Note: This post is written by a friend of the EcoSpheric Blog and fellow sustainability blogger, Tara McFatridge. Be honest, when someone tells you to go natural, what’s the first thing you think of? I’m not talking about going “au naturale” here, I’m talking about getting rid of some of the toxins, chemicals and...
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Giveaways, prizes, no-purchase-necessary-to-win drawings… There’s nothing like a good contest to get people’s creative juices flowing and to have a big impact on awareness and action. In the spirit of healthy competition I’ve decided to share details on three of the most interesting contests I’ve come across lately. They are different in method of...
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Do you like honey? (Mmmm…there’s no better sweetener) Like seeing wildflowers blooming by the side of a country road? Enjoy picking tomatoes and cucumbers out of your backyard garden in the summer? We take these things for granted, yet none of them would be possible without the tireless work of the honeybee. And now...
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“Coal River Mountain was the last mountain around here that hasn’t been touched and they could’ve been using it for windmills…But Massey wants to get that coal. It seems like they just don’t care about the populace. Just the land and their checkbook.”– Richard Bradford MARFORK, W.Va. – Protestors associated with Climate Ground Zero...
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Despite studies which have shown that Wyoming has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production, the state’s Governor recently announced a decision to block future wind-turbine development in about 20 percent of the state in a move to protect the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species that might soon be included on the Endangered...
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Although it’s quite delicious, finding seafood options that leave one with a clean conscience is becoming increasingly difficult for the average consumer. Extreme over fishing of certain popular varieties of marine life, like tuna and salmon, has led to dangerously depleted populations and had a negative effect on natural consumption habits of other species....
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