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Most of us would be familiar with the sickening sound of a bird colliding with a window. Birds striking glass cause the deaths of millions of these creatures every year. A quarter of a million birds i...
One of the most horrifying images I've ever seen was in connection with the fur trade. The footage was of a pile of skinned carcasses and among them was a live, fully conscious, skinned animal. Withou...
HTML clipboardLooking for a reusable shopping bag? Take a look at Nature Bag.
Made in Laos, its design is based on thousands of years of use by the country's Khmu indigenous minority - who ...
few years before I started my green journey, I moved to a city where I stayed with a friend for a while. In the previous town I lived in, we had no recycling to speak of. The first day in my temporar...
Millions of Australians voted in our Federal election today and like many Aussies, I'm very glad to see the end of the campaigning... and all the waste generated by it.I opened my post office box the ...
Unfortunately, it's not something to celebrate.
In 2008, I wrote about ecological debt - using up resources at a rate faster than what the planet can regenerate in a calendar year. The day of th...
Imagine having to pay 15 bucks for a gallon of gas. Perhaps you already are.
When you pay your X amount per gallon at the pump, what you're not paying for (directly) are the externalities. These...
I tend not to bother butting heads these days with skeptics as to whether human-spurred climate change is taking place as its often a no-win
argument; one that goes around in circles.
However...
We're headed for a locust plague in Australia in a few months and if what occurred earlier this year is any indication, it's going to be a doozy; supposedly the worst such event for decades. Earlier t...
Originally published November 2007, last updated August 2010
Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the
news - the effects can be very long lasting.
Since...
Census of Marine Life scientists yesterday unveiled a roll call of marine species distribution and diversity in key global ocean areas.Australian and Japanese waters both contain almost 33,000 documen...
Looking for fundraiser ideas for your child's school? A program designed to help raise cash while reducing the amount of non-recyclable trash generated by your school and school community that would o...
About a year ago, I wrote about the small Australian town that banned bottled water
sales. An Australian school has followed Bundanoon's lead and also banned the sale of bottled water.
The can...
One of the best ways to save water in the garden and help prevent weed growth is to use a nice thick layer of mulch. Some people
also use black plastic which certainly works, but isn't the most e...
While renewable energy technologies such as
solar power will help provide us with a clean electricity future, the greenest watt is the one you don't have to create - so energy efficiency strategie...
You may remember Annie Leonard's video from 2007, The Story of Stuff which
sought to raise awareness (and did so very effectively) about consumption.
Annie's back with another great video - The ...
People who make small green changes are sometimes criticized by colleagues, friends and
families for their efforts. They are told things like "that won't make a
difference".
As I outlined "Sim...
HTML clipboardFlip flops have got to be one of the most wonderful footwear inventions of all time. Here in Australia, they are practically national dress - except over here we call them "thongs", whic...
HTML clipboardAustralian tomato lovers may soon be facing hefty price rises for their favored fruit after millions of tomato seedlings plants were deliberately poisoned on two farms in the northern st...
HTML clipboardAccording to a press release from Seventh Generation, a voluntary ban on phosphates in dishwasher
detergents will begin in the USA soon for members of the American Cleaning Institute, ...
According to a new study of large companies using telepresence (online meetings and
conferences), U.S. and U.K. businesses that implement these technologies can slash carbon dioxide emissions by nea...
HTML clipboardBack in the 1970's and 80's, one of the big environmental challenges of the time was acid rain.
"Acid rain" refers to precipitation that includes high levels of nitric and sulf...
HTML clipboardI learned something new the other day - it seems there are walruses in the Gulf of Mexico.
.. or so the BP emergency response plan for its Gulf operations seemed to indicate.
Howe...
Maybe I should rephrase that to washing your hands on the toilet? Above?Anyhoo, a colleague picked up one of these interesting toilets recently - a Profile 5 Toilet Suite with Integrated Hand Basin fr...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to end all use of endosulfan, a bioaccumulative insecticide toxic to more than just "pests".
According to an EPA press rele...
A series of studies published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology have found being outside in nature makes people feel more alive.
According to one of the researcher...
California may be the first US state to implement a ban on single use plastic shopping bags after the state Senate approved a related bill today.
A bill by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley to ba...
As the tragedy unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico after BP failed yet again to plug the leak
that has been spewing oil into the ocean for well over a month, I was reminded today that leaks and spills are...
Here's another interesting/disturbing consequence of GM (Genetically Modified) crops.According to an article on The Guardian, millions of acres of farmland in northern China have been infested with bu...
Walk down the cleaning products aisle of any large supermarket and there will
be row upon row of all sorts of cleaning liquid and potions.
Imagine how much it must all weigh - for what is the mos...
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