The Keep a Child Alive Community, which works to save the lives of children affected with HIV/AIDS around the world, along with STA Travel, a discount student travel agency, have created a new commercial contest geared towards high school and college students.
It’s all about combining creativity with humanitarian efforts to provide proper AIDS medication to effected children.
It’s a brand new year, so for most people that means dedicating themselves to their new year’s resolutions. But let’s face it, we all make a lot of resolutions that we don’t keep. We’re either too busy at work or too consumed with our personal lives to truly stick to our goals.
One way you can stick to your resolutions is to make some green resolutions that would benefit both you and the environment…
According to an article in the New York Times the average person gains 7 to 10 pounds during the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s a lot of extra ‘holiday cheer’ for a person to gain in a one month period.
We know that the holidays are meant for giving, so how about giving your health and the environment the perfect gift by greening your exercise routine…
One of the most important aspects of living an eco-lifestyle is eating healthy. Even though we would all like to eat only organic food, not all of us have access to it, so we have make do with what is provided by our local supermarket.
One thing we need to be aware of when eating non-organically grown fruits and vegetables are pesticides…
Five environmental groups in Florida, the Florida Wildlife Federation, the Sierra Club, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida and the St. Johns Riverkeeper, sued the EPA last Thursday because they say the federal government has violated the Clean Water Act of 1972.
These groups claim that farm and urban runoff, such as animal waste and fertilizers, are polluting Florida’s waterways…
Last year about 300 million compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) were sold in the U.S., thanks to people being more concerned about global warming.
The only bad thing about CFLs is that they contain small amounts of mercury in them, so when they are thrown away and broken the toxic vapors from the mercury can be inhaled by humans. And that can be a health risk…
When a horrible odor starts to permeate throughout your home, the first thing that you want to do is to make it go away.
That’s when air fresheners come in handy. They battle unwanted smells in a single spray, but even though they can make your home smell like a meadow of flowers or fresh vanilla, what you may not know is that they can be damaging to your health…
Nowadays, it seems that everyone has some sort of game console. If you don’t have an Xbox 360, a Playstation 3 or a Nintendo Wii, you’re just not considered cool.
But whether you’re a green gamer or not, you might want to take a second look at how these consoles could be harming your physical health…
According to a press release issued by the American Lung Association, Pittsburgh is the #1 city in the U.S. with the highest levels of particle pollution. This is a direct result of the ash, soot, car exhaust, aerosols and other harmful pollutants produced by the city.
Pittsburgh also ranks second for the most year-round particle pollution, right behind Los Angeles…
Spring is here! This means more sunshine, more flowers, and more insects.
This is the time of year when people spring into gear for a little post-winter fun outdoors. Bugs love this time of year, too! What can you do when you’re taking a sunset stroll down the avenue on a lovely spring evening and a mosquito turns you into a walking buffet table?
