Greeniacs Sustainable Living Articles

The impact and magnitude of the current California drought may be a difficult concept to wrap our heads around, but certainly its impacts are being

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called water fluoridation one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century.1  Yet,

Agricultural runoff is a broad term for agricultural byproducts that are not absorbed by fields or soil mass, but rather find themselves running loose into

For many, thoughts of summer are full of swimming pools and the strong smell of chlorine that goes along with them. Growing up, all I

Gazing across the oceans and the seas, the prospect of life’s most precious substance always seems to be tantalizingly close but yet so far. While

The City of Davis is one of few cities in the State of California that still relies entirely upon groundwater. Currently, the city pumps groundwater

Have you ever wondered where the mindless flush of a toilet delivers your household waste? What about the fate of liquid waste, or “effluent,” generated

In an environment primarily driven by anthropogenic activities, it is of no surprise that human nature’s exploitative proclivities manifest in our oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Created at least 760,000 years ago as a result of a monumental volcanic eruption, Mono Lake is one of if not the oldest lake in

Río de la Plata literally means “river of silver,” but looking at the river today you might think that the river would be more aptly

Details of its wrath have consumed headlines for months at a time, and yet the complete magnitude of the California drought is perhaps not well

Looking for a new real estate investment? With the seas arising, now may be the perfect time to invest in some higher ground in hopes

Global has been declining since the rise of the human civilization. Unfortunately, the numbers of disappearing fresh water species has increased rapidly in recent years.

Seven thousand years ago, at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in central California, a delta was born. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Forty years ago, on October 18, 1972, a bipartisan United States Congress amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948.1 The amended act became popularly

Earth is a fragile being, and one change in one part of the globe can affect multiple other locations, both near and far. This is

A reservoir is considered to be a “dead pool” when the water level behind a dam is too low to spill water or generate climate

Options for Water Filtration at Home! Water is essential to human life, and millions of people end up drinking contaminated water everyday. In the United States,

The average American uses 80 to 100 gallons of water every day! To put that into an interesting perspective, that’s about 850 pounds of water, the

The Swim for Clean Water… Located in the Pacific Northwest, the Columbia River is an intensely cold glacial water source with a lot of history, much of which

Living in the United States, where water is plentiful in most areas, it is often easy to forget that a growing portion of the world’s

As I write this article, the largest dam removal project in the world is underway on the Elwha River in Washington State. Over the next

No, “dead zone” is not the title of some new horror movie… but that doesn’t mean dead zones aren’t horrifying. We’re talking about ocean dead

Recently The New York Times ran a full-scale editorial covering the human-induced change in the world’s ocean chemistry.1 When an environmental issue merits this kind

Jharkhand, India: Where insurgents and alternative energy systems intersect By the year 2030, India will pass China as the world’s most populous nation. Its population

Mekong River: Obstacles to protecting the Irrawaddy Dolphin…I am sitting in a wooden long-tail boat with Thomas, a Lao man whose white teeth contrast with

Why is sea ice disappearing so quickly? Climatologists and global warming experts knew that global warming was going to melt ice sheets around the world,

Paying the piper—water scarcity in the 21st century: When people talk about water scarcity, one of the many consequences of global warming, they do not mean that

Water is one of Earth’s most abundant natural resources. Paradoxically, more than one billion people around the world do not have access to clean water.

Oxygen and Our Oceans: The entire ocean ecosystem relies on oxygen and each part of that ecosystem requires a different level of oxygen to survive. There

Although we might sometimes forget, water is in fact a natural resource, and as such we must manageand conserve it to prevent the depletion of

I will be the first one to admit it: I use a lot of water, in fact I use too much water. This does not

As water is becoming increasingly scarce the world is considering new and controversial solutions to this shortage. One of these solutions is converting sewage water

With the green movement taking over the production world, selling everything from toxin-free lamp shades to organic jeans, morphing your bathroom into an environmentally friendly

Everyone has heard of global warming, but how many people have heard of ocean acidification? Recently, more and more political attention is being paid to

It is what some scientists have called a biological “murder mystery.”1 Miles of coral reefs all over the world are losing their colors and dying off

Just a year before the first Earth Day in April of 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught on fire.1 Now that sounds pretty absurd, considering

Americans love their lakes. Fishing is as American as apple pie and wakeboarding is the new skating. But how safe are these beloved recreational sports?

Most people are aware that drinking bottled water is wasteful, hence the craze behind reusable water bottles such as Sigg or Nalgene. However, it was

Is our drinking water safe? Clean, fresh drinking water is something that we take for granted. Because it is necessary for human life, it should