Have you run across an interesting article or website related to the care or abuse of the environment? If so, post the link or source and write a brief description.
Here’s an article from a recent issue of Popular Science in which the author rates the 50 Greenest Cities in the U.S. based on use of renewable energy sources, green buildings, parks/open spaces, recycling and transportation
Avoid being a greenwashed (or hornswaggled) consumer. (Submitted by Teresa Halley)
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/216/1/Avoiding-greenwashing.html/print/216
Want to feel at least a little superior? Check out Time magazine’s article on the ”World’s Ten Most Polluted Cities”.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1661031,00.html
Gas prices are up (duh!) and Americans are driving less (double duh!). Ok, no surprise there, but the Federal Highway Administration reports that April saw the sharpest drop in miles driven since they began keeping records in 1942. Talk about conservation. Wow! http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/26/gas.driving/