When I was a child, probably about 8 or 9 years old, I first read a book that changed my life forever: The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. The beauty of this timeless tale is captured in this story about a special connection between a boy and a tree. Pen and ink [...]
You should know by now that the authors of this blog are pretty peachy green. At least, we’re trying to be! Some things are easy to do (turn off lights and appliances when you leave, recycle, drive the speed limit), and other things take more work. Over the past three months as [...]
When it comes to the environment, who is the most sensitive - women or men?
Perhaps the way the question was phrased made the answer more obvious. But, according to a couple of surveys conducted by Ispos Reid , women are greener than men. For example, men tend to view the labeling of a product [...]
Talk about alarming news! New evidence has emerged that proves that oceans around the world are warming as much as four times faster than originally predicted. In a United Nations report released in April 2008, figures show that the Baltic Sea in particular has warmed 1.35 degrees C over the last quarter century. [...]