Green living, Health, Sep 22nd, 2011,
It can be hard to buy green, there are a lot of products out there with a dubious supply history and ensuring that they are actually green can be a real challenge. To help you out below is a list of materials that you can either be sure are green or have reliable certification so that you can at least know that the harvesting was ecologically friendly. Abaca: This little known crop comes from a specific type of banana tree, though unfortunately you can’t eat it. It is indigenous to the Philippines but it is also grown in Ecuador and…
Tags: abaca, bamboo, eco-friendly home products, green home improvements, hemp, seagrass, wood
Green living, Health, Jul 16th, 2010,
A recent piece for The Ecologist, entitled ‘Biomass Britain: do fields of energy crops spell an end to grazing livestock’, explores the possibility of a revolution in the UK’s land use. 70-80% of land in the UK is used by the British livestock industry. The possibility of a near-complete shift from livestock farming to the growing of food crops and biomass for energy production may sound revolutionary to some and catastrophic to others. It would mean the de-industrialization of Britain’s meat industry and a 60-70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to The Ecologist article. It’s a revolutionary vision that…
Tags: biomass, British, carbon, change, diet, emissions, energy, farming, forestry, industry, livestock, meat, Peel, plant, Scotland, Scottish, UK, wood
