With all the alternative fuel sources out there the idea of eco-gadgets shouldn’t sound shocking. We have witnessed the awesome power of wind, water and solar energy and know that we can harvest almost any natural element and use it to power everything from our cars to our homes.
Oil, as we all know, is usually the resource that comes to mind when global analysts talk of scarce resources on the planet. For the past fifty years, countries have battled over the supply lines of oil, and as the plentiful resource dwindles down, prices and hysteria over “black gold” continue to rise. Read more here...
It has been twenty years since 10.8 million U.S. gallons of Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil poured into the waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez, which struck Bligh Reef on March 24th, 1989 caused one of the most widely covered environmental disasters of all time.
Lawmakers in San Francisco recently passed an ordinance that will keep the city on the vanguard of the green movement. In an effort to rid the city landfills of waste by 2020, San Francisco will make food scrap composting mandatory, and the city will fine repeat offenders who throw their scraps into trash bins. Read more here...
Amphibians are a diverse group of vertebrates that can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They are among the oldest living things on earth, appearing over 360 million years ago during the Devonian period and have diversified into a huge number of species.
The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) released its annual report last month, surveying the water quality throughout U.S. beaches. For the fourth consecutive year, over 20,000 beaches were closed around U.S. coasts, rivers and lakes. According to the study, California ranks 22nd in beach safety, while some Bay Area counties found themselves among some of the most contaminated sites in the state.
Regardless of your location you are never far from one of the thousands of truck stops that have littered North America. With millions of products being shipped across the continent every single day truck stops have become a necessary evil. 
We hear about companies private companies ‘going green’ all the time, and working towards becoming more eco-responsible. Larger companies, however, especially those with locations throughout North American or abroad have been more reluctant to jump on board.
When we envision Las Vegas we tend to think, maybe unfairly, of indulgence and consumption while conservation and sustainability rarely come to mind. This is an image city officials are trying to change. Las Vegas and its famous strip have begun to model eco-friendly practices.