Eating local keeps communities healthy and reduces the miles that food travels to get to your plate, but what could be more local than plucking food right from your own yard? Fleet Farming volunteers. Photo credit: Fleet Farming Fleet Farming, a bike-powered, all-volunteer team of farmers in Orlando, Florida is turning wasteful, water-hogging lawns into mini […]
By Liz Dwyer It’s common sense that if you’re buying a pair of trendy $9 jeans at the mall, there’s a good chance they were made in an overseas sweatshop by poorly paid women or children. Yet a new survey reveals that saving a buck is what’s foremost in Americans’ minds. An Associated Press–GFK poll […]
Babcock Ranch, an eco-friendly community under development in southwest Florida near Fort Myers, might just be the town of the future. A rendering of Babcock Ranch, aka “the world’s most sustainable city,” will operate mainly on solar power. “Less than a year from today, the first residents will be settling into a whole new way […]
Electric bikes are a great way to get around with less pedal power and research shows that they make people cycle longer and more frequently. Still, e-bikes are a niche market, and many people don’t want to buy a new ride when their standard pedal-bike works perfectly fine. But now, thanks to a team of Cambridge, Massachusetts inventors, you can […]
During an interview at the World Energy Innovation Forum (WEIF) at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory Wednesday, Elon Musk criticized fossil fuel subsidies as well as the alleged “propaganda” tactics deployed by Big Oil and Gas to tarnish his companies, including Tesla, SolarCity and SpaceX. Elon Musk speaking @TeslaMotors #WEIF2016 pic.twitter.com/eGT0V4ddGG — Ted Treanor (@ecoTed) May 4, […]
By New Yorkers for Clean Power Top environmental and business organizations, actor Mark Ruffalo and clean energy leaders held a press conference Monday in New York City to launch New Yorkers for Clean Power, a statewide campaign to increase the deployment of clean energy across New York state. New Yorkers for Clean Power was launched […]
Leonardo DiCaprio announced that he is investing in the fast-growing beverage startup Runa, which works with Ecuadorian farmers to manufacture sustainably produced organic teas and natural energy drinks made from the guayusa plant found in the Amazon. But DiCaprio isn’t just financially backing the brand, the Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist will donate all of his shares […]
With its muggy summers and freezing winters, Philadelphia isn’t exactly known as an agricultural hotspot. But a resolution passed Thursday by Philadelphia City Council could put the City of Brotherly Love on the map as the next international green hub. Will Philly’s skyscrapers be home to urban farms? Vertical farms, which use height to maximize growth space […]
A former telecommunications building in The Hague, Netherlands has been transformed into Europe’s largest commercial urban food production facility. Farming at the next level. The UF002 De Schilde is a rooftop farm in The Hague that’s estimate to grow 45 tons of vegetables a year and is Europe’s largest urban farm. Photo credit: UrbanFarmers / UrbanFarmers […]
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