Recycling tops the list for things people can do to help the environment. Many cities have gotten on the bandwagon and provide recycling services along with garbage pickup. Before you jump into the recycling craze, there are a few things you need to understand about not recycling.

Top Things Not to Recycle Cardboard and paper are expected items in any recycling container, but cardboard pizza boxes are one of the items that you need to skip. Not only are they contaminated with oils making them impossible to clean and reuse, but that same oil will also ruin all the other paper products ... Full Story

Governments talk a lot about climate change but few put actions behind the words. Everyone seems to agree that something needs to be done to insure that the Earth is around for the next several generations. There have been a number of different Summits designed to address the issue of climate change and how best to adjust things to slow the change or reverse the negative effects caused by industry and the human population.  The sticking point of every meeting seems to be the same few issues. Every country wants to know what the others will do to fix ... Full Story

Overpopulation means that the number of a species has grown too large for the resources that support that species. There has been some concern about the overpopulation of the human race. The number of people living around the world today has grown dramatically in the last several decades but resources are still limited. The Bad News about Overpopulation Human population has been growing exponentially. In 1927, the population of the earth was only around two billion people. It has been projected that with current growth rates the human population will reach eight billion as soon as 2028. The use of resources is often ... Full Story

Despite our best intentions and a natural inclination in most ordinary people to be responsible with domestic refuse, a new phenomenon may be setting in wholly at odds with these aspirations. And it may be less to do with lapsing into bad old habits or getting lazy than to do with a certain aversion to being lectured at by ever-so-slightly bossy environmentalists. As with most social movements, Greens seem to embrace a broad range of opinion, from gentle, tree-hugging hippies in woollen caps to hard-boiled, intelligent scientists. But there has of late been a rise in the volubility, if not ... Full Story

Warning: you might want to finish anything you are eating before you read the opening paragraph of this article. Spend a day walking around any major city in the world. London is a good example. Visit museums, grab a bite to eat, travel on the Tube. Do nothing out of the ordinary. Except, when you get back to your house or hotel at the end of the day, take a look at your fingernails. Most likely you will see a thick collection of dirt under each nail. Now grab a tissue and blow your nose. You might see the same ... Full Story

Back in May this year I took on an allotment in my local village. I’m not quite sure why I did, other than it was something that I’d always fancied having a go at but knew nothing about. I’ve only got a very small garden and so growing vegetables was never really an option if I still wanted somewhere to sit out and smell the roses. Or even grow the roses for that matter. So when I saw that a small field had been turned over to allotments I quickly hurried around knocking on doors to find out who I had ... Full Story

In these times, we are all trying to do more to reduce our carbon footprint and be more aware of the effect our actions have on the world we live in. Cars and their emissions are one of the biggest problems we have today. While scientists, inventors and engineers strive to come up with more eco-friendly motoring options, such as electric cars, we thought we should take a look at some of the other non-car transportation that we could be using in years to come. First up, the Heathrow Pods. Officially called a Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) System, these futuristic pods ... Full Story

In 2007 the government announced its plan to build 10 eco towns in England. The plan was supported by the Town and Country Planning Association. The original aim had been to create 50 eco towns, a number of which would not have been new builds, but existing estates with added green ‘aspirations’. Homes in the UK currently account for 27% of the UK’s yearly total of 40 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. If the government is to achieve its target of reducing these emissions by 60% by 2050 then eco towns could make an important contribution.... Full Story

If you are in the process of planning a holiday abroad, you may find yourself wondering about the quality of water at your destination. Is it safe to drink? Why exactly are travellers encouraged not to drink the tap water in certain countries? It might be surprising to learn that nearly 20 per cent of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water. Water, you know you're lucky to be able to have drinking water Many people believe that tap water is safe to drink in certain places because the people who ... Full Story

Human attempts to control or influence the weather have a long history. Some American Indian tribes performed ceremonies that they believed would encourage rainfall. In Europe the Finns were believed to be able to control the weather and it was long believed that witches were capable of conjuring up storms. All of these are of course simply superstitions and any change in the weather that may have occurred would have been purely coincidental. Our desire to control the weather is perhaps a reflection of our desire to control our own destinies. Hurricanes and violent storms frequently cause much damage and ... Full Story