Can you make up for your long commute with some roofing tiles? Boral Roofing claims their roofing products manage to clean the air while providing valuable nutrients for your lawn. Sound impossible? Not necessarily.
The roofing tiles, which run $500-1000 above the cost of average tiles, are made of titanium dioxide, which serves a as a photocatalyst. The tiles catalyze fossil fuel pollutants when exposed to light. The titanium dioxide becomes calcium nitrate, a harmless natural garden fertilizer that runs off your roof and into your garden below.
Much like the catalytic converter in your car converts toxic combustion materials into
Sports Teams — Environmental Efforts
by Jessica B. May 15th, 2012 | Environmental News
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
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
Reducing Your Meat Intake
by Angela Yorke March 13th, 2012 | Reduce
As people around the world grow more affluent, what was once considered a luxury is now an every day item on most dining tables, and it often features prominently in daily meals. Large-scale meat production uses many more resources than are required for agriculture. In addition to foodstuff being diverted from human consumption in favor of livestock, meat production also leads to water pollution and the generation of a significant amount of greenhouse gases, as well as requiring vast tracts of land.
Where numbers are concerned, the production of 2.2 lbs of beef creates the same amount of carbon dioxide
Where numbers are concerned, the production of 2.2 lbs of beef creates the same amount of carbon dioxide
Time – All We Have
by Angela Yorke February 13th, 2012 | Reduce
Once upon a time, I came into possession of a dollar bill on which someone had written “All we have to spend is time." That note stayed with me for a long time, and the message even more so. Much has been said about reusing, recycling, and reducing things you buy and use in the name of environmental friendliness, but I don’t think we’ve ever considered how the way we spend our time contributes green loving practices.
Take cooking, for example. You’ve switched to a diet that contains more vegetables and fruit because you’ve been told that livestock farming uses
Take cooking, for example. You’ve switched to a diet that contains more vegetables and fruit because you’ve been told that livestock farming uses
Reduce Impact of Business Travel
by Angela Yorke January 3rd, 2012 | Environment
Aside from being a good promotional point for a business, travelling for business in an eco-conscious manner can result in more efficient business practices. In addition, making an effort to practice green travel practices helps to mitigate the impact that business travel has on the environment.
One way to minimize the effect of business travel on the environment is to travel only when absolutely necessary. Similarly to using email, instant messaging, or a phone call in place of an office memo, employees should not have to fly halfway across the country for a 1-hour meeting if a teleconference or conference
One way to minimize the effect of business travel on the environment is to travel only when absolutely necessary. Similarly to using email, instant messaging, or a phone call in place of an office memo, employees should not have to fly halfway across the country for a 1-hour meeting if a teleconference or conference
