Recently added articles from EarthTalk: Questions & Answers About Our Environment. A Weekly Column:
Dear EarthTalk: what is the current status of whales?
Dec 13, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk: What is the current status of whales? How effective is the International Whaling Commission and which countries are involved in illegal whaling?--Jonathan Wingate, Yulee, FL Some larger whale species have been recovering since the dark days before the whaling ...
Dear EarthTalk: I've heard of extremely environmentally friendly homes and communities called "Earthships" popping up across the U.S.
Dec 13, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk I've heard of extremely environmentally friendly homes and communities called "Earthships" popping up across the U.S. What are they exactly?--Kelsey Kuehn, Kirtland, OH An Earthship is a kind of passive solar home--or community of homes--typically made of natural ...
Dear EarthTalk: wouldn't a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests?
Nov 29, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk: Wouldn't a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests? --Peter K., Albany, GA Besides being more sanitary than toilet tissue, bidets--those squirty accessories so popular in ...
Dear EarthTalk: what is "vertical farming" and how is it better for the environment?
Nov 29, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk: What is "vertical farming" and how is it better for the environment? --Jonathan Salzman, New York, NY "Vertical farming" is a term coined by Columbia University professor of environmental health and microbiology Dickson Despommier to describe the ...
Dear EarthTalk: what do organizers hope to accomplish at the upcoming (December 7-18, 2009) United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen?(Conference news)
Nov 22, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk: what do organizers hope to accomplish at the upcoming (December 7-18, 2009) United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen?--F. Rojas, Oakland, CA The upcoming COP15 meeting in Denmark--so named because it is the 15th such international ...