Why do you support wind energy?  I started to purchase wind energy through a utility program years ago because I wanted to support an environmentally friendly form of electricity.  As I have learned more about wind energy, I have become aware that there are many different benefits. 

Here are a few:

Wind energy is a homegrown source of electricity.  We do not need to import wind energy; we are tapping a resource generated...

We have been giving out lots of advice recently about how you can live more sustainably. I live in an old row home in Philadelphia, and I wanted to tell you about what I do, in part motivated by the onset of winter. Greening my house is all about finding effective approaches to offset my environmental impact and save money. Times are tough, so the challenge is finding cost-effective solutions to our energy challenges, which deliver bang for the...

The green crowd has used, and re-used, reusable shopping bags for years. My methodology had been to reuse the paper-in-plastic bags from the grocery store.  When these would start to get shabby, I would use the paper bag to recycle newspapers and the plastic bag as a trashcan liner, and get a new paper-in-plastic bag the next time I visited the grocery store. 

This system had worked well for me, and felt right, so I suggested it to...

It is really cool that we now know the carbon footprint of a 64-ounce container of Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice.  Clearly, you need to know the carbon impact of a product before you can credibly claim to reduce its impact.

The fun part for me is thinking about who is responsible for these emissions.

Clearly, as a consumer, I can make the choice to avoid this product, thereby reducing my personal footprint. You could argue that the...

A conversation with a colleague recently brought up the question ”How sustainable can sustainable really be?”.  In modern times, with all our technology, how sustainable can one’s life be without living in a farming community, making one’s own clothes and cookware?  This would require disassembling modern day society, which isn’t an option.  From the big corporations down to the individual, we each have a responsibility to the...