The Facts About Bottled Water

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Climate Change – Making the Difference with Every Little Bite

This article is about feeling empowered and taking control of Climate Change. To not get disillusioned with the politics and lack of progress with Kyoto or Copenhagen talks but in fact to inspire yourself and all those around you with the profound impact you can make to Climate Change and the ecology of the planet. [...]

Recession lowers emissions

“The rise or fall in emissions naturally correlates to economic growth,” said Satoshi Hashimoto, a senior climate- change researcher at Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. in Tokyo. “Whichever way the economy goes, there’s a tough road ahead for companies. When the economy is up, emissions rise. When it’s down, companies are short of money to invest [...]

Rethinking Your (disposable) Coffee Cup

I am sure like me many of you have visited shops or businesses and were scorned when you were served a beverage in a Styrofoam cup! But you will or may be surprised to know that at this point in time that the scorned Styrofoam cup is in fact the most environmentally friendly choice of [...]

Bus Powered by French-fry Fat Reaches Asia

Perhaps in the faraway future, your option at the petrol kiosk will be 95, 92 and french fries. Environmenta activist, Andy Pag has been travelling on a bus fuelled by french fry fat which he claims emits a smell reminiscent of arm pit odor. We’re all for eco-friendly travel but at what cost? Perhaps french [...]

Walmart Green Push Drives BASF Swapping Crackers for Lab Coats

Great news! Once hardened chemical producer, BASF, is now developing “organic” chemicals that is produced from corn starch using bacteria and fungi as opposed to processing oil derivatives. The product which sounds similar to those of one of our Green Partners, Olive Green who distributes Corn Ware, are being offered in the US through the [...]

Solar homes go for high-tech and practicality

The Solar Decathlon pits some of the best collegiate minds in the world against one another to produce high-tech eco homes for as little as $80,000. The end result is innovation that will help develop the next generation of solar homes that are both energy efficient and affordable. green team Solar homes go for high-tech [...]