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By Green Living Tips | 02/1/2012
The Green Revolution saved potentially billions from starving, but it was only meant to be a temporary reprieve. With the threat of a particularly frightening future looming, the United Nations ha...
By Green Living Tips | 01/23/2012
Bees are another creature I never gave much thought to prior to Green Living Tips and my knowledge of them was pretty much limited to their sting, production of honey and "pollinating stuff". Ru...
By Green Living Tips | 01/16/2012
It's nice to sit back from the environmental doom and gloom that hits my inbox each day to celebrate the wonders of nature - after all, it's what the battle is all about. The biodiversity of this pl...
By Green Living Tips | 01/12/2012
"We pay for insulation whether we have it or not" is an interesting quote from the Air Krete web site. I'd been hearing about this company and its insulation product for a little while, so I heade...
By Green Living Tips | 01/9/2012
During the couple of years a child may wear disposable diapers, or nappies as we call them in Australia, 2 tons of diaper waste will be produced. Here in Australia, we get through around 800 million...
By Green Living Tips | 01/6/2012
I've been posting headlines regarding climate change for nearly 5 years now via another site of mine, Carbonify. News about island nations being threatened by rising seas has been common over tha...
By Green Living Tips | 01/4/2012
A fracking operation in Ohio has suspended operations after a possible link between its activities and seismic disturbances in the area was established. Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturi...
By Green Living Tips | 12/28/2011
Although though I'm very aware of the effect of plastics on the environment, I have to admit I have more than my fair share of polyester blend clothing. I justify (rationalize) it through weari...
By Green Living Tips | 12/18/2011
We've had container deposit recycling legislation in South Australia for three decades. The Northern Territory wants to implement a similar scheme, but has hit strong opposition from Coca Cola Amatil ...
By Green Living Tips | 12/17/2011
A compound that has been banned in Europe and Japan for a long time due to environmental and human health concerns is still being used in the USA as an ingredient in some soda drinks.   &n...
By Green Living Tips | 12/7/2011
Imagine being able to see a woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger or a flock of passenger pigeons again - it would be amazing.     The concept isn't just entirely wishful thinking i...
By Green Living Tips | 12/1/2011
My first memories of sleepy lizards are from when I was very young and visiting my great grandmother in South Australia. I saw what looked to be a pine cone sticking out from underneath some sheets ...
By Green Living Tips | 11/26/2011
WindMade is a new consumer label program recently launched signifying companies that have committed to sourcing at least a quarter of their operations power consumption from wind energy. Among the fir...
By Green Living Tips | 11/22/2011
While carbon dioxide is certainly a major culprit in relation to climate change, many other gases play a role as well - and some are posing a serious threat.   Back in 1989, chlorofluorocarbo...
By Green Living Tips | 11/7/2011
Things might be tough for the average person in the USA, but the nation is still the richest country on the planet. We often "tch tch" at the leaders of nations and their cronies who are filthy r...
By Green Living Tips | 11/5/2011
We're losing the battle against rising emissions - and in a very, very big way.   According to a piece on the Washington Post and an Associated Press article; new data from the USA's Depar...
By Green Living Tips | 11/4/2011
In our increasing pursuit of natural gas, it seems we should not only be concerned about fracking up the water supply and fracking up farmland, but fracking earthquakes too.     H...
By Green Living Tips | 11/2/2011
Who would have thought an item as small as a set of disposable chopsticks could have such a hefty environmental impact?   According to an article on The New York Times, the equivalent of 3...
By Green Living Tips | 10/24/2011
The name Norman Borlaug may not be familiar to many of us, but he is credited with saving a billion lives. Dr Borlaug is known as the "the father of the Green Revolution" - but not the "treehugger" ...
By Green Living Tips | 10/18/2011
The effects of a nuclear accident go beyond the dangers posed by the radiation itself - and nuclear waste takes many different forms, some of them connected to cleanup after the incident.  &nb...
By Green Living Tips | 10/12/2011
 It gets pretty hot here in South Australia. I believe the nearest comparison in terms of the USA is Arizona. I've seen temperatures at my block out in the boonies reach 47C (nearly 117F) in the ...
By Green Living Tips | 09/26/2011
During some research for an article I recently updated on slow food, I came across the web site of a restaurant in Australia that not only encourages dining at a leisurely pace, but offers you a di...
By Green Living Tips | 09/22/2011
This story has been around for a little while now and it still unsettles me. Cats with jellyfish genes that make them glow in the dark.     A couple of weeks ago, Mayo Clinic resear...
By Green Living Tips | 09/17/2011
Imagine if Greenpeace or the WWF announced their new chairperson was also the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shell or BP? It's unimaginable but something akin to that has happened ...
By Green Living Tips | 09/12/2011
The UK's first facility for recycling disposable nappies (diapers), adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products has opened.   Knowaste's recycling plant at West Bromwich will divert absor...
By Green Living Tips | 09/11/2011
 Google consumed around 2.3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year. It's a lot of power, but the search giant is working hard to ensure the electricity it needs is not only green, but to...
By Green Living Tips | 09/8/2011
Australia has its share of amazing animals and I feel very privileged to see some of these creatures on a regular basis.   We used to have so many more species, but as in other countries, we...
By Green Living Tips | 08/29/2011
You would think that by buying often expensive and well known brands of clothing and apparel, it would go some way to assuring you of quality and environmental safety.    Fat chance. &nb...
By Green Living Tips | 08/26/2011
The state I live in, South Australia, banned lightweight plastic shopping bags some time ago. The absence of these bags littering roadsides and parks has been wonderful.     &nbs...
By Green Living Tips | 08/23/2011
 It seems like Dettol has been around since Adam was a boy - in Australia and the UK anyway. Looking at the company site, it doesn't appear to be a brand in the USA.   Anyway, it's a very...
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