Tag: environment
EarthTalk® | September 2019
Dear EarthTalk: If the world is running out of fresh water, why aren't we desalinating more ocean water?
-- H. Smith, Providence, RI
The protagonist of...
EarthTalk® | August 2019
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any way we could harness the light from bioluminescent organisms for everyday lighting and other practical purposes? -- M. Wilson,...
Earth Talk | July 2019
Dear EarthTalk: What is so-called Forest Therapy? — Larry Schwarzwald, Page, AZ
Forest therapy uses immersion in nature to help soothe frayed nerves and restore...
EarthTalk® | June 2019
Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create?...
EarthTalk® | May 2019
Dear EarthTalk: A chef told me that our food choices are the major driver of climate change around the world, but it seems to...
Earth Talk | April 2019
Dear EarthTalk: What is a low-carbon diet and is it good for losing weight or is it only about saving the planet? -- Jane...
EarthTalk® | March 2019
Dear EarthTalk: What is the so-called Green New Deal proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and is Congress likely to go for it? -- Mark Talarico,...
EarthTalk® | February 2019
Dear EarthTalk: How is it that bitcoin, a virtual currency that few of us have heard of and no one I know uses, is...
EarthTalk® | January 2019
Dear EarthTalk: With the onset of global warming, how likely is it that ski resorts and skiing itself might soon become a thing of...
EarthTalk® | December 2018
Dear EarthTalk: Considering all the well-publicized problems with plastic in our oceans, do you think that plastic has any kind of future? -- Lea...
EarthTalk® | November 2018
Dear EarthTalk: I'm getting ready to join the electric car revolution now that my old clunker is getting on in age. What's the latest...
EarthTalk® | October 2018
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that the Monarch Butterfly is on the brink of extinction? How did we let that happen? -- Alex Degeneres,...
Love Coming Home
An excerpt From Love Coming Home: Transform Your Environment, Transform Your Life
Have you ever stopped to think that you start and end each...
EarthTalk® | September 2018
Dear EarthTalk: With all the crazy heat waves around the world this summer, how could anyone still claim that climate change isn't anything to...
EarthTalk® | August 2018
Dear EarthTalk: Is ridesharing via companies like Uber and Lyft good or bad for the environment overall? -- Jeff Timotheos, Akron, OH
Between fuel, maintenance...
EarthTalk® | July 2018
Dear EarthTalk: How do the big gadget-making companies (Apple, Samsung, etc.) stack up these days regarding their environmental footprint? -- Doug Greco, Newark, NJ
While...
EarthTalk® | June 2018
Dear EarthTalk: Is there proof that fracking for oil and natural gas can by itself cause earthquakes? -- James Mitchell, Hauppauge, NY
Geologists used to...