“Recyclable” labels are popping up everywhere, but companies seldom provide the information needed to actually recycle or reuse a product or its packaging in our communities. Join Earth911’s more than 2,000 volunteer curators to help your community identify what materials every local option, from the blue bin and transfer stations to private recycling and nonprofit reuse programs — we need […]
Change is hard. Change takes courage. And change starts with turning to face the challenge. Author James Baldwin is reported to have once said “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” What is a change you want to make? Face it and start that change today, the future will thank […]
Reducing the number of solo commuters in and around cities and the emissions associated with going to work and the store make a positive difference for the environment and human health. Meet Nanci Fitzgerald, President and CEO of The Rideshare Company. This nonprofit organization develops ridesharing services for companies, governments, and residential facilities. Founded in the 1980s, The Rideshare Company […]
A reusable cotton shopping bag can be a salve for environmental guilt, but a collection of them can be a carbon emissions and water use disaster. According to various research, it takes about 150 uses to offset the embodied carbon footprint of a cotton bag. When you account for water use and other environmental impacts, researchers in Denmark and Britain […]
Peter Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed: An Untold Story, explores the relationship between climate and human civilizations. He points out that over millennia, people have responded to climate changes by fighting over limited resources. This weeks inspiration quote calls for a new approach to conflict: “Climate change won’t kill us, we’ll kill each other over the remaining scraps of civilization. We […]
The recent Held v. Montana decision recognized the the right of young people to a safe climate and used this human entitlement as a foundation for pursuing essential environmental protections. In striking down harmful government action threatening the environmental rights of the Held v. Montana plaintiffs, the case demonstrated the legal power that comes when we recognize environmental protection as […]
The impacts of climate change are complicated, but we can all feel the changing seasons and how winter is becoming shorter. Summer is longer, hotter, and drier, while Winter is getting shorter. One study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that by 2100, winters may last only two months while summer heat could go on for six months. […]
As we enter 2024, closing the books on 2023’s record heat, economic and geopolitical turmoil, and a raft of climate change stories in the mainstream press, we’re fortunate to have Project Censored’s Andy Lee Roth return to the show to discuss the most under-reported environmental stories of the last year. Andy last visited with us to discuss 2022’s under-reported stories. Tune in for a […]
Author Margaret Atwood picks words to matter, and she thinks humans are still soft-pedaling the impact of global warming. “I think calling it climate change is rather limited,” Atwood wrote. “I would rather call it the everything change.” Post and share Earth911 posters to help people think of the planet first, every day. Click the poster to get a larger […]
2023 was the hottest year in history, and the the U.S. experienced more $1-billion disasters due to extreme than any previous year. There’s no question that Climate Change’s impact are being felt across the nation and around the world — and you can make a difference. Cut your climate-warming emissions to contribute to reducing the severity of extreme weather in […]