Category: Resources
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Conserving Water at Home: Things You Can Do To Save the Planet
Saving water saves more than just the water, but also all that energy used to treat it. Here are four quick ways you can do your part to save water, save the energy it costs to treat it and bring it to your tap and save the planet.
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Residential Toilets—A History And Options
As late as 1940, nearly half the houses in the US lacked an indoor flush toilet, and people still relied on the outhouse, which was little more than a rough wooden shed featuring a bench with a hole in the middle of it, built above a large pit. Thankfully, toilets are now standard in all…
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Bee Bricks That Help Thousands of Solitary Bees Are Now a Requirement for New Buildings in Brighton
The south-coast city of Brighton and Hove, in England, is mandating that new buildings be included with special bricks for nesting bees. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bee-and-swift-bricks-mandated-in-brighton-and-hove-england/
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Residential Insulation Options for South Florida
It may seem like a house in a temperate area like Miami wouldn’t need much insulation, but the opposite is true. While houses in colder regions of the country require insulation to keep the heat in, homes in southern Florida must be insulated to hold the heat at bay and minimize the amount of work…
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New Company Turns 100 Tons of Non-Recyclable Plastic Into Building Blocks For Construction
Turning hard to recycle plastics into building blocks for construction, ByFusion has diverted 100 tons of plastic from landfills. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/byfusion-turns-100-tons-of-nonrecyclable-plastic-into-building-blocks/
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Sea Shepherd Featured on Nat Geo’s Trafficked
Sea Shepherd is leading the worldwide fight to protect marine wildlife against the deadly threat of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Our direct action campaigns in African waters will be featured in an upcoming episode of National Geographic’s Trafficked. Hosted by Mariana van Zeller, this series explores the dangerous inner workings of the global underworld.…
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