If the word formaldehyde makes you think of mad scientists, you’re not entirely wrong. Formaldehyde is the smelly chemical that preserves dead specimens floating in jars in a science lab. It’s not something you want in your home — it doesn’t belong there. But it is there. In fact, formaldehyde is in so many things it’s hard to completely avoid […]
Earth Day on April 22, 2022, marks the 52nd year that people around the world have marched and rallied and participated in projects to clean up the environment. After another year of extreme weather and higher global temperatures, let’s use Earth Day to revisit our personal transitions to sustainable living: an Earth Decade Plan to eliminate one big source of […]
Ninety-one percent of all plastic ever manufactured is still unrecycled. And how much have we manufactured? During the six decades that humans have been mass-producing plastic, we’ve created 8.3 billion tons of it. That number grows daily. We didn’t plan ahead for the proper disposal of plastic and now we have a plastics crisis in the U.S. and around the […]
A new report by the American Lung Association (ALA) has found that a nationwide shift to electric vehicles and clean energy could save over 100,000 American lives. The researchers found that a rapid transition could save the country over 1.2 trillion in public health costs over the next three decades. Additionally, the shift could reduce lung condition cases associated with […]
Penguin will publish “The Climate Book,” a new work by climate activist Greta Thunberg, this coming autumn. Over 100 people contributed to the book, which provides an overview of how Earth’s many crises connect. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos I’ve invited over 100 leading voices from around the world – scientists, experts, activists and authors to create a book that […]
Québec’s Chibougamau-Chapais airport serves a large territory that includes the Chibougamau, Chapais and Oujé-Bougoumou communities. With growing passenger traffic, the airport hired EVOQ and ARTCAD to design a new sustainable terminal building featuring cross-laminated timber (CLT). Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Chibougamau-Chapais airport is used for air travel, freight, medical evacuations and even forest firefighting operations. Inside, the concourse […]
The world must make immediate and drastic cuts to carbon emissions to keep warming to under 1.5 degrees C, according to a new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Existing policies and economic growth would allow warming to reach 3.2 degrees C, or nearly 6 degrees F, the report finds. “It’s now or never, if we […]
The new Furla Headquarters in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Florence demonstrates industrial modern architecture can blend right into nature. The project explores one theme above others: integration of industrial architecture into the rustic Italian landscape in order to rethink the quality of a workspace. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos “Architecture and nature are perfectly blended along all directions to […]
If you’ve ever seen an old strip mine in West Virginia or Kentucky, you know what an environmental travesty looks like. But the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Program is working hard to restore native forests and wildlife habitat on old strip mines throughout the Appalachian region. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The program is a cooperative effort between state […]
Many of us are moving our investments to greener options and driving fuel-efficient vehicles. Some are installing solar panels to reduce our carbon footprints or biking more. But are we supporting the financing of climate chaos through our banking activities? Despite our best intentions, are we indirectly supporting investments in fossil fuel companies and projects? Bank.Green recently announced its Fossil […]