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According to a report released by the Canadian government, the country's herds of caribou are in decline and could die out in the next hundred years. Equally disturbing is the news the government rece...
Imagine a world where water is in such short supply, people go to war over it. In fact, that's already happened in places such as Darfur in Africa. As tragic as the Darfur situation is, the scenario m...
Love it or despise it, gum chewing isn't going to disappear anytime soon, so it's another one of these uniquely human pursuits that could do with a little greening. It's not just the wrapper lit...
Earth Hour (not to be confused with Earth Day) this year was a smashing success with over 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries participating after its first year as a global event.Hard on the heels ...
Plastic is everywhere we look. I'm looking at it right now (my notebook screen) and as I type, my fingers are hitting keys made of plastic material. It's really changed our lives in such a short span ...
A diet high in fruit and vegetables is for the most part a healthy one. Additionally, by cutting down on meat consumption and increasing fruit and vegetable intake, the less our carbon impact. However...
It's hard to believe this occurred 20 years ago, but on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spewed 10.8 million U.S. gallons (approximately 40 million litres) of crude oil into Prince William ...
While I'm a true blue, dinky di Orstrayleeun; most visitors to Green Living Tips aren't from Australia, but from the USA - so the site is primarily geared to them. I do try to include Australian speci...
Most of the major oil companies like to strut their green credentials these days - some even avoid the word oil; preferring to call themselves "energy" companies. Go to most of their sites - Chevron, ...
Here in Australia, draft legislation for an emissions trading scheme has been unveiled. The legislation has all sorts of holes; but the point that is particularly troublesome is the opposition to it b...
Just over two years ago I wrote about the Svalbard International Seed Vault, aka the Doomsday Vault. It's an an ultra-secure facility being built to store and protect seeds to ensure crop biodiversity...
I've never been much of a hunter, but I was an avid fisherman years ago and I hate to think how many pounds of lead sinkers I left laying on various river beds and ocean floors during my time. Lead is...
When I heard about the mass protest against the continued use of coal being organized for Monday at the Capitol Power Plant, I was expecting there would have been a huge turnout, especially given the ...
Around this time of the year we tend to hear cries of "so much for global warming, it's so darned cold" filtering down from the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile, we here in Australia are about to bake a...
It's important for us to understand where our food comes from and how it arrives on our plate. The slaughtering of animals is a touchy topic, but one I feel any meat eater should be familiar with sinc...
The smell of smoke was strong today, not from fires close by, but from the ones that have ripped through Victoria; some of which are still burning, hundreds of kilometers away.It is now nearly 2 month...
Electricity generation, particularly sourced from coal-fired or other fossil fuel s, contributes greatly to humanity's carbon footprint. Another major environmental issue is the scarcity of fresh wate...
Around 20% of the world's population and more than 66% in the U.S. cannot see the Milky Way from their homes? It's incredibly sad that so many people cannot see the awesome free light show that nature...
I love a sunburnt countryA land of sweeping plainsOf rugged mountain rangesOf droughts and flooding rainsI love her far horizonsI love her jewelled seasThe beauty and the terrorThe wide brown land for...
Happy dance! KTM expects to start making a zero emissions electric dirt bike available from next year.According to Hell For Leather, weighing just 90kg (198lbs), the bike weighs less than KTM's own 12...
The Core77 Green gadgets Contest, a design competition aimed at showcasing innovations for greener electronics, is in full swing. The top 50 entries are now being displayed for voting and commenting, ...
Although the CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) seems to have only been with us for a short time when you compare it to incandescent bulbs, LED's (Light Emitting Diodes) seem set to capture increasing lig...
"We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet"Thus spaketh Al Gore when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on W...
I was just reading about a "green" Firefox web browser addon (also known as an extension) that claims to offset your carbon footprint as you surf. Sounds good huh?What it does it to replace ads on sit...
I've been itching to get started on a vegetable garden planted with heritage and heirloom seeds for some time now. We've got the seeds, we have the space and now we just need some time... oh, and rain...
As there's quite a few fellow Aussies visiting Green Living Tips, I just wanted to flag a petition I'm involved with at FeedInTariff.com.au. Just for the sake of disclosure, I'm also a consultan...
An uninsulated home is an expensive home to run in terms of electricity and fossil fuel consumption and then there's the environmental impact associated with those energy sources. Even an insulated ho...
Abandoned pets are a tragedy; not only from a humanitarian point of view, but environmental. As I mentioned in my recent post on Pet Soup Kitchens, animals turfed out on the doorstep need to eat and o...
It's ok, I'm not about to become the fun police, but if you're a gamer with a green streak, a recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Ecos Consulting might get you thinking.The first...
Any budding nature photographers out there? I just received this note from Harriet West who is involved with a major photography award and thought I'd pass the info on:"The Sony World Photography Awar...
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