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Archive for the Environment Category
Making Products from Recycled Chewing Gumby: GinaMarie Cheeseman Chewing gum, which does not degrade, thrown down on the ground is a litter problem on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.K. three and a half billion pieces of gum end up on the streets every year. The British government spends £150million a year to clean gum off streets. The [...] 08.30.10 | Environment | Zachary Lynch 
Paper Bags vs Plastic Bags: Which is Really Better?by Samantha Paper or plastic bags: which is better? 08.26.10 | Education, Environment | Ulvy Robles 
The Greenest Way to DieBy Katherine Butler Want to go green in death? Here’s a process that may allow you to do just that. Resomation involves an alkaline hydrolysis process that dissolves a body into both a liquid and a powdery white mass. Experts call it the green alternative to cremation, which notoriously releases nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur [...] 08.24.10 | Environment, Health | Gerry Pale 
Hundreds of Animals Die at Indonesian Zooby: Mac McDaniel Indonesia’s largest zoo is responsible for the deaths of nearly a thousand animals over the past three years, including endangered animals such as a Sumatran tiger, which died last Saturday. 08.21.10 | Education, Environment, ILMCI News, Professionales Community Association | Yolanda Vincent 
11 Ways to Control Weeds Without Chemicalsby Chaya Weeds are many home gardeners’ biggest enemy. Roundup and other chemicals may seem like the best weapon in the arsenal against weeds. However, many experts discourage the use of chemicals. They can leach into fruits and vegetables. They also runoff and trickle down into groundwater 08.19.10 | Agriculture, Environment, Health | Fiona Ryder 
8 Countries At Risk of DrowningBy Rachel Cernansky 08.18.10 | Education, Environment, Professionales Community Association | Shomenta Franci 
Kilimanjaro’s Ice Cover May Be Another Climate Change Casualtyby: Gina Marie Cheeseman In 13 to 24 years Ernest Hemingway’s short story, The Snows of Kilimanjaro may serve as a reminder of what the world has lost due to climate change. The snow-capped volcano in Tanzania might be ice-free within the next two decades, according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the [...] 08.3.10 | Environment | Richard Watson 
7 Ways to Make Your Living Space Smell NiceBy Yumi Sakugawa Rather than spraying chemical-laden air fresheners, choose one of these seven natural ways to make your living space smell a little nicer. 08.3.10 | Environment, Health | Rickey Crow 
14 Ways to Keep Cool in Your Home Without Air Conditioningby Becky Striepe Here in the South, the weather has definitely taken a turn toward the sweltering. There have been some unseasonably warm days already, with highs in the 90s, and the temptation to flick the switch on that A/C unit to “on” is very strong. Before using the air conditioner, consider this: home cooling accounts [...] 07.22.10 | Environment, Health | Artie Carrington 
Geoengineering: Can Humans Reverse Climate Change?by: Jasmine Greene Geoengineering techniques have been around since 1965 when scientists suggested spreading reflective material over the ocean to bounce back 1% sunlight back to space [Source: Scientific America]. Unfortunately this idea was complete bunk, but geoengineering has been gaining traction recently due to rising temperatures. There are currently two different geoengineering techniques: solar radiation [...] 06.16.10 | Environment | Branecki Faro |
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