Biofuels Do More Harm Than Good: An In-Depth Analysis
Contrary to claims, biofuels are not carbon neutral. In fact, in many cases, biofuels end up emitting more carbon than traditional fossil fuels. Let’s discuss.
Christina De La Rocha
Hydrogen Fuel: An Overview, and Potential for Green Energy
If we were to use it strategically, hydrogen fuel could play a critical role in getting us to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, before it’s too late.
Degrowth: A Sustainable Solution Or Certain Economic Disaster?
It’s time to consider “degrowth”, reducing our activities and shrinking our economies to lessen our carbon emissions and negative effects on the environment.
What Is Soil? A Close Look at the Ground Beneath our Food
When air, water, biology, and rocks interact with each other at the Earth’s surface, a life-giving property emerges. But what is soil exactly? Let’s dig deeper.
What is Organic Food? And What Does Organic Mean Anyway?
What does organic food mean? We explore the agricultural usage of the term ‘organic’, and the difference between conventional and organic farming.
The German Farmers’ Protests: Causes and Solutions
In the second week of January, 2024, the farmers’ protests erupted in Germany. We discuss the cause: Big Food, and a rotten system ripe for a radical overhaul.
The Devastation of Our Success
A look back at the environmental devastation left in the wake of humanity’s rise to dominance, and a look forward at the ways in which we might make amends.
What Happens to Garbage: Insights into the Burning of Waste
We take a closer look at what happens to garbage, and why it might not be taken to landfill, as seen through this tour of a local garbage-burning facility.
8000Kicks Review: Eco-Friendly Shoes Made with Hemp Canvas
These waterproof hemp shoes look nice, are well made out of durable, reasonably sustainable materials, and they’re comfortable.
Let’s Give Trickle Up Economics a Go
It’s time to give trickle up economics a go. It would rev up the economy, raise standards of living, improve public health, and reduce homelessness.
The European Green Belt: Walking The Iron Curtain Trail
The Iron Curtain Trail, within the European Green Belt, stands as a symbol of progress and equality, unifying communities that still feel the scars of long separation.
Living Sustainably: Why It Cannot Be All About Me
We all need to fight for our governments to deliver the broad-scale, top down changes that are needed so that we can live in a reasonable yet sustainable way.
Your Carbon Footprint: 10 Things You Can Do to Decrease It
While we wait for governments, car companies, and power providers to create the infrastructure to allow us all to aim at living zero net carbon lives.
How To Go Carbon Neutral
If we hope to avoid the impending climatic disaster, carbon neutrality should be the goal of everyone, but is net-zero carbon emissions truly achievable?
An Argument Against Pesticides: Fuming Over Fumigation
When a nearby farm is sprayed, we have to shut all our windows and doors to keep the fumes out of the house, but there’s nothing we can do to save the bees.