Solving climate change one imaginary carbon credit at a time. Carbon offsets have become a popular tool for businesses and individuals...

By Paul Hawken It is appropriate that a growing number of companies ask themselves, how do we conduct business honorably in the latter...

The environmental impact of what you eat and how much it matters. In Part 1 , we covered what trophic levels are and how different...

The 3 factors that determine total resource use and environmental disruption. Human existence necessarily causes some disruption to the...

7 interconnected problems worth solving The environment is everything that surrounds us—air, water, land, plants, animals, and other...

Exploring the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel. Biofuels have garnered significant attention as an alternative energy source...

When shared resource use leads to collective loss. Garrett Hardin popularized the "tragedy of the commons" in his 1968 article of the...

Defining a critical concept and its implications. It's unfortunate that the term "sustainability" connotes liberal environmentalists...

How it's defined by the United Nations. Sustainable development serves as a guiding principle with the dual objectives of achieving human...

Defining the usefulness of energy and resources. In order to understand exergy, we must first understand energy. Energy is all around...

Methods of using waste heat for useful purposes Traditional electricity generation plants burn coal or natural gas in a boiler to produce...

In a world grappling with the consequences of environmental degradation, the paradox of pollution persists as a challenging puzzle. We...

Why net zero as a goal accomplishes nothing. "Net zero" energy refers to the concept of balancing the amount of energy consumed with an...