Communal Living: Old Concept, New Establishments
Whenever the words communal living is used around me, the first thing I think of is sharing bathrooms and other living spaces. Many college students understand the concept and most of us will never forget those years. But communal living has become a way many ordinary people live and according to them, the benefits are...
The California Water Shortage
California is in crisis. The state’s 37 million residents are feeling the effects of a multi-year drought. With an ever increasing population (estimated to reach 48 million by 2030) policymakers fear that California will not be able to supply the water needed to sustain the population. Much of the water that California relies on...
How To Stop Global Warming: Small, Significant Things You Can Do
You might think that stopping climate change is not a one man job and you are right, it isn’t. But this does not mean that your efforts are utterly useless. How to stop global warming One of the first steps you can take is becoming a little more self sustainable. Start a vegetable garden in...
The Slow Money Alliance
“What would the world be like if we invested 50% of our money within 50 miles of where we live?” The Slow Money Alliance has a set of principles in place in order to “enhance food security, food safety and food access; improve nutrition and health; promote cultural, ecological and economic diversity; and...
Heifer International – Ending Hunger, Caring For The Earth
Heifer International, established in 1944, is a non-profit organization that operates on a global scale. It is a proven method of fighting poverty and hunger using sustainable measures. Heifer’s mission is to work within communities in order to fight hunger and poverty while caring for the earth and natural environments at the same time....
Permaculture in South Africa
Permaculture, a term created by David Holmgren and Bill Mollison in 1970, is defined as a “consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fiber and energy for provision of local needs. People, their buildings and the ways in which they organize themselves are central...
The Findhorn Ecovillage: One Reality of Sustainable Living
The Findhorn Ecovillage is the image of sustainable living, showing people how to live green and use the environment to its fullest without causing harm. It is another step in the right direction and shows that sustainable living is very possible. The village is situated at the Findhorn Bay of Moray and, looking at...
The David Suzuki Foundation
On September 14th, 1990, David Suzuki and a group of activists started the David Suzuki Foundation as a solution based organization looking out for the environment. The David Suzuki Foundation is a non-profit organization and their head offices are located in Vancouver, Canada. Other offices are also well established in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal....
Greenest Cities in America Still ‘Growing’
Every person makes a difference and all we need is for everyone to do their part. However the baseline for sustainability, for hundreds of thousands of people, is created through the green practices of their cities. But what determines how green a city is? Different surveys consider different elements. The list for a fully...
Climate Change Solutions: Grassroots and Geo-engineering
Global climate change in an accepted phenomenon by an international community of respected scientists. However, due to a vocal group of corporate interests and their enablers, climate change-deniers, concrete action to combat greenhouse gas production has been slow in coming. An international cap-and-trade system was on the table in climate change talks in Copenhagen, in...
Ecological Agriculture for a Better World
People often don’t realize that a country can produce vast amounts of food but still have millions of people among their own population go hungry everyday. Because the commercial food industry has become a mix or corporate giants, meeting the needs of smaller, local communities with high quality produce has become less and less a...
The Local Food Movement is More Than Carbon Footprint Reduction
Locavores are usually defined as people who practice eating foods harvested from within an area most commonly bound by a 100 mile radius. Some define the concept as utilizing a concentric circle; utilizing the most local area, such as the backyard garden, for common food items, buying from regional farmers’ markets for harder to locate...