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Beautiful Earth Posted by Viola Woolcott Looking at these pictures we should all remember what it is all about. Our Earth is beautiful!! clipped from artsonearth.com ten amazing natural wonders to blow your mind: The Northern Lights The Great Barrier Reef A Simple Sunrise Machu Picchu Lost in the mountainside, this remote secret village was [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on November 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Condensation: Are You Wasting Money On Heating Bills? Posted by Viola Woolcott Is this what your windows look like? With winter almost being here and with predicted utility rates on the increase, home heating costs can be higher than ever. And if you are troubled by condensation on the windows of your home, you aren’t [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on November 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Our Dumb World: The Onion’s Atlas of The Planet Earth Posted by Viola Woolcott “Our Dumb World” is the 73rd Edition.The book doesn’t just make interesting reading, it is also packed with beautiful, inaccurate full-colour maps including a fold-out world map at actual size. You will learn about each and every country from Afghanistan, to [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on October 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Chemonics – Zambia Threshold Project Submitted by Hayley Leggett It’s alarming really that it comes to this. Chemonics – Zambia Threshold Project

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on August 29th, 2008 | No Comments »

Cool Earth, Save the Rainforest Submitted by Ina Woolcott In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. That’s about 100 acres cleared every minute to create farmland for crops such as soya or palm oil, or for cattle ranching. [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on August 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Do You Own a Power Monkey Explorer? Posted by Viola Woolcott This is ‘cool’. Do you have one? I am sure you are as happy with it than I am. The ‘Power Monkey’ comes with 9 adaptors and it plugs into iPods, PlayStation Portables, certain digital cameras and anything that takes a mini-USB connection. Before [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on May 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

Treehugger – Hemp Houses For Australia Posted by Viola Woolcott I was reading an interesting article about researcher Klara Marosszeky and building hemp houses. Amazing what you can do with hemp really. Follow the link below to read the whole article. Mixing hemp hurds (the pithy core of the stem) with a lime-based binder, plus [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on May 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »

World Water Day, March 22nd 2008 We all know that water is a basic requirement for all life. But still, water resources are facing increasing demands from users as well as competition among users. The UN General Assembly designated March 22nd of every year as the World Day for water. And that is tomorrow! Do [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on March 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Solar Power, Energy From The Sun By Viola Woolcott All of the Earth’s power comes from the sun, with the possible exception of geothermal and nuclear power. Solar panels will receive this energy directly. Wind as well as hydropower sources use energy indirectly. We are burning up coal and petroleum resources now, which represent stored [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on January 31st, 2008 | No Comments »

Global Warming | Facts in Numbers By Viola Woolcott It’s 2008. The global warming threats appear to become larger and larger and I think that by now we are ALL aware that it is the most serious environmental threat of our time. And for sure, the below facts show, affordable options are available. It is [...]

Filed under: Environment | Green Issues on January 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments »