Go Green

The 100 Country Lighting Assessment findings have come from the ‘en.lighten initiative’- a partnership led by UNEP involving companies Osram and Philips.

The initiative, which today launched detailed market assessments of the environmental [...]  Read More

Every action we take to reduce greenhouse gases, no matter where it occurs, will make a difference.

Consider these facts and decide yourself.

The first decade of this century has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrumental record. Despite 1998 [...]  Read More

Americans buy an estimated 36 billion single-serving plastic water bottles each year. Almost eight out of ten end up in a landfill or incinerator. Hundreds of millions end up as litter on roads and beaches or in streams and other waterways.

It [...]  Read More

Environmental migrants are people forced to migrate away from their homeland due to sudden or long-term changes to their local environment. When the migration is considered to be forced and not a matter of choice, the term environmental refugee is [...]  Read More

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed revisions to the guidance that it gives marketers to help them avoid making misleading environmental claims. The proposed changes are designed to update the Guides and make them easier for companies to [...]  Read More

Sustainability can be many different things – an objective, an ideal, a way to do business, a way to live your life or a call to action. The term “sustainability” is often misunderstood and misused, and not everyone agrees on its definition. [...]  Read More

All life is dependent upon fresh, clean water supply. However, the less than two-percent of the entire water supply is available for consumption and use. Cleaning water for reuse is an effective way to maintain water quality and supply.

Recycling [...]  Read More

With all the talk today about global warming, pollution and going green, most people are becoming overwhelmed with the vast amount of information out there about how to reduce what is known as your “carbon footprint.” Well, it’s not as complicated [...]  Read More

October is officially the Fair-trade month, so it is a good time to understand what the concept really means.

Fair trade is a financial relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers based on the principle of equity within the exchange of goods. [...]  Read More

The biodiversity of species is what creates a healthy ecosystem on our planet. If we lose this, we lose our life support system.

The Living Planet Report is also a survey of the ecological footprint of human populations across the world – how much [...]  Read More