The correlation of water to energy, food supplies, and prices is explained through the general connection between them. Water by itself is a cost factor, and the lack of it makes that cost rise. However, water is also essential to…
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Many people are getting on the local food bandwagon by selecting locally grown produce from the grocery store, buying from a farmer’s market, taking the kids to a local farm for a fun-filled day, or enjoying a pick-your-own outing. Helping…
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Organic produce is cheaper than traditionally grown produce because it is natural and uses less chemical and genetic benefits found in modern growing methods. Due to the fact that there are less outside agents used in the growing process, there…
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In short, there are none, except to agribusiness. Bioethanol is a failure, and always will be, just follow the math. Premise 1: The vast majority of our imported fuel is used to power transportation. Cars, trains, ships, etc. The U.S….
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If you’ve ever used a soup can for a pencil holder then you’ve upcycled because the main difference between upcycling and recycling is making something of equal or better value without downgrading the original material or creating more pollution during…
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Temperate and tropical rainforest plants is a very broad topic and one about which volumes of books has been published. There are still volumes more to be published, because scientists are still trying to catalogue them. Once catalogued, and that…
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Also called fire rocks, igneous rocks are rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rock either below or above the earth’s surface. The root of the term “igneous” actually means fire- a derivative of Latin and Greek. Igneous…
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Deciduous forests are forest that lose their leaves at specific times on the year, usually based upon light, temperature or rainfall. There are found primarily between the Tropics, Cancer and Capricorn, and the polar regions, Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Rainforests…
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Cook your food by the light of the sun. What could be more back-to-the-earth and off-the-grid than that? If you are into green living you don’t need me to tell you all the un-green things about stoves and ovens, gas…
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Tropical rainforests are a welcoming environment for many species of animals and plants. Their constant humidity, year-round warm temperatures, and plentiful rainfall ensure good conditions for sustainable life. QUICK FACTS-Did you know that over 40% of the Earth’s oxygen comes…
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