To understand what ethical jewelry is, you first need to examine what is meant by ‘unethically produced’ jewelry: the aspects of the diamond and gold manufacturing process that are dishonest or immoral. Using diamonds and gold as examples, it’s easy to uncover the main issues around...

An in-depth investigation of Colony Collapse Disorder Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? explores the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder, a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return. The documentary film follows the voices and visions of...

Tom Cards launched reco jeans with one goal in mind; achieve the balance to sustain a fashionable business while being green. “reco jeans® promotes an eco-friendly lifestyle by introducing a green line of denim that minimizes the use of fresh cotton and that reduces the amount of...

Pollution is a serious matter, both from a health standpoint and from a financial standpoint. You don’t want to get sick from other people and big companies being careless with what they put into the air, water, and soil. You want to do your part to help take care of the planet by...

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami will affect supplies of greener cars. On Wednesday, March 16, Japanese auto companies extended shutdowns of some of their car-assembly plants. The US imported 1.2 million vehicles from Japan in 2009. The earthquake, tsunami and radiation from damaged nuclear...

Often we think of the rain-forest as an abstract idea, far from where we are with little or no link to our daily lives. This is far from the truth, below you will see how deeply you are impacted on a daily basis by the rainforests around the world.  You will see what they do for you and will...

EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?” – Max S., Seattle, WA Global dimming is a less well-known but real phenomenon resulting from atmospheric pollution. The...

Looking for another way to ditch plastic?  Check out GlassDharma glass drinking straws! GlassDharma glass drinking straws are: Made of borosilicate tubing and is the strongest glass commercially available. Annealed to Corning, Inc. specifications (a process that strengthens the...

Sara Bayles, is the author of The Daily Ocean blog, which documents her experiment to see how much debris she can collect from her local beach in 365 non-consecutive days.  For 20 minutes at a time she has removed more than 450 pounds of trash from a beach in Santa Monica in just over 110...