Independent video game distributor Humble Bundle has been pretty progressive since its inception in 2010. The website has always used a pay-what-you-want model in selling 100% DRM free indie game packages and they’ve supported a number of different charities including Child’s Play,...

BP’s oil spill drama continues two years later as biologists keep gathering unsettling news about wildlife in the gulf. Mutated and deformed species, fish populations diminishing, and the possibility of harm to children and pregnant women that consume contaminated seafood are just few of...

As sources of renewable and clean energy become more and more crucial to the survival of our way of life, researchers are looking in unexpected places to find it. This time the new source of power has manifested itself in the form of algae. That’s right…algae. No longer is algae...

As most of the world looks for newer, greener technologies to create electricity, more than one billion people around the world are still unable to get reliable access to electricity, green or not. Eight19, a company in Cambrigde, U.K., hopes to change that with IndiGo, its pay-as-you-go...

Agricultural giant Monsanto has another bug up its ass, and this time it’s picking on a whole state. The bully corporation has threatened to sue the State of Vermont if it passes a bill requiring all manufacturers to label their products if they contain GMOs. In an attempt to allow...

Environment – Whole Foods Market is taking its contribution to Earth Day to a new level by doing away with unsustainable seafood. As of April 22nd, the grocer will no longer carry wild-caught seafood that may be considered over-fished or caught in a way that harms other species. The...

Environment – New studies into the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill suggest that the damage done to dolphins and other marine life may be higher than initially predicted. The report, commissioned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) studied 32 dolphins,...

Environment – General Motors Foundation (GM) has announced that it will be ending its support of the Heartland Institute, which is known for its skepticism toward global warming. GM has supported the thinktank for 20 years, and the move to cut ties with it has been cheered by groups...

Environment – Got plans for Saturday, March 31, yet? Didn’t think so. Start planning in advance, because once again, the World Wildlife Fund is hosting its annual Earth Hour campaign. What started as a one-city event has turned into a worldwide phenomenon with more than 18 billion...

Environmental Issues – Greenpeace Canada approved several brands of Canadian canned tuna this week that carry out sustainable fishing procedures. This is only the second year the tuna industry was ranked according to sustainability in Canada, and while only two producers were approved...

Environment – Thanks to a visualization from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio (maybe shortened to GSFCSVS) we are now privy to something that Van Gogh might have created, were he an animator. The visualization, which displays the currents of the...

Environment – Since 2009, rice production in countries throughout Asia has been affected by the brown planthopper (BPH), a pest which can transmit two viruses which damage rice yields, as well as eat away at the rice plants. In 2010, BPH caused the loss of 30 percent of Thai rice crop....

Environment – Ecorazzi is holding its first ever #MicroistDay campaign benefiting Water.org. Unlike the usual Facebook status causes, Ecorazzi’s approach covers a variety of social media outlets. According to Ecorazzi, the point of Microist Day is “to spread the word about...

Environment – French Agricultural Minister Bruno Le Maire has banned MON 810, a genetically modified maize also known as YieldGuard. Le Maire’s ministry calls it “a precautionary measure,” and the step has been taken to “protect the environment.” The American...

Environment – Just in time for swimsuit season, British retailer Marks & Spencer is partnering with the Marine Conservation Society to clean up polluted beaches and water. They plan to clean up 50 beaches in three days, from May 11 to 13. It will be the biggest initiative of...

Environment – Mexico is facing its worst drought in 71 years, a drought so severe it is impacting 2.5 million Mexicans. The implications of this drought, including the possibility of years of food shortage, are terribly severe. The drought crosses over half of Mexico and has brought on...

Environment – The Sustania project, an initiative pushed forward by former California Governor (and muscled action star) Arnold Schwarzenegger and European climate chief Connie Hedegaard, is hoping to present, through clear, understandable design, what the future might be like using...

Environment – The Woodland Trust kicked off “The Jubilee Woods Project” in February in the hopes of planting 6 million trees across the UK to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Year Jubilee. As of the end of February, 1 million trees had already been planted and the Queen...

