As this article in the Telegraph reports, a Mexican farmer, Macario Leyva is in London demonstrating how he taps gum from the chicozapote trees – “a natural product that could be about to revolutionise the gum-chewing habits of the British”.
A new study by Canadian scientists shows how one of the oldest and most enduring species – the great Leatherback Turtle – is being seriously threatened by the lowliest artifact of modern consumer culture: the plastic bag. Read the full article here.
Check out this shocking video about the growing mass of plastic rubbish in the Pacific! These are some quotes from the video:“The area that is polluted is estimated as double the size of Texas. It’s a whole region of the ocean that is just totally infested with just little broken up bits of plastic.”“The problem…
Green Home pledges its support to Earth Hour at exactly 8:30pm, wherever you live, on Saturday 28 March 2009.Pledge your support and spread the message. Visit www.earthhour.org to sign up and make a difference.
Dutch artist/designer, Theo Jansen is creating these amazing kinetic sculptures which he calls, “Animari.” The creatures walk in herds on beaches, powered only by the wind and are made out of unused or unwanted plastic tubing.
On Treevolution, it was reported that South Africa’s second annual Carbon Disclosure Project survey revealed that companies are beginning to acknowledge and engage with the challenge of climate change, the minister of environmental affairs and tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said in a speech at the CDP report’s launch. He said that the companies that responded…
Check out this public service announcement produced by The We Campaign, a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection founded by Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis by repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy…
According to this industry blog, the demand for more sustainable cd packaging, including biodegradable alternatives, is on the up. In 2006, Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, released his first carbon-neutral CD, “On an Island”, which was Columbia Records’ first album to be released under eco-friendly guidelines. The album was produced with biodegradable cardboard packaging and…
Check out the latest biodegradable laptop, the Asus Eco-book, made out of bamboo as well as the Fujitsu laptop made out of cedar wood.
