Green news & honest opinions

Read what the world's best writers are saying about climate change.

112 Matching Articles

The power of beer

Beer ought not to be wasted and thanks to a joint venture between Adnams Bio Energy Limited and British Gas, even the waste associated with beer production will be put to good use. The two companies have announced the completion of the construction phase of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team this month, about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Food, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Politics & Government, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability

Vegie diet a climate saver

Lovers of lentils and other pulses have yet another justification for their ‘inconvenient’ non-meat eating ways.A major new report by the UN’s International Panel on Sustainable Resource Management says that a worldwide switch to a more vegetarian diet is needed if the planet is to continue feeding its ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team last month, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Emissions, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior

The Rinse - WeightWatchers info thin on the ground

There have been suggestions that WeightWatchers may be one of the least transparent companies in the world. So we thought we would ask. Here’s what we found out.   Begin forwarded message: From: Andy Kenworthy <info@andykenworthy.com> Date: 29 April 2010 3:04:45 PM NZST To: Donna.Fontana ... keep reading

Written by Andy Kenworthy in May, about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Education, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior (3 comments)

Starbucks misses its recycling targets

    Starbucks has admitted it is missing a few of its own sustainability targets. The coffee monster is falling behind on developing a comprehensive recyclable cup by 2012, implementing front-of-store recycling in company-owned stores, and serving a quarter of its brown stimulating beverages in reusable vessels, by 2015. The firm has ... keep reading

Written by Andy Kenworthy in April, about Consumerism, Food, Industry & Business, Recycling

Can you Patent Life-Saving Nutrition?

In Normandy, France, a company makes a nutritional supplement called Plumpynut   that offers the best hope for the world’s starving children. Invented in 1999 by French pediatric nutritional scientist Andre Briend, who is affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO), and manufactured under the flagship French company Nutriset  , which ... keep reading

Written by Jeanne Roberts in April, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Economics, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government

Fairtrade Bananas Reach NZ Shores

 New Zealander's will finally have the opportunity to purchase 'straight' bananas, with several stores providing fairtrade bananas this month.The banana market is dominated by large-scale plantations that are owned by a small number of multinational corporations. These organisations effectively control the market, forcing prices below what it costs ... keep reading

Written by Kate R. in February, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Education, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior

Polyface Farm - The Way of the Future?

We’re in for some climate chaos. The Copenhagen Accord means at least   2-4 degrees of warming over the next fifty years. And who knows how much global weirding  . As greenhouse gases trap more heat (energy) close to the earth, that energy is used by large weather systems—they move ... keep reading

Written by Eliav Bitan in February, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior

Action Needed to Prevent New Sudan War

Major conflict could return to southern Sudan unless there is urgent international action to save the peace agreement that ended one of Africa’s longest and deadliest wars, ten aid agencies warned. In a new report “Rescuing the Peace in Southern Sudan” – released ahead of the fifth anniversary of the ... keep reading

Written by Oxfam in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development

If Nothing Else, Save Farming

It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production. I don’t know when global oil supplies will start to decline. I do know that another resource has already peaked and gone into free-fall: the credibility of the body ... keep reading

Written by George Monbiot in November 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Electric vehicles, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food

« Prev | Page 1 of 11 | Next »

Subscribe to Celsias

Delivered free to your inbox every week

Sign Up Now

Featured project

View now ›

Sponsors

Featured organisation

View now ›
 

HB Media network

 
Idealog Good NZ Marketing
 

Use the HB Media network of magazines, blogs, newsletters, video and content creation services to reach the new New Zealand.

HB Media: making the complex simple.

HB Media is a carboNZero certified organisation.