US president and Amtrak devotee Joe Biden take jobs pledge to FloridaBarack Obama announced $8bn in grants to upgrade America’s slow and aged passenger rail network today, taking his state of the union promise to build America’s clean energy economy to Florida.Obama was touting his efforts to create jobs by investing in infrastructure and less [...]
Ranchers claim to be going green by flattening Paraguay’s traditional Indian lands and setting aside part of it for natureBrazil is the world’s biggest exporter of beef. Huge areas of semi-forested grasslands are being cleared to make way for cattle pastures to feed the global love of cattle meat. And Britain is one of the [...]
The Manchester United football star plans to build an eco-home which closely resembles that of the Teletubbies . . .Manchester United star Gary Neville has revealed plans to build an underground “eco-bunker” (above) at his home in Lancashire. Locals have already dubbed it Teletubbyland (top). Artists’ impressions of the £8m zero-carbon development, designed to merge [...]
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Green Builder Blu Homes, Inc. today announced the launch of its Blu|Element Green Home product line and delivery of its first Element to Charlestown, RI native and local school bus driver Rainy Day. Blu|Ele…
The British Indian Ocean territory of the Chagos islands is the UK’s greatest area of marine biodiversity, home to at least 220 coral species and more than 1,000 species of fish
Designer Julia King has created a game of 33 playing cards presenting ways to make your home greenerPaddy Allen
As temperatures dropped, we turned up the thermostats. But, asks Lisa Bachelor, at what price? And how do we pay?The freezing weather has given householders an additional worry beyond driving on slippery roads and walking on ice. After turning up the heat at home, the moment of truth – the cost? A survey last week [...]
A home workers’ collective in Delhi is sparking a revolution in the rag trade. Supermodel and Traid spokesperson Erin O’Connor reveals how it is giving thousands of skilled women the chance of a better lifeI have by no means met an exhaustive list of top models, but enough of them to be slightly on edge [...]
TINTON FALLS, N.J., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Mercury Solar Systems, one of the leading solar integrators on the East Coast, today announced that it has partnered with SunRun, the nation’s leading residential solar company, to deliver New Jersey homeowne…
County DurhamFor a week, as the snow piled higher, we were forced to confine our expeditions to our home patch. Each day we slipped and slid along more or less the same route, around silent, traffic-free lanes. On day one, while the snow was still only ankle-deep, we had a close encounter with a weasel, [...]