How Much Money Americans Spend on Back-To-School Clothes The back-to-school season has become extremely commercialized — that much is a fact. American parents spend an average of $246.10 on clothes and $129.20 for their kids each school year, helping to make fall the second-biggest consumer-spending season of the year, behind only the winter holidays. Head … [Read more…]
Hackers bring down Big Oil’s computers at Saudi Aramco Computer hackers have moved beyond the U.S. military to cyber attack another enemy: Big Oil. Recently, hackers hit Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, and disabled 30,000 of its workstations. A group of “hacktivists” calling themselves Cutting Sword of Justice released a statement on an … [Read more…]
For some people, the garden is a tranquil sanctuary. It’s a calm, relaxed, Zen-like outdoor space where you can pick fresh vegetables and pungent herbs for summer salads. Maybe at the end of August you’ll even have a small surplus of tomatoes and cucumbers, and the kids can set up a makeshift farm stand where … [Read more…]
The Beautiful Bamboo Forest of Kyoto Chlorophyll shadows and the soft whispering sway of bamboo trunks characterize the Arashiyama bamboo forest outside Kyoto, Japan. This beautiful grove is both peaceful and naturally aesthetic. Bamboo, an exotic, giant grass, is a rich and fascinating part of Japanese culture and has huge potential as a green resource. … [Read more…]
Four UK Wave and Tidal Companies Compete For Scotland’s £10m Saltire Prize With some of the strongest tidal currents and most powerful waves in the world just off the coast, it is no wonder that Scotland is looking to develop wave and tidal power. As such, two tidal energy and two wave power developers are … [Read more…]
Study Shows Beautiful Buildings Outperform Other Green Buildings by 4 Times According to a new study, beauty and sustainable building make for the most potent combination of high performance. The Pattern Mapping Institute had a hunch that buildings which were considered aesthetically superior also had a better range of environmental attributes. So through a study … [Read more…]
Rooftop Garden Feeds Cafe Customers Below We’ve seen a supermarket growing produce on its roof in London, and Brooklyn looks set to be the home of some massive rooftop farms in the near future. But rooftop agriculture doesn’t need to be big, nor does it have to be high tech. Study finds Shanghai most susceptible … [Read more…]
GIVEAWAY: Win a Skip Hop Backpack Filled With Green School Supplies (Worth $135! The new school year is fast approaching, and if you’re looking for the perfect collection of green school supplies for one lucky kid, we’ve got the contest for you. Inhabitots has teamed up with a host of sustainable companies to put together … [Read more…]
What’s Behind the Great Dip in US Carbon Emissions? In the winter of 2012, carbon emissions belched forth by the world’s largest economy hit their lowest levels in 20 years. MIT highlighted the EIA study that bore the good news earlier this month, and it looks like the trend is likely to continue. FOOD WASTE: … [Read more…]
According to a Wired article from 2010, new species of frogs are disappearing as fast as they are found.