I quickly discovered that there was really no safe way to walk to the plaza, which is literally 3 minutes from my office. San Jose city planners, in their infinite wisdom, had created a multitude of grassy verges that lushly deplete the city's water supplies, and had completely forgotten about ...

Let's see; the economy is in the tank, rising health care costs are pushing Americans out of the system at the rate of a couple of million a year, greenhouse emissions are stranding polar bears and causing hurricanes and several crazy dictators over the world are itching to get their ...

I discovered that there were some other unusual items which could also be composted, like milk and juice cartons. We end up with just a couple of garbage bags in our landfill bin each week and are waiting for the day when the City of Fremont figures out a way ...

Writes Ram Badrinathan - The emergence of Internet and online travel companies like Amazon, Ebay, Expedia and Priceline actually changed the paradigm of how consumers search, shop and buy all products, services by making each step completely interactive, immersive and experiential.

It is unreasonable to expect people to make good choices with respect to the environment when doing so has a real and immediate impact on their wallet and their time.

Unlike 1994, the fight for health care reform has some serious mojo this time, with concerted action from various progressive groups serious about getting their voices heard on Capitol Hill. To see how mainstream this issue has become, just check out this YouTube video!

After a whole year of virtuous denouncement, I fell for my husband's Kindle barely 2 weeks after gifting it to him for his birthday. I had admired a friend's older version for its clarity and cool looks, but just didn't see the value in a 300-dollar book when I could ...

Even as I watched the spectacular display of fireworks on Saturday, a thought niggled; it is a testament to the environmental consciousness of the average Californian that there was an element of dismay in my joy at the smoke and pollution caused by the mini explosions.

By Kathleen Cosgrove The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC), a nonprofit anti-hunger training organization located in Washington, D.C., launched an exhibit last week featuring photographs of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, as well as other midday meal programs in Mali and Chile.  ...

The distressing conclusion I've reached is that I just don't have the mental space to handle two competing responsibilities at the same time. Call it bandwidth, if you like, though I detest the word.