Recycling programs and environmental awareness have advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years. The effects humans can have on their environment and the amount of waste we generate on a yearly basis has come to light in a startling manner.

Many homeowners may not know it, but there is more to what street sweeping vehicles do other than clean city streets. In the Greater Toronto Area or GTA, it is usual to see these vehicles every spring.

If you do not engage in a recycling program then shame on you.

One major reason why flood damage cleanup is such a demanding cleaning and restoration activity is its relationship with environmental degradation.

Let's talk about dirt. I divide all dirt into two camps: Safe Dirt and Scary Dirt. Safe Dirt is natural dirt. It's real dirt. It's the dirt you get all over you when you go camping or hiking.

For those who have been to Spain for their holidays a few times, there's a different way to see the country - on two wheels. And Spain has been spending money on improving her cycle rourtes to encourage holidaymakers to enjoy an environmentally friendly holiday.

Discussion on how the UK government could work with house-builders to meet our renewable energy commitments.

One of the biggest challenges the human race faces today is finding and using alternative energy sources. The push for means of generating electricity has been around for over 100 years, but when oil and coal-fired generators produced power inexpensively, the world put the search for alternative energy sources on the back burner for a number of years.

Research has proven global warming is increasingly becoming a problem in the world. Find out how you can help the situation.

If you love to watch or chase storms, maybe you should reconsider this practice. Even watching a lightening storm from the window of your home can be risky and certainly chasing one in a vehicle is crazy. It might be thrilling, but it is also deadly.