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Wal-mart (falsely) claims its Love, Earth jewelry line is eco-friendly because consumers can trace the mine origins to the “Jewelry Sustainable Value Network”. Not so, according to a statement by Global Response who reports that the "mines are not monitored or certified by any credible independent agent." 

In the last 50 years, human beings have launched thousands of artificial satellites into space. When one of these stops working, it usually falls back toward the Earth and burns up in the atmosphere. Satellites at high altitudes, however, sometimes remain in Earth’s orbit. Later, they may fall apart or explode into thousands of smaller pieces. The higher the satellite, the longer it stays in orbit, and the more likely it is to break apart. The pieces may stay in orbit for years, decades or even centuries.

"But we meant well!" Classic reasons why man should never interfere with the environment.

This was a school project for materials and lighting which turned into alot more. I wanted to make a mini-world where only a few people lived. Like a personal earth.

It’s lunchtime, baby. Panda Garden. Porky goodness. Mooshu style.

The “other white meat” in your takeout container falls behind beef and chicken in American consumption, but we do pig out on pig—on average, each of us consumes 51 pounds of Wilbur annually. That translates to big impact on our water and air.

Being green! It may sound complicated and time consuming but it’s actually the opposite. All around us we see new gadgets and technologies that are supposedly eco-friendly. Well thats what companies are telling us. They try to make you think that you need to buy their expensive products in order to be green.

A retired rancher in Goldthwaite, TX discovers a remarkable green technology for getting rid of fire ants without harmful poisons or chemicals.

A Canadian couple has committed to implementing green ideas around their home, every single day for an entire year. Three months in, they have done everything from build a solar cooker and buy a manual lawnmower, to making their own butter and body wash. Our Green Year can be seen at http://ourgreenyear.blogspot.com

Think a green vacation means trekking through the wilderness or surviving on nothing but granola and berries? Think again! Green vacations come in as many shapes and sizes as American families. In fact, with a little preparation, you can turn almost any vacation into an “eco-vacation.” Here's how...

A breathtaking photography project that challenges how we look at and think about our natural habitat. Absolutely stunning and brilliantly moving.

The Argentine Minister of the Environment (and activist) Romina Piccolotti talks about "environmental discrimination" -- the connections between global warming and social and economic justice.

Creative ideas for your greener city.

Swapping is the latest trend to hit the shopping scene, allowing folks to trade in their old stuff for something new. Check out this post on the best sites for swapping everything from clothes to toys to video games.

Lighting accounts for up to 20% of your home's annual energy bill, so it's a good place to get started on saving money and energy. Check out this post for tips. Includes a list of CFL coupons and rebate programs.

With prices rising at the store and the pump, it's good to know that it's easy to save a fortune by making eco-savvy choices. Check out this story on the top 10 ways to save money by going green.

Learning to tell time is a mathematical content standard taught during the primary grade levels; however, most children are not taught the connection between and the passage of time and the Earth’s movements. By becoming a human sundial, children learn these connections in a way that makes sense to them. Planet Earth is a unique place!

There is no doubt that waste generated by technology is a serious problem and I am sure many of you have seen countless interviews and videos describing where that waste ends up and the impact it is having. Click here to get a small idea of the issue.

Not too often on Ecologicliving.com do we talk about celebrities and who’s green and who isn’t. Just doesn’t really seem to have any informative value, but all and all it is a little fun to poke and joke so here we go!

Tomorrow night at 8:00h turn off your lights for one hour. Get as many people as you can to do the same. Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement.

One year ago, Al Gore testified before Congress on Global Warming, stating among other things that "America is the natural leader of the world, and our world faces a true planetary emergency."

It's easier than you think.

Can you think of any better way to accomplish this than by following this simple little list?

If you implement and all follow this list there is no telling how fast you may accomplish this goal.

Finding fiction to enjoy has aways been a challenge for me. Thankfully, that issue didn’t arise while I was reading the first book of Lee Welles’ Gaia Girls series titled Enter the Earth. (Full disclosure: Lee Welles writes for this blog, but I was assigned to review her books before she signed on with us.) The premise of her series, listed as for ages 9 and up, is as follows:

What would you do if you could hear the Earth asking for help?

The Cool Earth Solar balloons are a hot new product being developed to deliver renewable energy cheaper than current natural gas power plants.

It's essentially Netflix meets Toys R Us! Fablous idea to avoid clutter, cut down on non recycleable plastics, promote reuseage and save the earth!

From New York to Costa Rica, from the first national park in China to a marine protected area in the South Pacific, these are the best of the best, the conservation success stories with the most impact for nature and people in 2007.

The best of more than 11,000 images shot by leading photographers. From Tibet to Tanzania, from hissing alligators to quivering zebras, Natural Light opens a brilliant window into our planet and the astonishing animals and places that The Nature Conservancy works to save every day.

A solar taxi is traveling the world to call attention to global warming and offer solutions. By the time the trip is over the solar-hybrid vehicle will have traveled to 50 countries and 5 continents.

Recently I talked about a wine company that plants a tree for every bottle of wine that is purchased. It was an interesting idea and was supported by other environment and energy policies as well. Well, it seems that this idea is catching on, its certainly not a new idea, but I came across another interesting application to this idea in advertising.

Remember those old sci-fi movies in which future humans would “terraform” Mars (or some more distant planet) to make it more like the relative paradise of our blue-green Earth? Well, it turns out we’re already honing those terraforming skills, and they’re aimed at making our own planet more inhabitable.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate-warming emissions from China's power plants -- already among the world's worst greenhouse polluters -- will rise by some 60 percent in the next decade, a new global database showed on Wednesday.