A Guide for Students and Parents Twenty percent of Americans go to school every day. That’s 60 million students, teachers, faculty, and staff who work and learn on our nation’s campuses. And while man … [Read more]
10 Ways to Green Your School
How Scared Should You Be of Off-Gassing?
Maybe you’ve heard of off-gassing, with headlines claiming a mattress or couch slowly ruined someone’s health. Maybe you shrugged it off. Who has time to worry about their couch? Maybe off-gassing jus … [Read more]
Gardens Gone Wild
How to Create a Wildlife-Friendly Backyard Today's environmental news is often alarming, especially the warnings that biodiversity, a term used to describe the immense variety of life on Earth, is … [Read more]
The Carbon Footprint of the Internet
CO2 Emissions from Emails, Searches, and Cloud Storage With 2.5 billion people connected to the Internet worldwide, the Internet's energy and carbon footprint are estimated to exceed air travel. From … [Read more]
Light Bulb Moment
An Energy-Efficient Lighting Guide In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a Japanese-American team of scientists who had achieved a milestone. What was their momentous creation? The … [Read more]
How to Make More Eco-Friendly Coffee
Coffee is truly a global drink of choice. As a crop, coffee is grown across tens of millions of acres in more than 60 countries. In the U.S. alone, 54 percent of adults drink coffee every day, adding … [Read more]
10 Must-Do Steps for Sustainable Homebrewing
In the craft beer world, solar panels and ambitious recycling programs have become the norm. Microbreweries from Alaska to Colorado to Massachusetts strive to be sustainable, local, and organic. But … [Read more]
Growing Soilless
Your Introduction to Hydroponics When most people think of gardening, soil comes to mind. But plants don’t actually require it to survive. They mostly need the nutrients and minerals in the soil. P … [Read more]
A Movement in the Making
The Emergence of the Maker Movement The maker movement is made up of some 135 million adults in the U.S., however, it's more than just a U.S. movement. Maker faires that celebrate the movement have p … [Read more]
Multi-Functional Furniture
Save Space and Kill Two Birds with One Stone When is a chair not a chair? When it’s a bookshelf, or a table, or a wall panel, or a phone charger! The multifunctional furniture renaissance is here, a … [Read more]
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