The brawl behind hydraulic fracturing
In early August 2011, U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garauf ruled in favor of the U.S. government’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state of New York. State Attorney General Eric T....
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Biomimicry: sustainable design guided by nature
A new methodology of engineering design, Biomimicry Design, introduces a completely logical and intriguing way of thinking. Its foundation, rooted in nature’s ingenious system of...
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Are hydrogen fuel cell cars the answer we’ve been waiting for?
Even in the green tech world of today, hydrogen fuel cell cars are receiving a small amount of attention compared to their electric counterparts. While companies like Best Buy and SolarCity are...
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Clean tech or public health: we shouldn’t have to choose
On January 28, 2011, the UK agreed to develop formal partnerships with China to accelerate the development of low-carbon technologies in both countries. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by...
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Deforestation in Borneo: Its impact on indigenous societies and implications...
When it comes to the topic of environmental degradation in Borneo, conservationists have become the new colonialists. From the conservationist standpoint, forests are seen as pristine sources of...
View ArticleIs the U.S. contributing to human rights violations by importing shrimp?
Shrimp farming, an industry that supplies the world with over 5 million metric tons of shrimp each year, is known throughout the environmental community as one of the world’s most destructive coastal...
View ArticleNew Heinz packets finally ketching up to modern times
Since its invention of the ketchup packet in 1968, H.J. Heinz Co. has received nothing but complaints about the small, messy, and above all else, simply wasteful design of the to-go version of...
View ArticleWill smoking bans make smoking habits worse?
According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, almost 80% of Americans currently live in a municipality that bans smoking in the workplace, local bars, restaurants, and other public and...
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NASA’s contribution to sustainability
People have never doubted NASA’s contribution to daily life on Earth: from cordless tools to water filters and memory foam, a majority of NASA’s technology, originally created to facilitate the...
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Keeping it cool: In NYC, volunteers promote urban sustainability
“It’s not every day we get to paint a roof in Midtown,” said Special Projects Manager for the New York City Service Wendy Dessy to a group of volunteers assembled in the basement of the David H. Koch...
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