The Age of Diminishing Returns
By Ugo Bardi, Shay Totten, Resilience.org
A Q&A with Ugo Bardi, author of Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth is Plundering the Planet
Tag: recycling
Zero Waste: Closer than You Think
By Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Dissident Voice
The Zero Waste Solution: Untrashing the Planet One Community at a Time by Paul Connett (Chelsea Green 2013) is about 100% waste recovery and reuse, the new gold standard in recycling.
Embodying the DIY Spirit in Our Creative Projects – Part 1: Eco-Friendly Ethos
By Kimberly Bryant, Ignite Me
When you hear the words “do it yourself,” what comes to mind?
A Scarcity of Rare Metals Is Hindering Green Technologies
By Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360
A shortage of "rare earth" metals, used in everything from electric car batteries to solar panels to wind turbines, is hampering the growth of renewable energy technologies.
How Whales Become Hazardous Waste
By Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Dissident Voice
The main theme of a new documentary, Trashed: No Place for Waste...is the major health danger posed by the 7 billion tons of garbage we discard every year.
Recycling’s ‘Final Frontier’: The Composting of Food Waste
By Dave Levitan, Yale Environment 360
A move by New York City to begin collecting food scraps and other organic waste is just the latest example of expanding efforts by municipalities worldwide to recycle large quantities of unused food and slash the amount of material sent to landfill