Global Warming
« Previous EntriesPalm Oil – Orangutan’s Deadly Foe
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The challenge of saving the orangutan – man’s closest relative – from extinction is trickling down to the weekly shop. Many of the biscuits, margarines, breads, crisps and even bars of soap that consumers pick off supermarket shelves contain an ingredient that is feeding a growth industry that conservationists say is killing the orangutans.
5 Interesting Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009If like us you are keen to help protect our planet and all living creatures that call it home, here are some interesting, funny and downright crazy ways to help reduce your carbon footprint.
Breaking Wind
Bad manners just got worse. Breaking news shows that the average person lets rip two to three shot glasses of carbon [...]
The Home Project
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009The Big Earth Book
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008If there is only one book you must read about the state of our planet, one book to open your eyes, one book that tells you how it really is, James Bruges’ The Big Earth Book is the one. This superb 288 page book tackles the overwhelming social, economic and environmental consequences to the irretrievable [...]
The Most Destructive Project on Earth
Saturday, August 30th, 2008The Environmental Defense declares the petroleum extraction programme in Canada is the “Most destructive project on earth.” The programme is based in the oil sands of Canada and is known as the Tar Sands Project. What is particularly alarming is that even Peter Lougheed who was the Alberta Premier who began the project is requesting [...]
Too much illegal wood in EU markets
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Illegal logging contributes heavily to the destruction of biodiversity and the impoverishment of millions of people that depend on forests for food and income. This comes from a report based on a study related to the German market Illegaler Holzeinschlag und die EU carried out by WWF Germany.
Free Energy Solution
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to [...]