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green living, Health, Science & Technology, Sustainable living, sustainable living, May 4th, 2012,
You have to be nuts not to be eating nuts (pun intended)! Nuts are super-nutritious for you, easy to carry around, and delicious. With so many varieties of them, it’s hard to tell which ones are the cream-of-the-crop when it comes to nutritional punch. We did the research, and we picked out the 5 “core” nuts that you should be eating daily to give you that daily punch you need for maximum energy at minimum cost. Raw Almonds Want to have “wolverine” like energy? Take about 40 raw almonds a day. Avoid the salted kind. Brazil Nuts Brazil nuts cover…
Tags: EthicalCommunity.com, green living, natural living, nuts, top 5 nuts
Climate & Change, Health, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 25th, 2012,
It’s coming some time and maybe… The Asian tiger mosquito originates in hot and muggy South East Asia. But international trade, tourism and (increasingly) climate change will enable the tropical disease-carrying insect to establish itself in northern Europe, including the UK. Reports last September from the US told of how the smaller, but more aggressive Asian tiger mosquito was causing problems in the states of California, Texas, Florida and Hawaii; and cities including Memphis, New Orleans and Washington DC. In Europe, the Asian tiger has already encroached upon parts of Italy, Spain, southern France, the Balkans and even The Netherlands….
Tags: Asian Tiger, dengue, Europe, mosquito
Health, Pollution, Apr 5th, 2012,
As people start to get hip as to what a scam bottled water is, the bottled water industry is getting worried. Bottled water wastes energy, pollutes and rips you off. What’s more, it is often less healthy than tap water. Microbiologist Dr Sonish Azam of Ccrest Laboratories is quoted in an article in the Telegraph from May of 2010: Heterotrophic bacteria counts in some of the bottles were found to be in revolting figures of one hundred times more than the permitted limit. Bottled water is not expected to be free from microorganisms but the [level] observed in this…
Tags: bottled water
Climate & Change, climate change, green living, Health, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Mar 28th, 2012,
The key to a green future is doing a little at a time, and considering all the options At this point we’re past the stage where energy saving and renewables are talked about as something futuristic and unobtainable or something for sandal wearers and lentil-eaters. Solar panels are appearing on many suburban homes, wind turbines a common site on farms and new commercial buildings and wind-farms, heat pumps and tidal power generators and a smorgasbord of clever new technologies are popping up all over the UK, Europe and beyond. But what, as a normal everyday consumer can you or I…
Tags: AnderhamEnergy, eco-friendly living, green living, reducing your carbon footprint
Conservation, Health, Science & Technology, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Mar 23rd, 2012,
By Qudimat (EthicalCommunity.com) Between the years 2004 and 2005, the world saw an extra 10,000 metric tons of fair-trade coffee being produced. The UK alone consumes around 150,000 metric tons per year. Since the inception of fair-trade coffee, less farmland was cultivated for illicit drugs, fewer children were put to work, and more kids were sent to college. The benefits of fair-trade are unmistakable. The biggest mindset change for a consumer is to recognize the effects of fair-trade are indeed positive with each purchase that they make. Main Points: Fair-trade coffee raises standards The special fair-trade blends and their respective…
Tags: ethical coffee, ethical consumers, EthicalCommunity.com, fair trade coffee
Climate & Change, Health, Politics, Pollution, Mar 16th, 2012,
Just as the UN published figures that global access to clean water has improved, already surpassing their goals set for 2015, a new OECD report predicts that air pollution is set to become the leading environmental cause of premature death. So the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, whose raison d’être is economic growth, is warning that industrialization, which has worked hand in glove with economic growth and market-based economics, is killing more and more people by polluting the air. Previous UN figures showed that as the Global population increases, more urbanization occurs and the proportion of urban inhabitants without…
Tags: clean water, OECD, Pollution, report, sanitation, UN
Health, Politics, Mar 15th, 2012,
