Jeff Alexander of the Insulated Concrete Form Association and Greenblock invited us out to a demonstration of just how durable green building can be. With the tools and talents of the University of Florida's department of Hurricane Research on tap, the demonstration would simulate a direct blow from a piece of lumber flying at 50mph. To compare, a pair of ICF walls would be tested against stick frame and hollow cinder block walls to demonstrate the clear advantage of a solid concrete...

"The Story of Bottled Water" purports that bottling companies have tricked the population with a successful smear campaign against tap water in order to manufacture demand for their product. This, the films creators say, has lead to massive environmental damage as bottled water gained popularity. The story goes on to say that a majority of the discarded plastic bottles end up being sent to landfills or incinerated, even those that consumers believe they are recycling. Whats worse, the video...

Ray Anderson is the founder of Interface, Inc, the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpeting and is the author of Confessions of a Radical Industrialist. When asked what his company was doing for the planet, he had no answer.

"Tomorrow's Child: An Interview with Ray Anderson" is a call to business leaders and citizens of the world to examine their practices and come to grips with the idea that sustainability may not only be practical, but profitable as well.

Being hailed as the largest gathering of environmental activists, the COP15 summit in Copenhagen has spawned two weeks of demonstrations, protests, and actions. Tensions between police and protesters hit a peak after thousands of protesters attempted to infiltrate the heavily fortified negotiation center by crossing a moat with a makeshift inflatable bridge. The Danish police repelled this and other actions by using emergency powers granted to them by the Danish government and a number of...