Environment – A year ago today (Mar 11, 2011), Japan was rocked by both a massive earthquake and giant tsunami that claimed the lives of roughly 20,000 people. Some experts have called this tsunami a “mega-tsunami” and are now speculating on the whereabouts of the next big...

Environment – Cliff Ricketts, an agricultural education professor at Middle Tennessee State University, has a big trip ahead of him, and he’s only got a little bit of fuel. He plans to drive across the country on 10 gallons of gasoline, from Savannah, Georgia to Long Beach,...

Environmental Issues – The Chinese government announced it will phase in new air quality standards which its cities must adopt by 2016. Currently two-thirds of Chinese cities do not meet the new measures issued on Wednesday. Additional, unmonitored pollutants, such as fine particles 2.5...

Environment – The developing world has caught on to something the “developed” world is having only mixed success with: alternative energy. It’s not without its maintenance needs though, and poverty forces the hand of innovation — a place where Kenya really...

Environment – General Motors has announced that it will temporarily suspend production of Chevrolet’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Volt, for five weeks this spring following poor sales. Sales for the Chevy Volt have not met expectations domestically or abroad. GM had hoped...

Environment – Quebec’s carbon footprint program is being praised as an innovative first for North America. The plan, which seeks to assist companies in determining how much carbon is in their products and pass this information onto the consumer. Sam Hamad, the Minister of...

Environment – BP and the lawyers for plaintiffs in the trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico have reached a settlement, and they are expected to pay out a whopping $7.8 billion in claims. Judge Carl J. Barbier of Federal District Court in New Orleans issued...

Environment – According to the Fairtrade Foundation, the sale of products with the ethical fair-trade label grew by 12% in the UK during 2011, and are expected to continue growing as more makers of delectable sweets are switching to ethically traded products. With Cadbury, maker of...

Environment – In another example of how nature can inspire innovation and design, Taiwanese Qisda Corporation has developed an LED lamp that mimics the luminosity of a coral reef. The Coral Reef LED Floor Light features three “pads” of lights, based around similarly...

Environment – A nearly 300 million year old fossilized peat forest has been found in the northern parts of China, and it offers scientists and laypeople an image of what green life was like at that time. The fossils have been found underneath a coal mine in the area of Wuda, China. The...

Environment – Alone, in the Atlanta zoo, sits the last known Rabbe’s fringe-limbed tree frog. The frog, which is native to Panama was discovered in 2005. It has not been seen in the wild since 2007, though it’s call was heard once at the end of that same year. In 2006, the...

Environment – The last sports venue that you would think would go green, actually is, and has been or for a while. When the engines start up at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 today, they “will be doing so far the second year with American ethanol-blended fuel in their gas...

Environment – In preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, London has created an “Olympic Park,” from a once industrial area, which according to BBC News “was contaminated with heavy metals, arsenic and cyanide.” The area in question was the size of 297...

Environment – The days of ugly solar panels are over. Pvilion, a maker of the environmentally conscious technology, is seeking to change our perception of the solar panel. A change that could spark a large embrace for the alternative energy technology. Pvilion’s panels differ from...

Environment – The recent burning of a 3,500 year old tree in Florida has earned the local landmark an unexpected, possible future – it is a candidate for cloning. The tree, known as The Senator, was initially thought to be burnt in an act of arson, was actually taken by nature,...

Environment – The debauchery that is Fat Tuesday ended with thousands of party-goers flooding the streets of New Orleans, along with an estimated 25 million pounds of plastic beads, cups, and tokens. Instead of the items ending up in a landfill, a few companies worked towards making...

Environment – There is a new addition to the Florida endangered species list; the Hemiargus thomasi or Miami Blue. In the 1970s, abundant along the Florida Coast and south to the Florida Keys, these petite, colorful, and once widespread butterflies had once been taking up residence in a...

Environment – As the world tries to go greener, Hawaii is taking it one step further by potentially making grocery store customers pay for using plastic bags. House Bill 2260 is currently making its way through Hawaii’s legislature; if passed, the bill would allow grocery stores...

Environment – It’s that time of year again and the Iowa eagle cams are back! The Raptor Resource Project (RRP) has flipped the switch that will allow millions of people around the world share in the birth of baby eagles. Two cameras, one automated and fixed, the other with...