Author: The GU team

So it seems like recycling is getting more and more common in Australia nowadays, which is a fine development and all, but the big problem they’re facing right now is their amount of carbon emissions. But Australia, which signed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change last December, continues to rely on coal for electricity, and…

We all know that a lot of business schools have started offering sustainable business and other environment-related classes and full degrees. Now even a law school has a Sustainable Business Law program and Animal Law courses. The University of Oregon’s School of Law is the first law school in the U.S. to offer these programs.

In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, there’s a man in Ankh-Morpork called Harry King, the King of the Golden River. Basically, what he does is put away people’s…waste products for them. It turned him into quite a rich man, especially because no one is doing the same thing in the city. That’s pretty much what Waste…

I saw Mark Moffett (that’s not him in the photo) on The Colbert Report talking about his new book, Face to Face with Frogs. Mr. Moffett said that frogs are on the fastest road to extinction due to climate change. Many species have now become extinct. I was terrorized with a plastic but realistic-looking frog…

I saw conservationist Eugene Cussons on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this past Wednesday. He is the host of Animal Planet’s new show, Escape to Chimp Eden which premieres tonight, 08 February. He is Chimp Eden’s managing Director and the Jane Goodall Institute’s Rescue Director. It is horrible what humans are doing to not…

Seeing the Grand Canyon is an experience like no other. Environment America says that in the past 5 years, mining companies have staked 805 claims within 5 miles of the park. Toxic chemicals from mines could endanger the park and its wildlife. Sign the petition to help preserve the Grand Canyon for future generations.

For some reason, any environmental initiative launched by our government makes me snort with laughter. So sorry, I can’t help it. Anyway, the government has just announced plans to scrap incandescent bulbs altogether by the year 2010. I wholeheartedly approve. No, seriously. It’s just a mystery to me how they plan to implement the ban,…

We’re all familiar with the concept of telecommuting, which is simply called working from home by most of us. Benefits have been touted for this working method (check here), but did you realize that working from home is also good for the environment? I’ve done my fair share of working from home, but I never…

The HumanCar Imagine™ LMV will be unveiled on Earth Day this year, and even though that’s a few months away, the HumanCar is already receiving a lot of attention because it definitely brings to mind the vehicles in The Flintstones (They’re not just eco-friendly, but also provide a great workout. You can bet that the…

Here’s something that has people hotly debating its usefulness: the ecobutton. Each time you take a short or long break, a phone call, go for a meeting etc. you simply press the ecobutton™ and your computer is put into energy saving ‘ecomode’ which ensures that both your computer and monitor draw only the same nominal…