When it comes to renovating your bathroom, a plan of attack is essential to ensure as few headaches and bumps in the road as possible. This is especially true if you plan on incorporating eco-friendly and energy-efficient elements into your remodel.
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Lead Poisoning Still a Public Health Risk in Children
As new information becomes available about common substances, public health risks sometimes emerge. This was certainly the case with with lead-based paint in homes. Prior to the 1970s, when lead usage in products began to be monitored, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 88% of American preschool children had lead levels in the blood high enough to cause health problems. Although subsequent public awareness campaigns have drastically reduced that figure, recent data from the organization shows that there are still about half a million children from the age of 1 to 5 who have toxic levels of lead in the blood, proving that the threat is far from over.
Green Jobs: 11,000 Acre Wildlife Refuge Approved
Last week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved plans for a wildlife refuge that will eventually span over 11,000 acres, positioned right on the Wisconsin-Illinois border. The Hackmatack Wildlife Refuge is expected to provide over 200,000 people with the ability to enjoy the outdoors and pursue green jobs in conservation.
Environmental Jobs: Top 5 Business Schools for Entrepreneurs
Being an entrepreneur has its benefits: You answer to yourself rather than to The Man. You also have freedom to do business as you wish, and when you wish. Being an entrepreneur in the environmental jobs field also has its advantages: You can help Mother Earth in the exact way that you wish, but you need to go to the right school to get your boost of knowledge in green entrepreneurship. Here are five of the top business schools for the environmental jobs entrepreneur (arranged by tuition cost).
Green Jobs: Where are the Women? In Chicago
When you look at images of solar panel fabricators or wind energy turbine workers, whether you want to admit it or not, you probably are more apt to imagine a man wearing that hardhat versus a female. However, the Windy City—the home of U.S. Green Technology—is striving to change that. Even as the Windy City works toward increasing the number of its employees in the green energy industry, it is offering a special training program specifically to women in order to bridge the gender gap in the green-collar world.
Lockheed Martin to Create Solar Powered Fuel Cells
State of Green Report indicates that companies have made noticeable progress
A 2011 State of Green Report indicates that companies have made noticeable progress to enhance sustainability with bold strides towards bigger and better commitments. Large companies are slowly but surely jumping on the bandwagon through strategic initiatives. With all the talk going on around just about any kitchen table, it’s everyone’s role, including large corporations, to help protect our planet.
