I was in Safeway last Sunday, buying rhubarb. The stems were meaty and a little bit limp, and they were the colour of flesh. One stalk had five little shoots emerging from its end, which had been snipped off, so that it they looked like five fingers on a tiny hand. A tiny hand [...]
Scientists have shown that in order to keep global warming and climate change from reaching truly devastating levels every country needs to lower its carbon output by 27% each year. That means starting now. Kyoto II, a plan to be decided on at meetings in Copenhagen next autumn, has the potential to completely change the [...]
Doing something great for the environment also does wonders for your bank account. Fresh on the market from Eco Hatchery is the Eco Starter Kit which helps you save over $260 a year on utility bills, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global warming.
Inside the Kit are key energy-saving tools that help reduce [...]
My brother handed me a piece of TerraSkin paper with the challenge “Try and rip it!Go ahead…” The only outcome of all my tugging and tearing was a tiny bump in the sheet. “That’s because it’s made of rocks…” he concluded smugly. TerraSkin is a new line from the Environmental Division of Design and Source [...]
These days, the blueberry seems to hold the world championship in the super-fruit category, those fruits that have high nutritional value, superior antioxidant characteristics, and demonstrated health benefits. Pomegranate appears to be a close second, even if the research behind it is still in need of more work to overcome doubts about its health-value, at [...]
Ecodigital Ltd is the UK distributor for the Audioengine 5 Bamboo Ipod Speakers.
Why bamboo?
Two words: Sustainability and Sound. Bamboo is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world. Nearly one-third of a crop of bamboo will grow back fully within one year of being harvested, making it an
excellent alternative to slow-growing hardwoods. “The strength and hardness [...]
In Urbana, Illinois, they’re building houses that reduce energy consumption (and therefore energy costs) by as much as 80%.
Primarily heated by passive solar gain and the retention of heat naturally generated by the people and electrical equipment inside, these super-insulated, virtually air-tight buildings can run literally on the energy it takes to power a typical [...]
“Learn skills, cultivate knowledge, discuss ideas, question assumptions, revolutionize education ” the Tatamagouche Summer Free School website declares (http://freeschool.fairtrademedia.com). For four days each August, Waldegrave Farm in Tatamagouche Nova Scotia is transformed into a whirlwind of energy, discussion and skill-sharing, bringing in participants from across the country and over various borders. The Tatamagouche Summer [...]
Illegal logging is depleting global forests at an alarming rate, in a a smuggling operation that is “better than drug smuggling”. Trafficking some rain forest woods through cities such as Singapore can be just as profitable as trafficking cocaine or heroin without the severe penalties.
This is a multi-billion dollar black market industry that is taking [...]
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