The wealthy countries of the West are exporting processed, unhealthy foods to the developing world – and with dire consequences. The shift towards unhealthy diets – heavy in processed foods, fat, sugar and salt – is not simply a result of an increase in wealth among growing middle classes in the developing world, but a concerted effort by large international corporations to inundate markets with unhealthy, non-locally sourced food. A UN report authored by Olivier de Schutter reveals how this spells economic death for local farmers. The real culprit is globalization, facilitated by international trade agreements. Schutter also cites the…
Tags: developing world, disease, food, globalization, healthy, junk food, Mexico, obesity, rich
Climate & Change, climate change, Health, Natural disasters, Politics, Mar 8th, 2012,
By Alyson Kenward While the cumulative effects of rising global temperatures have already caused dramatic changes to our planet, those changes often seem distant and it’s hard to put faces to them. But as climate change becomes more disruptive to daily life around the world, it’s more likely than not that the faces of that disruption will be those of women. With the world celebrating International Women’s Day on Thursday, it’s a good time to reflect on just how vulnerable women are to the effects of climate change. If you’re surprised to hear that gender makes a difference, you shouldn’t…
Tags: climatecentral.org, international women's day, Natural Resources Defense Council, women and climate change, world health organization
Health, Sustainable living, Mar 2nd, 2012,
Last year the UK government asked supermarkets to stop putting ‘sell-by’ dates on perishable food items to discourage food waste. Instead, foods that are potentially dangerous after a certain date must have a ‘use by’ date, while those that pose no danger, but may go down in quality simply have a ‘best before’ date on their labels. Of course it is obscene when a supermarket, or even an individual, throws out perfectly edible food because it’s past its sell-by date (not past its use by or even best before date) when there are people in need of food in the…
Tags: best by, food poverty, sainsbury's, sell-by date, supermarket, use by
Health, Politics, Feb 28th, 2012,
Rich people are more likely to steal, cheat, lie and cut you off in traffic, according to research conducted at the University of California Berkeley. Where to file this: in the ‘so obvious we didn’t need a study to confirm it’ category, or in the ‘wait a second, rich people don’t need to steal and cheat, it’s poor people who are pushed into this kind of behavior’ section? Bit of both, maybe? The study suggests that the rich don’t feel that they need to depend on others, so they have no problem burning them. If you think you’ll never need…
Tags: Berkeley, poor, research, rich, study, unethical
Health, Science & Technology, Feb 27th, 2012,
I’ve been noticing lately that most nights I tend to sleep for 4 hours and then lie awake for a while, maybe up to two hours, before falling asleep again. I don’t think I’ve always done this, and have been dismissing it as a consequence of getting older. But a couple of articles from last week have got me thinking that it’s a natural, normal thing to do. As someone who has wrestled with sleep issues for most of my life, I tend to read any sleep or insomnia-related article I stumble upon, even this one on an expensive, but…
Tags: research, sleep
Health, Pollution, Feb 16th, 2012,
A court in Lyon, France found American biotech firm Monsanto guilty of poisoning a farmer who inhaled fumes from its Lasso weed killer back in 2004. Monsanto was made famous in the 1970s for being sued by American Vietnam War veterans who were poisoned by the defoliant Agent Orange. They are also being sued by some 300,000 plaintiffs because they patent genetically modified seeds that don’t proliferate, forcing farmers to buy more every year. Lasso has been banned in Canada and the UK since the 80s and is now banned in France. One year after cereal farmer Paul François accidentally…
Tags: France, herbicide, lasso, Monsanto, pesticide, poison
Health, Politics, Jan 31st, 2012,
In general, conservatives don’t like social welfare programs. They do claim, however, to value freedom of choice, so long as it has nothing to do with social welfare programs – those are gifts from taxpayers to welfare queens and they have strings attached. So it’s no surprise that Florida Republican state senator Ronda Storms thinks federal food stamps should only be used for healthy foods – but maybe she’s right. A bit of good old-fashioned social engineering is what welfare is all about or at least what it should be about. I mean why should the poor be encouraged (by…
Tags: Florida, food, junk, poor, republican, Senator, stamps
Green Cars, Health, Sustainable living, Jan 25th, 2012,
Urban Forestry is a growing trend in cities looking to actively clean their air and water while making streets aesthetically pleasing for pedestrians, bike riders, and drivers as well. While I could list any number of benefits trees in urban areas have been shown to produce, there was one advantage that I didn’t expect to see: safer, more eco friendly carsdriving through cities. Now, you might be wondering how trees help to slow drivers down and create an atmosphere where greener cars and greener driving habits prevail. It’s quite simple; trees help create a natural, visual wall that drivers are…
