
CSR and Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an action by a corporate to improve its relationship with the community. Another purpose of CSR is to impart positive differences in the community.
By John Jezzini4 years ago in Earth
Is Mushroom A New Solution To The Ever-Increasing Plastic Waste?
Imagine a life without any plastic around! No carry bags given in the market. No plastic containers to keep things. No plastic packaging of foods and drinks. No plastic anywhere! Life would have been so difficult if there was no plastic. Everywhere around us, we use plastic in one way or another. Every single person on earth is using plastic today. The use of plastics has increased a lot over the decades and this has become an environmental monster, degrading and deteriorating our beautiful nature!
By GyanPro Edu4 years ago in Earth
Four Takeaways from the 2022 Davos Economic Forum
Life is finally going back to the pre-pandemic normalcy. In person global summits have regained their place in top executive and politician’s calendars. In May 2022, global leaders met in Davos Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF), to discuss economic trends and global risk. This summit was different though, as it was influenced by the war in Ukraine, unprecedented high interest rates (ranging between 8-20% across the US and the EU), and a potential global recession. Keeping in mind these underlying risks, here following are four striking takeaways that will shape our lives going forward.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
why to be plastic free
There are so many reasons we as humans should give up on our use of plastics and switch to the many biodegradable alternatives. As Julia Butterfly Hill said “You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that’s how we’re going to protect the Earth..” We all affect what happens on our planet.
By jae's Henkle4 years ago in Earth
Quiz material for the World Environment Day
Environment, as per dictionary definition, means the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.
By Anjali Mehra4 years ago in Earth
Welcome Home, Leviathan
In April of this year sensors in the Milwaukee River detected five lake sturgeon moving upriver. These are some of the first adult sturgeon returning since restocking began in 2006 as part of a multi-year effort to return the sturgeon to Wisconsin rivers and lakes. In 2021, a 100-year-old, 240-pound sturgeon was caught in the Detroit River in Michigan. Both of these rivers were once much more polluted than they are now.
By Andrew Gaertner4 years ago in Earth
Rewilding the West Sussex Serengeti. Top Story - June 2022.
At the end of a warm day in June, in sticky-sweet air laced with threats of thunderstorms, a bone-rattling safari drive in the back of an Austrian Pinzgauer troop carrier comes to a halt under a twilight sky, turning inky blue. By the bank of a hammer pond, where smoke and the clamour of a 17th-century iron furnace would once have filled the senses, rare bats now fly and a nightingale sings, unseen, from an unruly thicket.
By Ian Vince4 years ago in Earth