As you read this, I should be about 1/2 way home, somewhere in the middle of the country. So if you see a gray Subaru with NM plates, be sure to say hi! Nathan Winters rode his bike across America this summer to raise money for The Nature Conservancy and raise awareness for climate change [...]
I don’t know about you, but still enjoy sitting on the couch and reading a good magazine. I will never be a Kindle owner because I already spend way too much time with electronics and want to enjoy my leisure time away from them! I do read every magazine cover to cover that enters my [...]
Guest post by Joe Wright from PolarSolar Out here in sunny California, 90% of the population pays to truck, pipe, and burn natural gas from out-of-state to heat the water used in the home (Over 85% comes from out of state, much of it coming all the way from west Texas). The conventional storage water [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I ride my bike to work along busy urban streets. Should I be worried about inhaling pollutants from vehicle emissions and other sources? The short answer is, yes, probably. Cars, trucks and buses emit considerable amounts of airborne pollution as they make their ways along city streets and highways. The fine particles, nitrogen [...]
I will be headed back east in the next week for the holidays, so posting will probably be a little sporadic once I hit the road and spend time with family. Just an FYI. Oh, and if you are still in need of picking up any gifts for friends and family, be sure to check [...]
What if the skeptics and some right-wingers are correct in that global warming is a myth and while the earth may be getting a few degrees warmer over the next couple of years, it is nothing to worry about? It’s just natural and things will turn around eventually? Could it be that we have been [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is a very, VERY simple one – use refillable pens. Over six billion pens are thrown away each year in the US alone, and that plastic may not decompose for hundreds of years. What can you do to help? Buy a few pens that you can just replace the ink [...]
