Why Urban Sustainability Matters
In the last decade, we’ve seen the planet warm 0.13°C, 73 hectares of forest give way to farmland, and sea levels rise 36.7 mm. In the next 10 years, these trends are expected to continue as world...
View ArticleThe Greenest Cities in the U.S.
If you’ve ever wondered which cities are the most environmentally friendly, you’re not alone. To answer that question, a list of the greenest cities was recently developed. The list ranks...
View ArticleLiving Sustainably in an Urban Environment
Living in a big city, the smell of exhaust, skyscraper buildings, and hoards of people surround you. Urban living can be one of the best experiences you’ll have, but it can also be difficult to feel...
View ArticleHere Comes The Sun: Solar Power In Big Cities
More and more people are living their best eco-friendly life and cutting down on their carbon footprint by recycling, using energy saving light bulbs, investing in energy-saving thermostats, and some...
View ArticleYou can live in a city and still live green
The urban jungle, the concrete jungle, the big city — whatever you call major metropolitan areas, there are both similarities and differences throughout the United States. One of them is their...
View ArticleAll Your Questions About Solar Power for the Home, Answered
Solar energy is a wonderfully effective and cost-efficient addition to most any home, and yet only 3% of American households use it. So what’s up? Maybe you’ve got some lingering questions keeping you...
View ArticleBright Lights, Big City: Solar Power in the Urban Sprawl
Ultimately the point of green technology is to help us coexist with Mother Nature instead of intruding all over her backyard, flattening it, and putting down some pavement. Humans aren’t known for...
View ArticleWater, Water, Everywhere and Not A Drop to Spare: What’s the Future of Water...
In the United States, households alone use an estimated 29 billion gallons of water daily. And while abundant water availability is a luxury that is afforded to some states, others are not so...
View ArticleSacrificing Savings for Space: Are Tiny Homes Really Worth It?
Whether you’re hoping to reduce your carbon footprint, enticed by the opportunity to move your home every year, or looking to greatly reduce your cost of living, tiny homes can make for an affordable...
View ArticleHow to Help the Environment, Without a Backyard
Today is Earth Day, a day that is celebrated to “mark the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970”. And while this is an international holiday celebrated across the...
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