Tag: Environmental Footprint
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Crisis for electronics recycling as glass market collapses
Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass
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Learn Where The Rare Earth Minerals In Your iPhone Come From
The rare earth metals mining industry is one rife with issues. But is there a way to green up the business?
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Indonesia's Tin Mines are a Health Nightmare
This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.
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Eye On Earth Connects the Dots So People Can See Environmental Issues
A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible.
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Throwaway Economy Headed for Junk Heap of History
The challenge is to re-evaluate the materials we consume and the way we manufacture products so as to cut down on waste.
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Population Growth Takes Just Five Hours to Fill Wrigley Field
How to slow it? Access to voluntary family planning for all women. It more than pays for itself, reducing unwanted pregnancies, abortions, unplanned births... And helps reduce humanity's environmental impact.
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Prix Pictet International Environmental Photography Competition Short List Announced 2012
This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.
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Rio+20 Final Draft Text Recognizes Our Problem, Proposes Scant Few Concrete Solutions
There's plenty of "recognizing," "acknowledging," and "noting" going on in the final draft of the Rio+20 text. Lot's of UN-ese. And that's about it.
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Sensordrone Turns Your Phone Into an Environmental Sensor for Gases, Temperatures, More
Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."
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Are e-Readers Really Green?
This analysis looking at the real footprint of e-readers slaps us with a shocking reality check.
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San Jose’s "Green Vision" Initiative Means Low-Impact Sleep, Eat and Play is Easy in Silicon Valley
Here's a one-stop green guide to traveling in San Jose, from hotels to a night on the town.
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New Cable Car to Be Built Across the Thames for Olympics
You may be able to take a cable car to the Olympics this summer, if it is ready in time.
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New Campaign to Vote for the Worst Corporate Sponsor of London's 2012 Olympics
You can vote for the Greenwash Gold--the worst corporate sponsor of London's 2012 Olympics.
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Ask the Experts: What's the Greatest Resource Scarcity We Now Face?
What's the most critical resource constraint we now face and what's creating that scarcity? Janet Larsen from the Earth Policy Institute answers.
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Peru: The Only Nation in the World Hitting the Sustainability Sweet Spot
Peru is the only nation both meeting the UNDP definition of high human development while at the same time consuming natural resources in a globally sustainable way.
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What Is Embodied Energy and Why Does It Matter?
Energy consumption is like a katamari ball: energy accumulates as things are made. How can we better understand our consumption?
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Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact.
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Web + Sustainability = Future
How to unlock environmental intelligence in our daily lives.
