Stopping climate change is the top environmental priority, but it’s too late to focus exclusively on prevention. From heat waves to hurricanes, communities are already experiencing the extreme weather impacts of our changing climate. Around the world, civic leaders are working to make their communities more resilient in the face of climate change and increasingly common environmental disasters. Resilience planning […]
An open-pit coal mine in the Thar Desert, Sindh province, Pakistan, in February 2023. Photo credit: Alamy. By Zofeen Ebrahim UK-based Oracle Power is behind a new solar project in the Thar Desert, where the company is already exploring coal, as locals express scepticism about tall promises. Millions of solar panels are set to be mounted upon swathes of soil […]
Over the past few weeks, the planet, atmosphere, and ocean have hit historically high temperatures. July 4, 2023, was the hottest day in recorded history. It’s time to make changes that have been talked about too long. Earth911 is taking a step to help accelerate the development of the circular economy, which can reduce the need to extract raw materials […]
When many of us think of sustainable living, we think of rural homesteads or tiny homes. Homesteads involve cultivating food and living off of the land. Tiny homes use relatively few building materials and consume less energy for heating and cooling. Yet, some people value living in large dwellings, possibly in urban areas. They prefer being surrounded by others and […]