AT HOME – Take Care of Texas

Do your part

Click on the links above to learn simple steps you can take at home to help improve air and water quality, conserve water and energy, and save a little money in the process.

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WaterLife – The Story of the Last Great Supply of Fresh Drinking Water on Earth

No matter where we live, the Great Lakes affect us all. And as species of fish disappear and rates of birth defects and cancer rise, it seems one thing is clear: the Great Lakes are changing and something’s not quite right with the water.

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Extreme Green

Sustainable Spaces, a self-styled “home performance retrofitter,” audited the San Jose home of Steve and Beth Griffith to find out how they could make their home safer and more environmentally friendly. Here’s what they found out about their home, which they expanded from 1,284 to 1,856 square feet.

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A Home for the Future

Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus, a solar-powered home that won the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe, provides a glimpse into future living. Take a tour through the home and listen to Joe Wheeler, one of three primary faculty members who worked on the project with more than 200 students, explain the home’s features and how it may change the way we live and use energy.

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How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earth’s Resources, Made Interactive

This Web-only article is a special rich-media presentation of the feature, “How Much Is Left?,” which appears in the September 2010 issue of Scientific American.

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