TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Being Green: 11 Environmentally Friendly Habits The Tissue Issue“Ultra” brands of toilet paper such as Charmin, Cotton­­elle and Quilted Northern may feel soft on your bum, but they’re hard on the environment because they’re made from virgin fiber and bleached with chlorine. Virgin fiber typically comes from trees grown for pulp production or from sawmill leftovers after trees are cut into lumber. The alternative: brands made from 100 percent recycled fiber, preferably with at least 80 percent postconsumer content. You can download a wallet-size buyer’s guide from Greenpeace (www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/tissueguide) or the Natural Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org/land/forests/gtissue.asp). [More] rss.sciam.com |
Cagey Solution: Will Nano Traps Make Geothermal Power Earthquake-Safe? Earth's molten mantle is a potentially inexhaustible source of energy that could meet 10 percent of our nation's energy needs, but cost and safety concerns have hampered the growth of geothermal energy. Now, researchers have announced plans to test a more efficient way to tap into safer, low-temperature geothermal stores using nanotechnology. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Backpacking Made Easy, With 4-Footed Friends For a family camping in Colorado’s backcountry, llamas act as playmates, guards and furry 325-pound porters to lighten the load. travel.nytimes.com |
Bright Young Thing Emily Pilloton If the initiatives that Project H Design has taken on seem largely geared toward young people Learning Landscape playgrounds and sustainable food programs for public schools, to name but two it may have something to do with the fact that Emily Pilloton, the founder of the not even two-year-old humanitarian organization, is herself only 27. With the help of nine volunteer-driven cells from Austin, Tex., to Johannesburg, Pilloton, who started the company with a laptop and $1,000 while living at... nytimes.com |
Run Down: Dams, Pollution Reduce West Coast Salmon Numbers Dear EarthTalk: What is the story with west coast salmon runs? I've heard conflicting reports in regard to whether the fish are abundant or going extinct. --Rebecca Shur, Kirkland, Wash. [More] rss.sciam.com |