Sports events and green practices aren’t two things you automatically link together. Tailgating, beer drinking, and eating fast food are all behaviors that tend to generate a lot of waste. This is starting to change. National sports teams are working hard with their local communities to develop best practices and to lead by example.
The Houston Rockets are one such team that works together with their home arena, Toyota Center, to set an example for environmental best practices. Some of their key goals are:
1) Recycling - Working to recycle paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum in both employee areas and areas
Clean Water Act Turns 40
by Jessica B. April 27th, 2012 | Environment, Pollution
The Clean Water Act turns forty this month, and all these years later, the importance of the act remains indisputable. The Act helped to set standards for dumping and polluting into bodies of water. This helped to keep our water from being contaminated by chemicals and other substances that, before 1972, were typically disposed of in rivers and lakes. The act is also highly enforceable, giving the government the right to test water for toxins and to penalize violators accordingly.
While local and federal government work together to monitor compliance under the Clean Water Act, citizens can also get involved
While local and federal government work together to monitor compliance under the Clean Water Act, citizens can also get involved
A Greener Environment
by Angela Yorke April 24th, 2012 | Environment
Like Earth Hour, another Earth Day has come and gone. Cynics would scoff at the fanfare, and they’re right in the sense that more carbon emissions are created by people buzzing their way to whatever event that was organized for the occasion. Even so, there are things you can do all year round to do your bit for the environment without feeling as if you’re a part of the herd.
Get thrifty: Any purchase of brand-new clothing or accessories usually entails a certain amount of packaging. On its own, the packaging from one new shirt is not much, but multiplied
Get thrifty: Any purchase of brand-new clothing or accessories usually entails a certain amount of packaging. On its own, the packaging from one new shirt is not much, but multiplied
NJ Embraces Solar: Some Unhappy
by Jessica B. April 20th, 2012 | Environmental News
In an effort to save on long term energy costs, New Jersey became one of the forerunners in the shift to solar power with a long term goal of using renewable sources of energy to provide over 20% of power in the state. Following this initiative, NJ energy giant, PSE & G began to install solar panels throughout New Jersey, including upscale Bergen County.
Unlike other projects where solar energy farms are built in open areas, or where companies house solar panels on their roofs, in Bergen County, the panels are spread out throughout communities, several to a street. These
Unlike other projects where solar energy farms are built in open areas, or where companies house solar panels on their roofs, in Bergen County, the panels are spread out throughout communities, several to a street. These
What to do About Overfishing
by Angela Yorke March 27th, 2012 | Environment
Over the years, overfishing has become an increasingly worrisome aspect of environmental deterioration. Defined simply as fishing too large a number of fish than the oceans can replenish, overfishing is not merely related to the eventual depletion of an important source of food.
In addition to severely reducing food fish populations to the point of extinction, overfishing also has a detrimental effect on other, non-food sea creatures that feed on the same fish. The methods used in commercial fishing may also result in non-target fish species being overfished and winding up on the endangered list as well, although not necessarily
In addition to severely reducing food fish populations to the point of extinction, overfishing also has a detrimental effect on other, non-food sea creatures that feed on the same fish. The methods used in commercial fishing may also result in non-target fish species being overfished and winding up on the endangered list as well, although not necessarily
