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If you've been using cell phones for some years, you've probably amassed quite a pile of chargers as well. When the phone dies or you upgrade, the chargers are useless. It's more junk laying around an...
While many places around the world have laws in place where businesses and householders must not place recyclable materials in regular trash, here's a first (I think) - a compulsory composting law.On ...
Who doesn't love a teddy bear? I have the bear from my childhood up on the shelf beside me. Even as an adult if I'm ever stressed out, if I remember to take a look at "Little Ted", it relaxes me a lit...
I'm not much into the concept of monarchy, but I've always had a great deal of respect for Queen Elizabeth. She's probably the last of the truly "regal" British monarchs and England will be culturally...
I've been reading "The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability" and I can highly recommend it to vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters alike - but it needs to be approached with an open mind....
One of the great things about having a site like Green Living Tips is I get to try out all sorts of very interesting products - such as a corn chopping board.No, not a cutting board made for corn, alt...
Bob Brown is the leader of the Australian Greens party and has been battling on behalf of the environment for years. I can't say I know Bob personally, but he seems to be a truly dedicated and very ho...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) has been touted by advocates as a viable solution to mopping up carbon emissions from carbon intensive industries such as coal fired power generation.The theory ...
In a recent survey of over 2,000 Britons, shows the British public’s growing concern about climate change.The Christian Aid survey revealed a majority believe the government needs to show more l...
With thin plastic disposable shopping bags starting to be phased out in some places (South Australia started its bag ban at the beginning of this month), many more of us are looking to reusable bags f...
What is it with these oil companies? A few years ago they were jumping on the green bandwagon, rebranding themselves as energy companies, investing heavily in renewable energy and now.. it's oil, oil,...
I was born in the late 60's and at that point, there were around 11 million people in Australia. Today, that figure is nearly 21 million and by 2050, it will be around 28 million. The place feels too ...
The days when a bee used to fly by and I'd hardly give it a second thought except wanting to avoid being stung are long gone. It's taken a disaster for me to start to learn just how important these ti...
There wouldn't be too many people of my generation who would hear the term "Chernobyl" and not immediately think "nuclear disaster". The accident occurred on 26 April 1986 and an exclusion zone of 30k...
So much for oil companies going green - their backflipping on renewable energy continues to the point some of its high-profile henchmen are actively talking down the green energy industry.As I've post...
It was sad to read that around 63% of Australians are now overweight or obese. A full quarter of our population are obese according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.Aside from the h...
I was reading a little bit about factory farms today and feeling the usual pangs of guilt. Then this afternoon, a story hit the headlines in Australia where a piggery operator who supplies one of Aust...
Quite a few names in the music industry have been making some attempts to make their craft more environmentally friendly in recent times which is great to see; but there's "green" bands and then there...
Lots of us buy insurance for our homes, after all they are very expensive to replace. But what are the chances that during our lifetime our houses will burn down or be otherwise destroyed?Pretty slim....
South Australia has become the first state in the country to ban lightweight plastic checkout bags and through doing so is expected to reduce the number of bags heading to landfill each year by around...
The term "scavenging" can conjure up all sorts of negative opinions, but its the folks of this world who make use what others throw away who are real environmental heroes.Thankfully, (responsible) sca...
I'm thinking that Shell should be awarded some kind of backflip award.Last year Shell's CEO basically admitted to the Peak oil reality by commenting how easily accessible oil will not keep up with dem...
It wasn't all that long ago I used to back up all my critical business files onto a few 3.5" floppy discs. Then CD's came along and I thought I'd never fill one up with a single backup. Nowadays I hav...
I'm a "meat and potatoes" (and cutting back on the meat) sort of guy in that cutsey stuff doesn't usually really appeal to me when it comes to marketing. I tend to like the "less fluff, more info" sor...
While walking, biking or mass transport are the most environmentally friendly ways to get around, driving is a necessary evil for many of us - but so many individual trips we make tend to be trivial o...
German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced early this week a ban on the cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) corn in Germany for environmental reasons.This will come as a blow to agri-giant...
Trust no-one. The truth is out there.. etc. etc. etc. Nothing is quite as it seems these days is it?Take for example the rapidly worsening piracy situation in Somalia where foreign merchant ships are ...
It's great to see companies responding to the need for greener products and more choices being available in supermarkets rather than just niche stores.But not is all as it seems according to a recent ...
Growing up, one of the TV viewing highlights of the week was David Attenborough's Life On Earth series. I don't think there's anyone in the world who creates such brilliant nature documentaries; parti...
Nothing irks me more at the moment than oil companies that suddenly seemed to turn over a new green leaf a while ago when the price of oil skyrocketed now going back to their old ways.. and sometimes ...
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