Amsterdam’s Most Beneficent Tourist Activity Is Fishing For Plastic

Above Photo: Plastic Whale ingeniously pairs scenic canal cruises with litter clean-ups. (Video screenshot: Plastic Whale – the Plastic Fishing Company/YouTube) Have your cameras (and fishing nets) at the ready … There’s really nothing as exhilarating as taking in the sights and ... Read more

Environmental Experiment Along 18 miles In Georgia Seeks Greener Highways

An environmental experiment along 18 miles of Georgia highway helps bring eco-friendly technology to pavement across the country. Car manufacturers are hard at work making their new vehicles as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible. But what about the roads ... Read more

Paris Is Building The Eco-Community Of The Future Right Now. Here’s How.

May 23, 2018 — Every so often an environmentally friendly building gives us a glimpse of the low-carbon future so many climate plans envision. With the development of Clichy-Batignolles, the city of Paris has created a groundbreaking eco-village filled with such buildings. ... Read more

Averting The Apocalypse: Lessons From Costa Rica

Above Photo: Monique Quesada Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. Earlier this summer, a paper published in the journal Nature captured headlines with a rather bleak forecast. Our chances ... Read more

100% Renewables: ‘Wishful Thinking’ Or An Imperative Goal?

Above Photo: From medium.com In this essay, I was provoked to respond to Stan Cox’s widely-shared article “100 Percent Wishful Thinking: The Green-Energy Cornucopia”, in which he argues that a transition to 100% renewable energy is neither technically feasible, nor desirable. It is my ... Read more