The amount of plastic bags Americans use in a year is approximately 102.1 billion with worldwide use estimated at 500 billion to 1 trillion in a single year. According to the EPA, only 13% of the plastic bags are recycled, the rest end up in landfill, trees, lakes, rivers, the ocean, even the North and South Poles Yikes. Luckily for our environment, individuals and organizations consistently come up with innovative ways to provide solutions to the ecological problems we’ve created, one of the most prevalent…

In a perfect world, Bottle Bills would be passed without little to no resistance, include every type of beverage container and be free of industry lobbying pressuring senates to rescind on inclusions of certain types of bottles (like plastic). You may think bottle bill legislation not including plastic bottles is laughable but most of these bills are over 30 years old, written into law before plastic became the beverage container of choice. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world so the landscape for bottle…

We often hear about the all the environmental problems that humans have created and continue to produce on this planet despite overwhelming evidence showing us we need to change our habits. The current recycling rate in the US is only 34.5 percent and in Canada only 26.8 percent (cue dying pack-man sound), paling in comparison to Switzerland, the current leader in recycling, with a rate of 52 percent. Luckily for us, some eco-conscious individuals and organizations are taking great strides in creating green solutions for…

Photo Cred – http://hiconsumption.com/2015/05/tesla-powerwall/   Elon Musk is a man who wants to free us from our destructive dependency on fossil fuels. His company Tesla was the first to create an electric car that actually rivals the performance of many gas guzzlers, but costs have made it a barrier to replacing cars that rely on fuel entirely. The next big idea to come from Elon’s company to transition the world towards fossil fuel freedom is by pairing solar energy with rechargeable batteries, affordably powering homes…

Fashion comes and goes, clothes get worn, passed down, donated and worn until they’re worn out, to which they ultimately end up in landfills. What if there was a way to make clothes from sustainable materials that are long lasting, but also biodegradable? Leave it to the ingenuity of the people of Switzerland to come up with an answer to that question. Closing the Clothing Lifecycle Loop Swiss company FREITAG has come up with a range of materials that close the loop on the clothing…