I am with the Burns Bog Conservation Society. At present, Burns Bog is being threatened with a road that has the potential to destroy it along with 100s of acres of farmland, the …
Here's a tool to estimate the overall environmental impacts from producing a certain dollar amount of any of 500 commodities or services in the United States. Baseline data needs …
As follow up to my question about the footprint and energetics of plastic bags, here is a crude estimate of embodied energy and carbon for polyethylene bags similar to ones used a…
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Is anyone aware of an on-line game/s developed to assist children to learn about recycling and waste management? Is there a web link to the game/s?…
Dear Friends,
It would appear that Bill Clinton has opened up his program to get people to commit to helping improve the world in whatever ways they can to the larger developm…
Does anyone have any ideas for greener and healthier Halloween treats for trick-or-treaters? Something semi educational would be ideal.
Thanks,
Cynthia
We are looking to purchase benches with recognition plaques for zoo donors and are looking for sources of environmentally friendly benches made from wood, reused wrought iron or e…
Hello out there,
Sorry this is long - I'm new to this list, and am so thankful it's here. I'm a former newspaper reporter turned music teacher. Someone asked me if I missed bei…
Hi Folks:
I've missed the thread about "high-impact actions," but I wanted to chime in on CFL bulbs. It's a mistake to consider CFL distribution as an end. As in "We've done o…
Hi All -
I would like to invite you to take a look at my new climate blog, Climate Chronicles. The first piece, "The 80% Follies," addresses the inadequacies of what passes fo…
