Countdown to consensus on action against global warming?
EarthTalk is a Q&A column from E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What do organizers hope to accomplish at the upcoming (December 7-18, 2009) United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen? – F. Rojas, Oakland, CA
The upcoming COP15 meeting in Denmark — so named because it is the 15th such international gathering of the Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Saving the Planet, One Beer at a Time
Ah, beer. Perhaps one of mankind’s greatest inventions, it refreshes us, relaxes us, and restoreth our souls.
And like many other products, beer has a considerable environmental impact, the most significant of which is storage in the open-air refrigerator units found in grocery stores. (I personally wouldn’t mind opening a glass door to get my 6-pack, if it means we could all breathe easier.)
Another way to
Living large in 65 square feet
Homes are shrinking in America. After doubling in size since 1960, the national average dropped for the first time in nearly 15 years (by 9%, the size of one average room).
But far from this new average of 2,000 plus square feet are the so-called tiny houses. Also called wee homes, mini dwellings, or microhomes, their definition is not exact, but they run as small as
