Posted on December 4, 2019
CREDO Tip: The Seven Great National Parks to Visit in Winter
Winter is one of the best times to visit our nation’s beautiful national parks. Imagine standing in snow-blanketed Cooks Meadow with the iconic Half Dome in the background or standing next to Old Faithful Geyser with no one …
Posted on October 30, 2019
Electric Vehicles 101: How to Drive Without Direct Carbon Emissions
In recent years, electric vehicles sales have surged from 1,919 in 2010 to 233,411 in 2018, and analysts predict the trend will continue upward. This increase in sales is due to several factors including price, longer-range batteries and …
Posted on October 23, 2019
6 progressive podcasts to subscribe to right now
We’re living in the golden age of podcasts. According to industry data, there are more than 700,000 active podcasts and more than 29 million available episodes on a wide range of topics that include history, pop culture and …
Posted on October 23, 2019
For privacy and security, get a VPN for your phone
Here at CREDO, protecting our members’ privacy rights is a top priority. We’ve fought the government in court to protect our members’ privacy rights and worked to repeal spying programs like the Patriot Act. There are also steps …
Posted on October 2, 2019
How to protect yourself from Google’s Sensorvault surveillance program
It’s a scary thought: You and your friends are marching for gun control, climate action or social justice when a crime happens a mile or two away. Now you and the thousands of people who attended are suspects. …
Posted on September 25, 2019
CREDO Tip: Yes, your phone could be listening to you. Here’s what you can do.
Yes, your phone could be listening to you. Here’s what you can do. Your phone could be listening to you – hearing what you say and then pushing ads according to what it thinks your interests are. This …
Posted on September 25, 2019
CREDO Tip: Do these 6 things immediately if you lose your phone
Losing your phone can really stress you out. In a 2017 survey by the Physiological Society, a London-based nonprofit, people ranked losing their phone as life’s 14th most-stressful event, just above moving to a new home. But there …
Posted on September 12, 2019
CREDO Tip: How to participate in the Global Climate Strike
The climate crisis is worse than we ever thought, and we have a little over a decade to drastically transform our economy and reduce carbon emissions to ensure we leave the next generation with a habitable Earth. That’s …
Posted on August 22, 2019
6 National Parks to Visit This Fall
When is the best time to visit a national park? The answer: Fall. Once school is back in session and summer vacation is over, national parks become some of the best places to travel to. Not only have …
Posted on August 14, 2019
CREDO Tip: 6 ways to protect your privacy on public WiFi
Using public WiFi – at a cafe, the airport or a hotel lobby – is a free and easy way to get online (and save your mobile data) when you’re not at home or work. You can play …
