This article explains how conditions in the traditional coffee market created a need for fair trade coffee. The author also addresses several arguments that have been made against fair trade coffee....

This article identifies and explains several resources, including FTC regulation, certification, and consumer education resources, which help people to choose products that are genuinely beneficial to the environment....

The Ford Escape Hybrid is a Partial Zero Emission Vehicle (PZEC) that gets 36 miles per gallon in the city and up to 500 miles on a single tank of gas, so that’s why it’s the perfect green vehicle for taxi cab companies in Chicago....

Car manufacturers like Ford are feeling the heat to produce more eco-friendly vehicles, so that is why the company has decided to add six small European vehicles to its U.S. lineup....

Every year millions of computers are dumped into landfills instead of being recycled.

But scientists in Romania and Turkey have discovered a way to remove toxic chemicals from old circuit boards and turn the scraps into fuel and other raw materials for consumer products....

Join the green movement by selling and buying shoes on OddShoeFinder.com so that unused shoes stay out of landfills....

Egg cartons that are made from paper can be recycled, but many people still throw them away. Instead of throwing them away there are many different ways that you can reuse the carton, just like you can reuse old CDs and plastic soda bottles....

Brighter Planet, a company which offers products that help individuals and companies fight global warming, has teamed with Bank of America to provide customers credit cards that can reduce their carbon footprint and fund renewable energy projects....

Not only are bicycles the perfect mode of transportation to reduce carbon emissions and your carbon footprint, but they are also becoming one of the hippest items to recycle....

Mechanical engineer students at the University of Central Florida have discovered a new way to take used fryer grease from a Chick-fil-A restaurant and make it into clean-burning fuel....

With all the smog that is notoriously linked to Beijing and nearby cities, the pressure for cleaner air is forcing Chinese environmental officials to quickly meet international pollution standards....

The Southern forests of North America are a major source of wood and paper products, supplying 60% of the US and 15% of global markets. This has resulted in a total decline from 356 million acres in colonial times to 182 million acres today, threatening the region’s bio-diversity and its endangered...

Did you know that Toyota goes beyond greening just its cars with other eco-friendly conservation efforts? From creating green rooftop tiles to planting shrubs that absorb pollution, Toyota is making a name for itself in the green movement....

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....