Tags: Earthgarage.com, green cars, green cities, pedestrians, planting trees, trees in streets
Climate & Change, climate change, Health, Science & Technology, Jan 19th, 2012,
By Andrew Freedman It often seems like weather forecasters blame everything unusual on El Niño or La Niña, be it a drought, a heat wave, or a snowless winter. But this natural climate cycle in the equatorial Pacific Ocean may actually have much greater — and far deadlier — impacts. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores the possibility that La Niña helps make conditions more favorable for deadly global flu pandemics. The study finds that the past four flu pandemics, including the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Asian Flu of 1957, the Hong Kong…
Tags: climate change, climatecentral.org, Flu pandemics, La Nina
Health, Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Jan 18th, 2012,
It may sound like a convenient excuse: it’s not my fault I’m fat, it’s all those common, everyday chemicals I unwittingly ingest through no fault of my own. That and all the burgers, fries and milkshakes I eat on a daily basis. But certain environmental, hormone-altering chemicals, which researchers call ‘obesogens’, may contribute to dramatic weight gain – especially when a fetus is exposed to them in the womb. If obesogens do cause obesity, what about fatty foods? Professor Bruce Blumberg of the University of California believes that both junk food and common environmental chemicals cause obesity, sometimes in tandem….
Tags: chemicals, environmental, fat, obesity, obesogens
Health, Pollution, Nov 23rd, 2011,
The use of mercury in gold mining and gilding (covering something in a thin layer of gold) has a long history of poisoning in the Western world and a continuing legacy of death and disease in developing countries as the global demand for gold increases. What was commonly known as ‘gilder’s palsy’ occurs due to inhalation or unintentional ingestion when the toxic metal comes in contact with a worker’s hands and later mixes with their food or water. See the following historical example of mercury poisoning in Russia, from the Montreal Gazette: About 100 kilos of gold were mixed with…
Tags: Africa, gold, gold mining, mercury, poisoning, TOXIC
green living, Health, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Oct 30th, 2011,
Going green has become a regular way of life for a lot of people, and there are some who do it without even realising they are. It can be simple things like turning off the lights when you aren’t using a room anymore, recycling plastic bottles on a regular basis or making something out of the leftovers from meals. These same folk will unplug every appliance in their home and always check for energy efficient models of appliances. They do this in an effort to conserve energy and save money on their utility bills each month; never consciously thinking they…
green living, Health, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Oct 27th, 2011,
Just the mention of Halloween is enough to give a mom a toothache. It might be a day that revolves around collecting massive amounts of candy and consuming lots of empty calories, but there’s a light inside that glowing pumpkin. By choosing more nutritious goodies and making healthier treats for parties and school events, you can make the spookiest of all holidays into a tasty success that won’t leave anyone feeling tricked. We have put together our favorite tips for making it a little greener and cleaner this year. Feel free to post these on your blog or include in…
Tags: eatcleaner.com, eco-friendly halloween, green halloween, halloween, pumpkin halloween
green living, Health, Science & Technology, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Oct 11th, 2011,
For over 5 years, friendsofwater.com has researched and shared information about water. This family-owned and -run web business also selects the best products to filter water and save water, and presents the information needed to sort through the complexity. With their help, you can select the right filter for your situation. Friendsofwater.com is different than many providers in that personal water issues are considered in context of the larger environment. This includes explanations about chemicals and contaminants in the water supply, what we can do about them – and considerations of how we can individually improve our impact on Mother…
Tags: drugs in tab water, friendsofwater.com, garden sprinklers, great tips to save water, how to filter water, laundry balls, pollutants in tap water, toilet adapters, water consumption
