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It may be the 21st century, but nearly half the world’s population still cooks and heats with open fires or primitive stoves that burn wood, animal dung, charcoal and other polluting solid fuels. The article in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology describes impressive progress being made to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Children and Families, Clean Tech, Food, Health (1 comment)
This week included Global Sharing Day 2013 , the second annual event that is dedicated to sharing more of everything in our lives as part of a solution to our most complex global problems. As pioneered by The People Who Share, this is notably the first worldwide event to hail the ... keep reading
Written by Adam Parsons/Share the World's Resources this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Farming, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty
The Waikato Innovation Park’s product development spray dryer is going green – avocado green, to be exact. The country’s only open access product development spray dryer is helping Bay of Plenty company, Avocado Oil New Zealand, dry avocado pulp into a high value powder for use in cosmetic, nutriceutical ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Food, Innovation, Technology
Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make beer and hurt the country’s brewing industry. The Association of German Breweries, which represents Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bitburger Braugruppe and ... keep reading
Written by Environmental Leader last month, about Consumerism, Food, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
Air New Zealand has followed Cathay Pacific's example and suspended the practice of carrying shark fin after it was revealed that the airline was carrying the cargo to Hong Kong Air New Zealand markets itself as an environmentally conscious carrier , and has stopped the practice but insisted the shark ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Transparency, Transport
Did you know that over 1 in 4 Kiwi kids lives in poverty? That's 270,000 children.Enough to fill our biggest rugby stadium five and a half times. keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money, Food, Poverty, Poverty & Development
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CAD) has hired a herd of goats to provide sustainable vegetation management at O’Hare International Airport. The city’s department of aviation awarded a $100,000 contract to Central Commissary Holdings, which owns the small grazing herd and operates several restaurants including Chicago’s ... keep reading
Written by Environmental Leader last month, about Agriculture & Food, Corporate Citizenship, Farming, Food, Innovation, Tourism, Travel
Honey bees around the world are having a tough time of it. And we are totally dependent on them. They have suffered from a number of diseases and Colony Collapse Disorder has wiped out millions in the US. Bees are the essential pollinators of many major US crops, have been ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Food, Politics & Government, Sustainability
New research provides insight into the resource use of kiwi lifestyles and measures New Zealand’s environmental consumption against the internationally recognised ‘fair earth share. Fair Earth Share = world population /productive land and water. The fair earth share is 1.2 New Zealand equivalent hectares per person. The average New ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Emissions, Farming, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population (1 comment)
There’s an old saying, you are what you eat. If you look at the average Australian diet , we’re in trouble. The rise of the 24/7 society, unsocial work hours and an accelerating pace of life have led the consumption of fast food to soar. Nearly one in ... keep reading
Written by Lauren Williams/John Germov in April, about Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food
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Only a 30 minute drive from Auckland, New Zealand, lays the pristine grounds of Gracehill Vineyard Estate. Located at the ... more »
