For a very long time, we have relied on fossil fuels. It provides heat to our homes, gas for our cars and electricity. Since we are now using it more than ever, there is a consequence. We are depleting our resources and slowly killing our planet. Fortunately, we can change our ways and then shift [...]

Let green power direct your home activities by getting involved with a green power partnership in your area. The partnerships encourage individuals and organizations to buy more renewable energy, rather than power made from fossil fuels to help stop global warming. By entering into the partnerships with other green power users you not only help [...]

Created to promote awareness of the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, EarthHour.org used the simple action of turning off the lights in Sydney, Australia for one hour on March 31, 2007 to call attention to Global warming. Over 2.2 million residents and in excess of 2100 business turned off their lights for one [...]

Most people are sensitive to the fact that their daily living, in some way, contributes to the pollution of the environment. We take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide (CO2) and emissions from factories, cars, and mining operations are but a few of the sources of CO2. The CO2 gases get trapped in the [...]

Alternative energy is energy that is renewable and naturally occurring. Alternative energy does not produce pollution and is a safer, cleaner and less destructive method of obtaining energy than using fossil fuels. Alternative energy, by its very nature, is not harmful to the Earths environment. Due to increasingly high gas prices and concerns over damage [...]

The fact is, the 350,000,000 terawatts of power available from the sun is so huge that an exposure to a full sun in only 15 minutes will be enough to generate the world’s energy requirement Compare that with energy that is generated by nuclear and fossil fuel. Presently, the available data for fossil and nuclear [...]