Since time immemorial, people have entertained themselves with sports. Sports are emblematic of health, with the best matches played by athletes in peak physical form. But ironically, even as sports promote health, they can also degrade the environment upon which good health depends.
By Charles W. Schmidt, Environmental Health Perspectives

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.
By Anne Trafton - Massachussets Institue of Technology

Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a significant role in bailing out society from its current energy crisis, according to the Biodesign Institute's Bruce Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown and Rolf Halden.
By Joe Caspermeyer, The Biodesign Institute

HOME ENVIROSENSE

CITY & COMMUNITY EFFORTS

You can easily conduct a home energy audit yourself. With a simple but diligent walk-through, you can spot many problems in any type of house.
Courtesy U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Is it possible to have an entire city be carbon and waste free? The Masdar Initiative is undertaking just that. The initiative is "a global cooperative platform for open engagement in the search for solutions to some of mankind's most pressing issues: energy security, climate change and truly sustainable human development."
By David Tanguay

GLOBAL FRONTIER

BACK TO NATURE

India's first green housing project facilitated with building-integrated solar power has been developed in a new district of Kolkata. Both environmentally and economically attractive, this project acts as a trailblazer for the rapidly developing country. Jaideep Malaviya reports.
By Jaideep Malaviya

Implementers of an international project to help endangered elephants in Mali want to prove that by doing so, they can also help local communities adapt to climate change in the Sahel.
Courtesy IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)

GREEN LEADER PROFILE

GS PRODUCT PICKS

In 2006, Costa Rican environmentalist Carlos Manuel Rodriguez received the Blue Moon Fund's first annual Conservation Leadership Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., for his efforts to promote the valuation of ecosystem services in his country.
By Alana Herro - Blue Moon Fund

Freeloader Portable Solar Power Supply Freeloader is an advanced portable solar charger that can power any hand held device anywhere, anytime.

TO YOUR HEALTH

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHANGE

Sleep is essential for our health and wellbeing. It allows our body to rejuvenate and restore itself. Sleep deprivation is one of the biggest causes of aging.
By Sheryl Walters

This NFL initiative focuses on combining sound business decisions and good environmental practices in ways that benefit the host community and leave an environmental legacy of the Super Bowl.
Courtesy The NFL

BOOKS FOR THOUGHT

ECO PHOTO & WORD OF THE MONTH

Animal rights activist Dawn is familiar to readers of her memorable opinion pieces for the Washington Post as well as her daily e-newsletter DawnWatch, but her first book should gain her a wider audience.
By Karen Dawn

Emperor Penquin Courtship, Antarctic.



global warming — Global warming is the next big impact that will bring about a change in the weather patterns. By definition, Global Warming is the increase in average temperature that gradually warms the Earth's atmosphere.