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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk While traditional campgrounds are great, they don’t always feel like an escape to nature, especially given the dog-eat-dog aspect of scoring a site and the fact that you’ll be living right next to your neighbors. And while the price may be right —...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Not every business leader in the U.S. agrees with Donald Trump that global warming isn’t worth the worry. Anyone looking at the facts realizes that climate change is bad for most businesses, except those willing to adapt to new times or those...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Acne—when sebum from oil glands under the skin clogs pores causing small bacterial infections that lead to swelling and discomfort—isn’t just a temporary annoyance during our teenage years; it plagues many of us throughout our adult lives as well. Some 85 percent of...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Brainchild of Harvard biochemist Daniel Nocera, the “bionic leaf” is a small man-made solar collector that takes sunlight and water and turns it into any of a variety of usable fuels or fertilizers. Nocera’s first iteration, the so-called “artificial leaf,” was developed in...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Es cierto que muchos productos de limpieza comunes para el hogar contienen químicos sintéticos que pueden enfermar a los habitantes de su hogar. El Grupo de Trabajo Ambiental (EWG, por sus siglas en inglés) sin fines de lucro examinó las listas de ingredientes...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk It’s true that many common household cleaning products contain synthetic chemicals that can make the inhabitants of your home sick. The non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) looked into the ingredients lists of more than 2,000 cleaning supplies commonly available on store shelves across...
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Forest therapy uses immersion in nature to help soothe frayed nerves and restore a sense of mental well-being — and has even been shown to boost our immune systems and help us recover faster from physical maladies. The modern forest therapy movement is rooted in the Shinrin-yoku “forest bathing”...
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La conclusión de uno de los estudios científicos intergubernamentales más completos es escalofriante: un millón de especies se encuentran en este momento en peligro de extinción y la biodiversidad está declinando globalmente a niveles sin precedentes en la historia humana. “La salud de los ecosistemas de los que depende...
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The conclusion of one of the most complete intergovernmental scientific studies is chilling: one million species are currently in danger of extinction, and biodiversity is declining globally to unprecedented levels in human history. “The health of the ecosystems on which human beings and other species depend is deteriorating faster...