Dwindling financial resources have brought metropolitan school districts to their knees, cutting elective studies, losing athletics programs, and silencing music. In some cities and rural areas the effects are even more troubling as schools are closed and students are crammed into shrinking classrooms. Schools are frantically searching for viable ways to reduce overhead by more [...]
Have you ever had the unfortunate experience of settling in for a chat with a long-lost friend and been lost in the first five words out of their mouth? They are likely suffering from acronymitis, or an inflammation of the abbreviation gland. Signs of infection include rapid-fire rattling off of industry (or even office) specific [...]
When the road becomes too steep, the climb too challenging, we downshift. The engine slows and the torque is increased to improve the overall performance of the vehicle. Green downshifting applies this same basic driving concept to life.
Our society is experiencing yet another dramatic adjustment in business, finance and lifestyle. Everyone is looking for ways [...]
Driving to work has a lot of benefits. Sure, some will begrudge their trek due to the congestion and distance. However, driving to work can be a great opportunity for listening to an audio book, looking the local scenery, and helping the environment.
Helping the environment? Don’t cars burn fuel and send emissions into the air? [...]
You’re a reader and you are concerned about the effect that paper production has on the environment. That’s apparent, because you’re here. But how do you move beyond the obvious – buying books at the major bookseller – to support eco-friendly book production? There are so many options out there that we wonder why the [...]
Not sure what energy subsidies actually are? Well, you’ll find that they are something that is wielded as a champion of energy technologies that are favorites against those technologies that are competing. Those that really support nuclear energy and fossil fuels try to say that those energies such as solar and wind and other types [...]
The concept of carbon offsets is a relatively simple one. Basically, to reduce carbon emissions in the environment you can sponsor the planting of trees in the world to help enhance oxygen production and other benefits. There is quite a bit of confusion and, yes, some controversy around the issue which is why it deserves [...]
If you like to multi-task, then getting in shape while helping the environment should be the next thing on your bucket list. Better yet, make it a daily habit for, indeed, every little thing that we do for the environment goes a long way towards ensuring our survival on the planet we call home.
Walk the [...]
Joyce Kilmer must have had a prophetic eye. She wrote a beautiful poem about a tree and extolled its beauty as lovelier than a poem but that was then when trees grew abundantly in forests and the countryside. Today, the forests are groaning from the wanton rape of its treasures – trees.
Do Your Part, Use [...]
Petroleum, imported or local dictates economies. Governments, businesses, institutions, and homes need petroleum to keep running. In the US alone, 19.5 million barrels are demanded daily and the US oilfields yield less than five million barrels per day. If you look at the numbers, there’s no way the demand for imported liquid fuel will fall.
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