The plants in your home, your workplace, or the airport you’re passing through boost moods and brighten the surroundings. Live greenery also helps clean indoor spaces by absorbing harmful toxins in the air. Tampa International Airport (TPA) gets that and makes sure to have live plants in the terminals at all times. Not just some […]
Airports around the country, and the world, took time to turn on green lights for Earth Day and share notes about their planet-saving efforts. Here’s a sampling. Which airport turns used cooking oil into renewable fuel? Which airport is the first to sign the climate pledge? And which airport is a haven for butterflies? Let […]
The plants in your home, your workplace, or the airport you’re passing through boost moods and brighten the surroundings. Live greenery also helps clean indoor spaces by absorbing harmful toxins in the air. Tampa International Airport (TPA) gets that and makes sure to have live plants in the terminals at all times. Not just some […]
Airports around the country, and the world, took time to turn on green lights for Earth Day and share notes about their planet-saving efforts. Here’s a sampling. Which airport turns used cooking oil into renewable fuel? Which airport is the first to sign the climate pledge? And which airport is a haven for butterflies? Let […]
I prepared for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by spending the afternoon with garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). First up: an exhibit featuring artwork by Dorothy Rissman made from trash she found on city streets, construction sites and beaches. Next: an introduction to the airport’s six pair of shiny new, computer-monitored trash compactors, […]
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day arrives on April 22nd so to do my part I thought I’d share a couple of smart, good-for-the-earth souvenirs I found recently on a road trip in Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory. The first is this funny looking bar of soap -“designed to eliminate the unused center of traditional soap […]
Several airports around the country will be marking Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22 with free gifts for travelers. At Denver International Airport (DEN) they’ll be distributing these reusable grocery shopping bags to passengers in the (main) Jeppesen Terminal. At Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), more than two dozen kids from the East Boston YMCA […]