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UK toilet paper gets carbon footprint label

As the newspaper industry declines and publications enhance their web presence, many are claiming that the web evolution is “greening” the publishing industry. Fewer print publications saves trees and the planet, right?
Not so fast.
A closer comparison of total life cycle energy and resource consumption reveals that web publications are not necessarily greener. Studies by the [...]

Blue Ridge Bashes are Cleaning Up their Acts
“You learn so much about human behavior when you go through a person’s trash,” says Georgia Malki, owner of Seven Star Events, a company that works to reduce the environmental impact of one of America’s favorite guilty pleasures: festivals. At first glance, the typical festival may look environmentally [...]

Unlike most professional athletes, Alison Gannett was an environmentalist before she became a world champion freeskier. Gannett has been researching global warming ever since she graduated from the University of Vermont with an environmental science degree 20 years ago. In the 90s she provided the action shots in Warren Miller films and won multiple [...]

Dear EarthTalk: How can I determine if it is more eco-friendly to fly or drive somewhere?
                                                                                                 – Christine Matthews, Washington, DC
 The simple answer is that driving in a relatively fuel efficient car (25-30 miles per gallon) usually generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than flying. In assessing the global [...]