Thursday February 11, 2010

costa rica, in a (coco)nut shell

Beautiful country, lovely people, good food, clean water, gorgeous beaches, lush forests, diverse wildlife – what more does one need? That’s the question I kept asking myself throughout the trip and upon my return. The Ticos

Categories: blog environment Tags: deforestation endangered species travel

Monday July 20, 2009

why i’m a treehugger

Loving a giant cedar, Glacier National Park

Trees are ridiculously important to the continuation of the human species.

This is what trees do for us:

Provide us with oxygen to breathe
Filter pollutants from the air
Filter pollutants from water
Create much-needed

Categories: blog environment Tags: deforestation pollution trees

Sunday April 19, 2009

great scott, some good environmental advertising!

Brought to you by Greenpeace

After watching this I decided to take a look at Kimberley Clark’s website to see if they’ve done any cleaning up with regard to their environmental image.

It looks like they’re greening up

Categories: blog environment home Tags: deforestation trees

Wednesday February 11, 2009

developments: eco stuff from around the web

New growth forest promising, but not as plentiful as the real thing [NY Times]

All-in-one home recycling center saves space, but at a price [Gizmodo]

Light on the horizon: new LEDs that are affordable and built to last

Categories: blog energy environment recycling Tags: deforestation energy efficiency