The Eco Lowdown on Toilet Paper
Toilet paper is one of those little things we often don’t think about…until we notice we’ve run out, of course. In fact, people on loos without toilet paper have gone…
ENN Shines Spotlight on Crowdfunding Campaign “6 Oceans”
Bubble Anemone in Indonesia. Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by prilfish via Flickr. “ENN is not in the business of assisting crowdfunding efforts. Now and then, however, an idea is…
The Tesla Model S Electric Car Achieves Highest NHTSA Safety Score (5.4 Stars)
In a press release recently published, Tesla Motors announced that its Model S has achieved the highest safety rating ever awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Not only…
Sustainable Bamboo Toothbrushes
With a worldwide global concern gaining momentum, it is no wonder that private companies are looking at ways to improve their the sourcing of their materials for their products. Choosing…
Drop-in Biofuels: The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunity
A lot of effort and investment are going right now into making drop-in biofuels the next star of environmentally friendly fuels. Very similar to petroleum in structure, these next-generation biofuels…
How Private Companies are Key to Saving Brazil’s Other Forest
Big Business and Biodiversity When the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first reached the coast of present-day Brazil in April 1500, he found a paradise. Waiting ashore was a vast…
Car Free Mackinac Island
Do you know a place where driving your car on the road is illegal? Well now you can say you do because nestled in between Michigan’s peninsulas is a small…
Colony Collapse Disorder: Past, Present, Future
Past Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) started popping up in the news around 2006. Not many people knew what the problem was attributed to back then, but a lot of people…
The Disappearing Package Project
A box of soap that dissolves in the shower? A pod of detergent you can toss in the washing machine? While big brand names are trying to make their product packaging…