April 7, 2011

Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels?

Five things you may or may not know about sea turtles: They can live 80 years or longer. They’re important to ocean and beach ecology. They’re […]
April 7, 2011

Governments urged to tackle work agreed in 2010 at UN climate meeting

The first United Nations (UN) climate change negotiating session for 2011 started in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive […]
April 6, 2011

Why Even Climate Change Skeptics Should Go Solar

While many people think of solar technology as a part of the ‘green’ movement the idea of harnessing the sun’s energy via solar panels has been […]
April 5, 2011

Adopt a New Paradigm this Earth Day (April 22nd)

A recent study found that Americans spend less than one hour a week outside and asserts that this is leading to all kinds of ailments, including […]
April 4, 2011

The importance of recycling rare earth metals and minerals

“Rare earth” doesn’t mean a patch of soil that’s endangered as such. It refers to a series of metallic elements that while plentiful, are difficult to […]
April 4, 2011

Using Investment Strategies to Protect Water in Colombia

Borrowing strategies from the realm of high finance, the Nature Conservancy has created a conservation trust fund to protect rivers and watersheds in Colombia — and […]
April 3, 2011

How Large is Your Ecological Footprint & How Can You Reduce it?

Eradicating poverty is one of the main thrusts of the South African government.  The National Framework for Sustainable Development identifies how the wealthy are required to […]
April 3, 2011

Eco-friendly fishing line that dissolves in water

At first glance, it’s just looks like plain old fishing line — but the strong filament is actually a technological innovation made of special plastic that […]
April 2, 2011

Solar-Powered Wind Turbine for Ultimate Energy Generation

Why settle for one form of renewable energy when you can produce power with two? That’s exactly what scientists from the University of Liverpool have done […]
April 2, 2011

What does ‘Green’ really mean?

Green science or products can be loosely defined as the term for any application of science, knowledge or technology towards improving the relationship between human technology […]
April 1, 2011

5 Green Home Improvement Tips

Rising in popularity in recent years, green home improvement is an inexpensive and environment friendly way for you to increase the value, durability and even appearance […]
April 1, 2011

Wind Power and Water Scarcity

Among the oft-repeated arguments against wind power — that it is intermittent, unreliable, expensive, noisy, dangerous to wildlife, or aesthetically unappealing — one argument you will […]
April 1, 2011

Living on a farm in the city

Many of the people who read this blog are interested in self-sufficiency, growing their own food, making food from scratch and raising animals for meat or […]
April 1, 2011

10 Most Impressive Ancient Aqueducts

The word aqueduct derives from the Latin words aqua meaning water and ducere meaning to lead. An aqueduct is therefore best described as an artificially structure […]
March 31, 2011

Europe’s Greenest Home: an Earthship

The Earth Times sees small-scale sustainable living in action on a tour of the Earthship in Brighton. To look at, blended into the surrounding nature through […]
March 31, 2011

Gardening for your survival (Part 2)

Why’s Gardening So Important Now? (See Gardening for your Survival Part 1) There are at least five reasons why more of us should take up spade, […]
March 31, 2011

Gardening for your survival (Part 1)

Spring has sprung—at least south of the northern tier of states where snow still has a ban on it—and the grass has ‘riz. And so has […]
March 31, 2011

Energy efficiency should be seen as ‘another fuel’

Energy efficiency could be the immediate solution to higher energy demand, while renewable energy sources were being considered for long-term energy sustainability, energy experts said on […]