How “Green” are Our E-waste and Computer Recycling Programs?
We love our electronics, don’t we? There seems to be hundreds of new and improved gadgets hitting the market every day. Today however, the headaches of recycling computers and the…
What is Sustainable Landscaping and Why it Matters
The drawbacks of traditional landscaping are evident everywhere these days. They include air (lawnmowers, transportation) and water (fertilizers and pesticides) pollution, harm to biodiversity, consumption of natural resources like water,…
To Ban or not to Ban Plastic Bags in San Jose?
San Jose officials are deciding this week whether to ban the ever useful plastic bag from stores in San Jose. If they did, we would officially stop contributing to the…
Meat the Biggest Polluter in the World!
Want to know the world’s top destroyer of the environment? It is not the car, or the plane, or some coal plant: it is the cow. A United Nations report…