It is possible to be green and save a little green this season full of celebrations. The holidays can be a time of excess, but it's important to remember that holiday extravagance can have long-term effects on the environment (and your wallet). With minimum effort and a little less fuss this season you can be good to the environment and your bottom line.

What exactly is cap-and-trade? Well, it's the government giving companies an allowance (the cap) on pollution by setting CO2 emission standards. Companies that stay under the cap can sell (the trade) their leftover allowances to companies that go over the pollution standards. It sounds like a win-win, but cap-and-trade has its opponents.

Water conservation is a simple task that will not only help promote sustainable living and protect the environment, it can also help reduce your household expenses.

In many countries, a solar heating system can provide a very high percentage of domestic hot water requirements. In many northern European countries, combined hot water and space heating systems are used to provide 15% to 25% home heating energy.

Be sure you don't pick a website that allows REAL Virtual Pet Adoptions, I made this mistake last week and in that case you really DO get a real animal!

Television, newspapers, magazines and other media sources are spreading doom and gloom about our planet earth, and all this can make a person feel overwhelmed and confused. Are the things we are doing today, effecting our health, our children's health and the future of our planet? Can you really do anything to make a difference? Absolutely!

Thanks to the success of the nation's first towpath ranger, British Waterways, in partnership with Transport for London, has employed a deputy to help the many visitors to the capital's canals enjoy them safely.

Dams have been around for a century now. Beavers used it, although not for energy and now humans employ it as source for that ingredient in survival: power.

When it comes to protecting our planet, there is no subject that is more important then that of the main cause of global warming. Although there is still a lot of work and research to be done in the science community it is important to know that a lot of people feel that the main cause of global warming is people.

Since ancient times the sun was considered as a source of energy: