This week a friend sent me the link to a new online film by an expert on the materials economy and it took me a few days to click on it. I finally did because I wanted to clean up my email in-box, nothing more noble. Now I want to clean up my […]
Filed under: global warming, environment, health, awareness, work-life balance, city living, lifestyle, greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint, greenhouse gases, chemicals, depression, greenhouse gas, Planet Earth, Anastasia, sustainability on March 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
The British government has announced it is phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2011 in favor of largely fluorescent energy saving tubes. While these tubes save 75% of the energy used by standard bulbs and thus greatly reduce the greenhouse gas effects of electricity usage this is not the only environmental or health issue to […]
Filed under: global warming, environment, city living, greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint, fluorescent lighting, mercury, food chain, epileptic seizures, migraines, eczema, dermatitis, depression, Environmental Protection Agency, greenhouse gas on February 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
 Here’s some good news from the UK. Last year England joined the growing number of european countries banning smoking in public places, especially in restaurants and bars. Â
The ban corresponded, according to this survey, with over 150,000 people quitting smoking. If you want to have a positive impact on the health of your people and environment this is […]
Filed under: environment, carbon footprint, cancer, smoking, drugs, heart disease, children, tobacco companies, restaurants, bars on February 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
I took this test last week out of curiosity for my carbon footprint. I flew home to New Zealand in April to see my family so knew it wouldn’t be good but I was still surprised and to be honest a little shocked.
I like to think I’m pretty environmentally aware. I ride a bike just about […]
Filed under: Uncategorized, global warming, living foods, environment, awareness, raw food, test, food, greenhouse gasses, diet, carbon footprint, flying, travel, beauty, New Zealand on October 8th, 2007 | No Comments »