Tag: United States - Page 3
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Obama Vs. Romney: Your Big Green Election Day Guide
It's election day. You're voting to protect the environment, to fight climate change, to push for cleaner air and energy. Who's your guy?
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Tiny Earth Shed & Art Gallery Built from Hyper-Local Ingredients
This earthen structure in downtown San Francisco reminds us that precious resources are everywhere. And many are going to waste.
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How a National Forest Grew From a Derelict Alley
The Tenderloin National Forest lies in an alleyway in urban San Francisco. There are lessons here for every city.
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A Tent City in Texas Gets the Power of Solar Light
Solar lighting has long been heralded as a game changer for development projects abroad. Now one charity is deploying it in the tent cities of the USA.
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Turn Your Household Into a Pumpkin Recycling Station
Come November, there will be an awful lot of pumpkins with no place to go. Could you help find them a good home?
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US May Overtake Saudi Arabia to Become World's Top Oil Producer (Maybe)
So much for the notion that the Obama administration has been anything other than chummy with the oil industry.
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Chicago Truck Farm Makes Urban Agriculture Mobile
It's certainly an eye catching spectacle, but is a farm on the back of a truck really green?
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Energy News: US Wind Power Passes 50 GW, China's Solar Power Industry on Life Support, More
Plus: India gets it's first net metering system; pro-fracking groups astroturf rally in Albany, New York
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Is "Sharespray" the New Way to Do Everything?
Could "sharespray" transform our entire future? A light hearted take on the new sharing economy.
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Billionaire Plans to Turn Hawaiian Island Into a Solar-Powered "Eco Lab"
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bought nearly the entire island of Lanai for $500 million. Now, he says he's going to turn it into a sustainable paradise filled with electric cars, organic farms, and solar power.
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Activist Tim DeChristopher to be Released From Jail, Serves Remainder of Sentence at Halfway House
On October 24 DeChristopher will be transfered from federal prison in California to a halfway house in Salt Lake City, where he will be for the next six months.
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12 Lucky Students Make American Hardwood Chairs
Twelve lucky students got to make their own chairs out of American hardwood as part of an enivronmental impact project.
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From Mortgages and Overwork to Debt-Free Living and $700 Remodels
Tiny houses don't just cost less to build or heat. They cost less to remodel too. Here's how one family went from financial crisis to new found freedom.
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4 Composting Outhouses That Provide a Room With a View
Pooping in a hole in the ground isn't everyone's cup of tea. But with views like these, relieving yourself the old fashioned way can feel positively luxurious.
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London's Embassies Celebrate Their Countries' Design as Part of London's Design Festival
London's international embassies are showing off their countries' design as part of the London Design Festival.
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Romney Won't Help Us Work Less Hard. And Barack Won't Either.
An odd tweet from Ann Romney about working less has this blogger wishing that politics was just a little different.
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How the Drought Affected Earth’s Mass and Gravitational Pull
The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.
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Why Is Climate Change So Easy to Ignore?
The climate we depend on for survival is changing rapidly. So why aren't we more worried?
