14 new garden villages will pop up all over England soon, including a new solar-powered ecovillage.
Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolger and their four children have now resided in their geodesic dome Nature House in the Arctic Circle for three years.
Eco-citizens adopt a philosophical approach to life. It’s holistic. Eco-citizens see themselves as small cogs in a large interwoven ecological system. They care for sustainability and biodiversity and, yet, understand that the industrial world has already used much of the planet’s ecological capital.
Spending time in woodland regulates human emotions and the heart helping to restore a healthy balance when compared to time in urban environments, according to new research.
New Yorker Lauren Singer produces so little waste that she can fit all of her trash from the past two years in a 16 oz. mason jar and now she’s trying to teach the rest of the world how to do the same.
Going veggie can drastically reduce your carbon footprint. This is all at a personal level. What about when you multiply such changes by 7 billion people, and factor in a growing population?
A kitchen that feeds 100,000 people daily, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for free, is ready to raise the bar even further and set a benchmark for others to follow. Golden Temple – one of the world’s largest community kitchens, will soon be serving organic food.
Australia-based Austin Maynard Architects have recently completed a luxury home in Melbourne called That House. It's ultra modern and very sustainable, with a footprint of about half that of the surrounding houses. The home is also powered by solar energy, and features a rainwater collection system.
Over the past 20 years, green construction has gone from a niche enterprise to a major driver of new business. But in 2016, erecting sustainable, profitable green buildings will no longer be enough to stand out.
Green building construction accounts for 38 percent of new jobs in the so-called green economy and 33 percent of all construction jobs.
Research shows that a walk in the park is more than just a nice way to spend an afternoon. It
Soil depletion hastened the collapse of at least one society, the Greeks, and contributed to economic hardship as recently as the last century in the Great Plains of the United States. With climate change and population growth affecting the services provided by soil, a team of scientists say more attention should be paid to protecting and rejuvenating soil. Strategies for doing so include refocusing and boosting research, and communicating its importance to the public.
This is a guest post by Mark Tyler. A very interesting concept has been proposed for a new waste-to-energy power station on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. A company called Amagerforbraeding ...
Elephants, dolphins, primates and now bats have been shown to form human-like friendships.
