Gardens Help Ex-Prisoners, Microlending Helps School Children, New Year's Resolutions Help the Planet, and More!
The Decade in Review: Looking Back on 10 Years in Green (Slideshow)
Climate change, without question, emerges from the 2000s as the cause of the environmental movement. The decade has seen other big changes too and, as we enter 2010 and beyond, it is important to take stock of how far we have come.
Survey Finds Over Half of All Americans Committing to Green New Years Resolutions
A new nationwide survey by Tiller Research LLC has found good green news for the new year. Over half of the American population will likely make an environmentally-focused New Year's resolution. Here are three that have the biggest impact...
21 Free DIY Tutorials for Every Room in Your Home
Here's a room-by-room roundup of inspiring, free (or almost free), eco-friendly DIY projects for your EcoNest. We have two projects for each room!
Janta Loans Launches World's First Microlending Website for School Children
Education is a tool for fighting poverty, and microloans are becoming a tool for providing that education to school children in developing nations
4 Green Lessons You Can Learn from "Avatar"
The jaw-dropping special effects, 12-year production process, and massive budget for James Cameron's Avatar may be the qualities that are at the front of your mind while you're watching the film, but don't let the look and feel of the film distract you from its environmental message. Here's what should stick with you even after the credits roll
Are You Ready for Locavore Liquor in 2010?
When you raise a glass to mark the start of a new year and new decade, will you know where your drink was made? Well, according to Restaurants & Institutions magazine, one of the top menu trends in 2010 will be local liquor
7 Weird and Wacky Endangered Birds
Short bodies, huge wings, giant beaks, and rainbows of feathers make these weird and wacky birds must-sees--but since they're all classified as vulnerable or endangered, you'd better catch these feathered friends while you can.
Man Sentenced in Killing & Eating China's Last Indo-Chinese Tiger
Threatened by habitat destruction and a lucrative black market trade in skins, bones and other body parts, a little bit of justice for tigers everywhere was meted out last week when villagers who killed and ate China's last Indochinese tiger were sentenced up to 12 years in prison and fined.
The Three Ss For 2010: Small, Simple and Shared
Chris Brogan is in social media and web technologies, and is writing about business planning for 2010, discussing the three Ss: Small, Simple and Shared.. What he writes has absolutely nothing to do with physical architecture and design, yet I found the Three Ss to be absolutely appropriate.
New York isn't known for its progressive or totally kempt prison policies, but it gains points for the greenhouse project that seeks to find jobs for Rikers Island inmates, upon their release, in horticulture.
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