Greener Gear: New Sustainability Standards from REI Forces Greening of Gear Industry
A new set of sustainability guidelines from leading outdoor gear retailer REI will force upwards of 1,000 brands to go greener.
About Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer
Posts by Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer:
Do Animals Like Music?
Do animals like music? Maybe, maybe not, depending on how much it is tailored to the particular species of animal in question.
Record Heat Waves The New Normal Under Grip of Global Warming
Are record heat waves across the United States, Europe and elsewhere the new normal in a world under the vice grip of global warming?
Companies Incentivizing Employees To Live Greener, Promote Sustainability
Some companies have begun to leverage corporate resources to help their people cut carbon footprints—both at home and at work—in various ways.
Help Our Honeybees, Help Ourselves
Doing your part to help bees come back will not only help guarantee that we can continue to enjoy the diversity of agricultural products we have come to expect on grocery store shelves.
In Vitro Fertilization To The Rescue for Endangered Species Fertility
Endangered Species Fertility: Researchers are now using fertility techniques developed for people — like In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — to try to bring back endangered species like Africa’s Northern White Rhino.
Greener Pet Burial: Why Not?
If you want a greener pet burial, the backyard might still be the best option, but otherwise opt for aquamation over cremation.
Greener Guitars: Sustainably Harvested Tonewoods & Alternative Materials Take Center Stage
The fact that the so-called “tonewoods” that guitar makers have relied on for almost two centuries are now harder and harder to come by has left guitar makers scrambling to support replanting efforts in far flung locales and looking for sustainable alternatives that still imbue their instruments with pleasing tonal characteristics and eye-catching good looks…
Man-Made Earthquakes: Another Negative Legacy of Fracking
Man-made earthquakes are now common across Oklahoma and other parts of the Midwest and South thanks to the surge in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) activity…
Green Apparel: Not Just A Color Choice
Apparel manufacturers such as Patagonia, Scalable Press and Noso are finding new ways to shave their carbon pollution and otherwise green their practices to have less of an environmental impact moving forward.