Tag: Environmental Footprint - Page 11
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Water Watch Shows Safe Swimming Spots in European Waters
Wondering where it's safe to swim in Europe? An initiative called Eye on Earth - Water Watch created by Microsoft and the European Environment Agency and powered by Bing will help you find out what water you can swim in without wondering if you're
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The First Real-Time Carbon Emissions Counter Starts Ticking in NYC
We know carbon emissions are accelerating rapidly, but just how rapidly? Ticking at a frightening rate, a giant billboard was unveiled in New York outside Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, showing atmospheric greenhouse gases are rising by 800
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What It's Like to Live in a Biosphere (Video)
Okay, so we already live in one, so we kinda know already. But what about a human-made biosphere, as in Biosphere 2? Jane Poynter explains just what it's like, from the crazy challenges they came across even to breathe, to
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Australia Takes Lead on Combating Desertification
Scientists at the Desert Knowledge CRC say that Australia may hold some important keys to combating desertification, which is what happens when we take more resources from the land than it can handle and turns to
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DOE Blowing $23 Million in Next 5 Years Over BS Energy Management Errors
The U.S. Department Energy's Office of the Inspector General audited seven facilities, including its own headquarters, and found that dumb
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The World in 200 Years According to Pete Alcorn (Video)
Kids might not need to fear the apocalypse after all. At least, that's what Pete Alcorn thinks. According to Alcorn, we have a hopeful future, because we're just about 150 years away from a new enlightenment. Check out his
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Big Room's .eco Domain Could Make the World Greener, More Transparent
Back in March we wrote very briefly about Al Gore and other big names backing the idea of a .eco domain registration for the web. Gore and cohorts are supporting Dot Eco Ltd, an organization that wants to make .eco a domain
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Quincy, WA Spending Big Bucks on Recycling Water for Data Centers, But It's Just a Drop in the Bucket
Quincy, Washington loves data centers. The facilities put up by Microsoft, Intuit and Yahoo!, and the coming facility by Sabey Corp have all been a boon to the city's economy. But what isn't so appealing is the sheer
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Supply Chain Emissions Software a Silver Bullet or Slippery Slope?
Back in January we saw a company called Planet Metrics at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They've created a software that allows companies like retailers, product manufacturers, and consumer packaging manufacturers
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New GreenHeart Phones Ditch Manual! ...That's It??
Sony Ericsson has announced a new version of two GreenHeart mobile phones. But the green upgrades are some of the most mundane "improvements" we could have dreamed up. We were somewhat enamored with the GreenHeart when the
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How Corn Plastics Are Made, And Why We Still Aren't Thrilled
Our Discovery Channel sister site How Stuff Works has put out an interesting video on how corn plastics work. The video is informative about how corn plastics, or PLA, is produced. But it got us thinking about other issues with PLA that weren't really
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40% is the Magic Number for HP's Eco-Efforts
Hewlett Packard has announced a new goal for lowering carbon emissions. Since 2005, HP has improved its desktop PC energy efficiency by 40%. They want to see another 40% efficiency improvement in about half that time, by
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Water Conservation Techniques That Make Every Drop Count
Photo via bravediggs via Flickr CC
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Maker Faire 09: The Bigger Picture of Remaking a Sustainable America
The bigger theme behind this year's Maker Faire is an excellent one, and one that every TreeHugger can appreciate. The call is to remake America into a sustainable place to live, and thrive. And, wandering through the various
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Maker Faire 09: ISKME Teaches Kids to Design Sustainability Solutions
The very first thing that caught my eye at Maker Faire was a wall of plants, hooked up to solar panels and a wind turbine, that pumped water into a fish pond. I had to stop and ask, and turns out, it's a project that hopes to
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Maker Faire 09: Dying Yarn with Solar Power
I couldn't resist stopping by a booth that had piles of squishy, gorgeously dyed yarn, especially when their sign boasted that the yarn is dyed with solar power. I had to find out just what that meant...and squish some
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California Businesses Could Save Enough Water to Supply San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reports that by implementing a few water saving techniques, California's businesses could make a big impact on easing the pressure of the last few dry years. In fact, they could save more
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Greenpeace Putting Pressure on IT Industry to Walk the Climate Saving Talk
The IT industry tends to talk a lot about what technology can do for sustainability, and Greenpeace recognizes that the IT industry holds a lot of power in its hands to shape our carbon footprints. So the group has decided to ask
