Excessive Consumption Pushing Our Planet Into Ecological Debt

    There is a term called “biocapacity” which is the capacity of the ecosystem to generate resources and absorb its wastes. When we reach a point in a year when consumption around the Earth exceeds its biocapacity, that day is marked as the ‘ecological debt day’. According to NEF (New Economics Foundation), for the [...]

Products Made from Oil – Surprising Products That Are Made of Oil

    Ammonia Antifreeze Antiseptics Art supplies Artificial limbs Aspirin Astroturf Awnings Bandages Cleaning products Candles Carpets Caulking Clothing Crayons Creams Cosmetics Cutlery Dentures Dice Dyes Electronics Film Fishing line Floor wax Foam Glasses Glue Glycerin Guitar strings Heart valves Helmets Ink Insulation Lubricants Medicine Nail polish Nylon Paint Paint brushes Panty hose Petroleum jelly [...]

ADB Invests in Three Climate Change Technology Venture Capital Funds

    MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is investing $60 million to help set up three venture capital funds dedicated to nurturing new climate change technologies. The funds will primarily target the markets of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India, which are actively promoting clean energy and sustainable technologies. via [...]

ADB, Partners Find Ways to Make Sanitation a Sustainable Business

    With nearly 2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific having no access to adequate sanitation, representatives of governments, the business community, nongovernment organizations and international organizations are meeting at the Asian Development Bank ADB to discuss ways to ramp up investments in the sector. via ADB.

The Super Green List: Connecting Human and Ocean Health

    The Super Green list includes seafood that meets the following three criteria: Low levels of contaminants (below 216 parts per billion [ppb] mercury and 11 ppb PCBs) The daily minimum of omega-3s (at least 250 milligrams per day [mg/d])* Classified as a Seafood Watch “Best Choice” (green) via Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Indonesia’s moratorium on logging, palm oil concessions may be inadequate

    …details of the moratorium, which was a condition under Indonesia’s billion dollar forest conservation partnership with Norway and was supposed to be signed January 1, won’t be released until Friday, leaving it unclear what types of forest will be protected from logging and conversion to plantations. The moratorium will certainly include primary forests, [...]

Long Beach, Calif. Bans Plastic Bags

    When oh when oh when will we ban plastic bags? Maybe we should ask the new Environment Minister! Just a few months before a plastic bag ban goes into effect in Los Angeles County’s unincorporated areas, the Long Beach, Calif., City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday evening to ban single-use plastic shopping [...]