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These emissions are also known as non-Anthropogenic Emissions. They are not caused by human activity (e.g. the emissions from an erupting volcano or geyser).

These are emissions that result from human activities (e.g. the emissions from the combustion of petrol in an automobile) as opposed to emissions that occur naturally (biogenic emissions).

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Refer to About Sustainability.

On July 17th, Annie Leonard will be releasing her new movie, The Story of Change.She sent me an email about what to expect with the release of a 30-second teaser for the movie. Annie was inspired to make The Story of Change by the thousands…

I had pleasure attending the 2012 Sustainable Housing Summit yesterday. I must say that I went home with mixed emotions, some presentations were really good and some were rather inappropriate.

This morning I slept too long after a late night yesterday and woke up with the knowledge that I will have to queue in the traffic jam. If I do not leave home at 6:30 in the morning, the likelihood of ending up in rush…

I am seriously starting to get sick of all those green buildings going up. They have the same design as all other buildings, they have the same materials than most other buildings and  many of them generate the same rubbish as other buildings. Being green…

Via Los Angeles Times, 23/05/2012 Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation Wednesday to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a major victory to clean-water advocates who sought to reduce the amount of trash clogging landfills, the region’s waterways…

via ecowatch.org, 17-05-2012 Vermont Public Interest Research Group Gov. Peter Shumlin made Vermont the first state in the nation to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas when he signed H.464 into law on May 16. Shumlin praised environmental advocates and legislative sponsors…

Via Ecowatch.org, 15-05-2012 When the Governor of Honolulu County signed into law the plastic bag ban last week that the County Council approved, Hawaii became the first state in the nation where every city and unincorporated area is covered by a plastic bag ban. This…