We have so many reasons to be grateful for trees. Trees provide shade for our homes and windbreaks for our crops. We eat the fruits and nuts they bear and their wood provides paper, furniture, houses, and more. Trees filter toxins from the air and water, help prevent erosion, and generate the very air we breathe. And they are one […]
This week’s quote is from poet Gary Snyder: “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” Earth911 inspirations. Post them, share your desire to help people think of the planet first, every day. Click to get a larger image. This post was originally published on July 19, 2019.
Twitter announced through a World Earth Day post on their blog last Friday that it will no longer allow advertisements that go against the scientific consensus on climate change. Advertisers that use scientific language on the platform must conform with the current agreed-upon language by scientific bodies. In the process, all climate change deniers will no longer be able to advertise […]
The new expansion of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is a showcase of sustainable design. It is also a celebration of the natural landscape itself. It’s an airport design for a greener future. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The C Concourse Expansion at SEA was designed by Miller Hull and Woods Bagot. SEA is operated by the Port of […]
Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch received a sustainable renovation. It revitalized an iconic resort community near Sisters, Oregon, which sits at the gateway to Oregon’s high desert. The Ranch, originally planned in the early 1970s, is a vacation destination or year-round home for many people. The 15,000-square-feet Lakeside is a replacement of the old pool facility. Continue reading below Our […]
You’ll find it between a residential area of pretty, traditional wooden homes and the bustling urban environment of Odense. H.C. Andersen Museum, garden and cultural center honors the natural world and the museum’s namesake. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Located in Denmark, the H.C. Andersen Museum is all about bringing life to the written word, creating spaces where you […]
People who have come of age in recent decades — millennials and members of Generation Z — have been exposed to a steady stream of alarming news about climate change and ecological destruction. And a growing body of evidence suggests that these worsening problems, and the failure to address them, are taking an emotional toll. Among those studying this phenomenon […]
Tree-sitting as an act of protest is much older – and more current – than Julia Butterfly Hill’s successful two-year occupation of a 600-year-old tree in Humboldt County, California. In the 1970s, the first tree-sitters saved the forest that became Pureora National Park in New Zealand. And for the past year in British Columbia on First Nation territory, nearly 500 […]
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth report on the state of the global climate raises a red flag for humanity. But it also provides a range of solutions to reduce the levels of CO2 in our planet’s atmosphere. In this quiz, you’ll test your basic understanding of climate change, different ways we can capture and store carbon, and […]
You jog in them. Compete in them. Maybe even meet your friend for lunch in them. They add an extra bounce to your step and urge you to take the stairs instead of the elevator. When the last thing you want to do is wake up for that morning run, they are there for you. They have a special place […]