It’s official… Microplastics Are Now a Part of Your Diet!
OK – so we’ve all seen the horror images of whale, fish and bird stomachs blocked with plastic. Now it’s your turn. You’re ingesting microplastics but they are not lodging in your stomach… they’re in your organs! “IN A FEW SHORT DECADES, WE’VE GONE FROM SEEING PLASTIC AS A WONDERFUL BENEFIT TO CONSIDERING IT A […]
How everyone, everywhere, can compost – yes, even you!
By Ashley Baxter and Hey Monty! No matter where you live, everyone can and should be composting. Of course, not all of us can be running a large-scale, 50-tonne windrow operation out of our backyard or tiny apartment balcony. But there are alternatives for practically every lifestyle. Yes, Even You Can Compost! A Study Unveils […]
9 Home Safety Tips While on Holidays
We’ve all heard – or even experienced – the horror of families returning from a vacation to find their homes have been burgled, flooded by a burst pipe, or even burned down. Incidences like these often result in expenses that run into many thousands of Euros. But there are ways to avoid such personal calamities. […]
Fast Fashion? Here’s Some Good News…
We’re making progress on the textile waste problem! It’s no secret that the past few months have been really tough for the retail sector. Many businesses have found the economic and consumer landscape really challenging, and with the present uncertainty due to the COVID-19 virus, it is hard some days to find the good news […]
Don’t Believe COVID-19 Is Being Contained!
That just ain’t gonna happen until there is a coronavirus (COVID-19 strain) vaccine for everyone! Do not accuse me of scare-mongering or panicking. It won’t work because I have both science and logic on my side. And I’m fully prepared so I have no need to ‘panic’. But I digress… Right now, we do not […]
It’s Not Panic Buying… It’s a Totally Rational Response!
We have kept an emergency food and ‘essentials’ supply for years. It’s not that we expect to use it. We’re optimists. But let’s call a spade a spade. The world is a very unstable place. Politically, we’ve got Putin, Trump, Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping all set on world domination. Geologically, we face earthquakes that […]
Nestlé, Coke and Pepsi Being Sued as Major Polluters!
You recycle, right? You sort as requested. Right bin, right box. But there’s an ugly truth… Of all the plastic produced since the 1950s, 91% of it has NOT been recycled. Instead, the scrap winds up in landfills, burned in incinerators, or dumped in our oceans. And since the vast majority of that plastic has been […]
Why Do We Think We’re Immune to Mass Extinction?
I’m not new to either the global warming or the mass extinction debate. I’ve been ‘banging the drum’ for decades. I’m 70. I’ve got eyes, ears, a nose and, thankfully, an analytical brain. And I’ve personally experienced mega environmental changes over my lifetime. You have to be deaf, dumb and blind and mentally deficient to […]
State of the Union or State of Despair?
Here in Australia, we – and indeed, many other citizens of Western nations, follow the antics of Trump and the US Senate with bewilderment. It has nothing to do with left or right leanings. It is about the extraordinary abuses of power we are witnessing. Abuses that are fueled by the massive divide – dare […]
Oh Crap… Or Not! That Constipated Feeling…
Look around you. Can you see three other people? Chances are, one of you is constipated. Constipation! We don’t talk about it. We suffer in silence hoping nature (or that laxative) will come to the fore and save us. It’s hardly a mealtime topic but hiding it won’t help regularity. In the long distant past […]