Unbearable Costs + Consequences of Consumerism

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 […]

Fluorescent lighting to save the world?

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 […]

A smoking gun

 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 […]

Planet Slayer

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 […]