Environment

Can you recycle alkaline batteries? Here's what you need to know about discarding alkaline batteries once they're no longer functional.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California and is larger than the state of Texas. It is a collection of marine debris and microplastics harmful to animal and human life.

Conserving water can help save the planet, lower your water and electric bills, and protect the environment. In this article, you'll learn seven ways to conserve water at home and why you should.

As the human population continues to grow, it is more important than ever to take steps to protect and preserve the planet. This article looks at 10 ways you can do your part to improve and promote planetary health.

In this article, I explain the causes and effects of noise pollution.

Water pollution is one of the most significant problems facing the world today. There are 11 main causes of this environmental hazard.

What is air pollution? Toxic material like smoke, dust, soot, chemicals, and noise pollute the air and are harmful to human health, plants, and wildlife.

The world is running out of sand and the shortage is triggering crime and violence.

My top tips for gardeners to save and recycle water from around the home to water plants in the garden. Gardeners should take a bath not a shower because a bath allows more water to be saved and recycled. The average bath contains enough water to fill over 10 garden watering cans.

The southwestern part of the United States is facing diminishing water supplies and a potentially devastating water crisis due to a severe drought and increasing population. Water could run out in the American desert southwest in the not too distant future.

That light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. Can we get out of the way?

A Speech by an Imaginary Presidential Candidate

This article discusses key tools for increasing the world’s supply of sustainable seafood, including certifications, ratings, fisheries and aquaculture improvement projects, and sustainable fishing practices.

What is climate change? How it is caused and what can we do about it?

Daylight Saving Time was created to do exactly what the name implies: create savings. Specifically, it was intended to save energy. But that is no longer the case.

What are the causes of land pollution? This article will discuss 10 of the top causes of land pollution. These are also known as polluting agents.

Why does Japan have such a low birth rate? Explore these seven possible reasons.

Socially responsible banks seek to invest in reducing climate change.

Ethical and health reasons for eating a vegan diet.

A simple explanation and summary for those who are confused about the discussions surrounding COP26.

The average person consumes a total of 3,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every year. How can we consume electricity more responsibly? What are energy labels, and how can they help?

A grim spectacle plays out in the Danish Faeroe Islands as scores of dolphins are slaughtered.

Local leaders can shutter businesses that cause harm to the environment and the health of citizens.

President Biden's obvious failures seem to mount daily, from the Southern Border to Afghanistan, but his biggest failure of all is his lack of action to counter Climate Change.

Monarch butterfly populations are in rapid decline. Find out why these iconic butterflies are in danger, and what you can do to save them.

Current growth rates in the population are unsustainable—but can we do anything to stem the growth?

Are humans facing near-term human extinction due to global warming? Some scientists believe we do face an existential threat from global warming as positive feedback loops kick in and increase the rate of global warming and its negative impacts.

A Blue Ocean Event (BOE) is when the Arctic Ocean changes from being covered in ice year-round to being mostly ice-free blue water for a period of time during warm months. This will cause severe on humans and the environment.

The Big Cat Public Safety Act is one of the biggest pieces of legislation in a long time that intends to improve the welfare of wildlife. The act would protect big cats, prohibit private ownership of them, and end cub-side attractions where people take pictures with them, hold them, and pet them.

Urban sprawl, the Urban Heat Island Effect, and green roofs in Atlanta.

This is an article advocating for the wolf that takes a peek into the life of the Canis lupus. Sometimes, things are not always how they seem.

Drug king Pablo Escobar imported hippopotamuses for his private zoo; now they are creating havoc.

Natural disasters have existed over the last century and presented devastating effects.

South Africa is making progress in defeating the poaching of rhinoceroses.

As climate activists, it is not always easy to find in-depth information about climate change. Here are five areas in our daily life that we can take action in.

Lab grown meat is now available for sale, but how ethical is this new technology and would you eat it?

Florida’s first tourist attraction owes its existence to America’s biggest natural spring. But now it has a problem with an introduced species—of monkeys.

Among a new generation of young conservatives, addressing the substantial risks associated with global warming and the substantial climate change it's causing is becoming a priority.

Is the recent global warming being caused by natural variations in the Earth’s climate or have mankind’s activities on Earth played a significant role in the global warming observed since the later part of the 20 century?

The waste from nuclear power plants will remain hazardous for thousands of years. How can it be stored safely?

A syncretism of the philosophies of Murray Bookchin and Alfred North Whitehead can help us rethink our relationship with the Earth.

A personal look at how cars are being marginalised in the UK in preference to public transport.

Stripper wells and "orphan" or abandoned oil wells pose a unique threat to the environment. Here are some of those issues and how we might be able to make some positive changes.

We all have a lot of microplastic in our bodies and it’s impossible to avoid ingesting more.

What are the new challenges in e-waste management after the COVID-19 Pandemic? Tell me what you think in the comments.

The South Fork of the Chicago River carried away the decaying effluent of the city’s stockyards, but the legacy of pollution remains.

Since some sources say that we may be facing 32% unemployment in the wake of the coronavirus, we had better learn how to grow our own food to feed our communities.

Who is Carole Baskin? Here's what you need to know about Big Cat Rescue’s CEO.

It is impossible to ignore the warnings that our beautiful blue planet is in crisis. We are heading towards a tipping point from which there will be no return unless we all play our part in living a more sustainable lifestyle. This article will hopefully give you some simple but useful tips.

Sustainable tourism development meets the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing tourism opportunities for future generations. To enable this continued practice, a number of different environmentally progressive approaches have been developed.