Miguel Ángel de la Cueva: Oasis of Stone, Visions of Baja California

In our daily lives we have traded the marvelous for the commercial – the world’s eloquence for mere comfort – and fail to understand the source of our alienation, our sadness. As a photographer,...

Portable Solar Chargers a Bright Idea

Green-on-the-go: lightweight portable gadgets harness sunlight to power devices   Courtesy of CableOrganizer.com For those always on-the-go, keeping electronic devices like cell phones, PDAs, iPo...

Looptworks Debuts a Line of Transit Packs and Accessories Created from Upcycled Materials

The Daili, Nansha and Kishi make on-the-go travel a breeze for active adventurers   Courtesy of LOOPTWORKS LOOPTWORKS, a Portland, Oregon based business that repurposes abandoned materials into m...

Keep Buzzin’ All-Natural Body Products Eco-Friendly Inside and Out

Moisturizing beauty creams epitomize Earth Day with natural ingredients and Green packaging Developed in response to a growing concern for environmental sustainability and increased interest in natura...

Secretary of Defense Hagel: Understanding Sequestration Impacts

A May 14, 2013, memo from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel describes the operational impacts of sequestration upon the Department of Defense (DoD), which includes the furlough of most DoD civilians f...

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MR. ALEX BEEHLER, Sustainability Editor & Advisor, was the Principal Deputy to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) under the Bush Administration. He supported the...

USMC Gen. John F. Kelly: The Finest Men & Women in America

First, a few statistics to ponder. There are 25 million living American veterans. Since General George Washington commanded the Continental Army, 42 million Americans have served the colors. One milli...

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No. 34, July/August 2014 Women & Community-Based Conservation Women & Community-Based Conservation By Jamie Bechtel, JD, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, New Course  Features Although the US en...

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Articulation to Action: the Air Force’s Energy Future

Adialogue has been ongoing about going green since the first Earth Day in the 1970s. We’ve made many strides in the direction of energy conservation and being more respectful of our planet. But 2013...

Ecosystem Services & the True Value of Water

When was the last time you were consciously aware of how the ecosystem provides services? Whether it is the conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen, the hydrologic cycle, growing food or recreation, th...

Socially Responsible Investors: Working to Minimize Fracking Impacts

At first glance, the Harmony Inn in Butler County, Pa., feels like any other mom and pop bed and breakfast located in any other rural farm town. A closer look at the flyer posted on the commu...

Queens University of Charlotte: A Living Wall to Educate, Invigorate and Inspire

North Carolina’s Queens University of Charlotte was looking for a way to add design elements that were visually compelling and educational to the construction of its new $18 million Rogers Science a...

Team 5 Remote Medical Foundation: Helping San Marcos Earthquake Victims

Guatemala’s Quebrada Seca is one of the most remote areas on the globe, which is why local Mayans are very wary of outsiders and strangers. This includes five Americans from Team 5 Medical Foundatio...

The Challenge of Change & Reality of Environmental Threats

As a clinical neuropsychologist, who has studied the intricacies of how the human brain operates for the last 20 years, it still remains fascinating to observe the difficult process of change even whe...

Keeping America Beautiful: Junk King Green Hauling & Recycling

America’s trash is made up of things people commonly use and then throw away, such as paper, plastic, cardboard packaging, food, furniture, appliances and grass clippings. According to the U.S. Envi...
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