Google Earth has put together an animated collection of images revealing how the Arctic ice has shrunk since 1979. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, this year, the frozen cover is the second smallest it has been since record keeping began. The worst year was 2007. In addition, the ice sheet is [...]

According to the EPA, 17% of all indoor household water use comes from showers or baths. If an average individual showers 10 minutes a day, a conventional high-flow showerhead, which emits about 3.5 gallons per minute (gpm), uses 12,775 gallons per year. That’s enough to fill more than 182 bathtubs. Care for a bath or [...]

Last week, Go Green Squads attended the annual Austin Apartment Association trade show “Lights, Camera, Action!” It was quite a fun, dynamic scene, with 1,200 registered attendees and 144 company booths. A few booths went all out with popcorn machines and mini golf games to win a free drink. It really was nice speaking with [...]

The sky flashed maliciously onto the rushing black billows of dust and debris. You see tornados on television and they look bad—uncontrollable, destructive masses that threaten lives and homes. This was more than bad. The whirling body measured an estimated 1.7 miles in width, larger than that of the entire city of Greensburg, Kansas; it [...]