Browsing: Environment

OGDEN, Utah – We face an often bewildering set of environmental challenges–on a local, regional, and global scale. Sometimes that’s enough to freeze you in place and not know where to start. And yet, while no one person can fix the world, everyone can make a difference in some area. After two years of rewilding our yard to be an ark for wildlife, I’ve given some thought to how I decide what to do–and what not to do. If you’re struggling with where to start, here are eight questions that might just help you narrow things down to a manageable…

OGDEN, Utah – Many of us are becoming increasingly worried about the environment. As a result, we are quite concerned about the future of our children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Enough to want to do more to protect the environment, including making changes to the way we live our lives. Fixing appliances and using them for longer Every year, millions of tons of household appliances, big and small, are thrown away, often unnecessarily. They end up in landfill sites, where they are likely to sit for hundreds of years, breaking down very slowly producing pollutants as they do. The longer…