All new builds will have to have an energy certificate from next year, according to the director general of the ministry for Energy at the Balearic Government, Marilena Tugores. Although the costs of the tax will be symbolic, the idea is to try and encourage people to make their properties more energy efficient.
To this end [...]
When you go camping, it’s not only your family and the persons you’re with, you are responsible of. When you go camping, it’s not only your personal items you should take care of. When you go camping, it’s not only your tent or your RV or your sleeping cot that you have to look after.
What [...]
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation,” writes Pope Benedict XVI in his message for the World Day of Peace.
The World Day of Peace is observed each year on January 1.
“Our duties towards the environment flow from our duties towards the person,” the Pope writes. He explains that the degradation of the environment jeopardizes [...]
Is your house leaking heat? Do you even know? If you live in an older house, the answer is, “Probably.” However, even new houses and house owners can suffer due to this problem. If you were careful with the insulation, you are in better shape than most people, but air can still flow without your [...]
Why Recycle Ink Cartridges:
Many ink cartridges can be used several times over by going through a process of being “remanufactured”. This process consists of cleaning, servicing, refilling, testing and repackaging used cartridges. By remanufacturing (also referred to as recycling), inkjet cartridge suppliers are able to provide a cheaper alternative product to an original cartridge, whilst [...]
Recent events are showing that, in the contact sport of climate change science, reasonable people on both sides may have cause to fear that the loser will be the scientific method.
As scientists, policymakers, diplomats and environmentalists begin to converge on Copenhagen for climate talks, the integrity of leading climate change researchers has come under attack; [...]
The term “environmental modification techniques” refers to any technique for changing – through the deliberate manipulation of natural processes – the dynamics, composition or structure of the Earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, or of outer space. (Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, United [...]
It doesn’t take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson. An incoming e-mail, an instant message, or a link to a really cool video on YouTube can all stop the lesson in its [...]
WASHINGTON — In the 1970s and early ’80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greatest wealth transfer from rich to poor in history. Why not them? So in grand U.N. declarations and conferences, they began calling for a [...]
NASHVILLE – Americans throw away up to 25 percent more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than at any other time of the year, but with some simple tips, you can make your holidays green and save a little money.
“From giving environmentally friendly gifts to unique decorating tips, there are a host of simple [...]