Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “the earth laughs in flowers” but that was before the cut flower business came into being. If you’re living in North America, chances are the cut flowers you are looking at come from Colombia, one of the major exporters. Three out of every four freshly cut flowers sold in the [...]
The next time you throw away your computer or laptop, do you wonder what happens to it? This video tracks e-waste from places all over North America to e-waste brokers in Hong Kong who know how to circumvent laws and send e-waste to China where women and children burn mountains of computers. Hard drives with [...]
Roundup Ready (TM) resistant superweeds are now spreading across Ontario. Thanks to Monsanto’s special seeds that come with herbicides, weeds have become mixed up too and despite all the toxic sprays, these weeds are thriving. Cough cough. In the meantime, Monsanto is pushing for a Roundup Resistant wheat. Think about that next time you’re having [...]
What is one of the most toxic jobs in the world? Mine worker? Asbestos handler? Try a nail salon worker. Yes, your friendly nail bar down the street houses one of the most toxic chemical environments on the planet. Along with all the other stuff they’re putting on your nails includes toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl [...]
Like shark fin soup, abalone is served at traditional Chinese functions. BC’s endangered northern abalone is paying the price. During the 1970s and 80s, BC had a commercial dive fishery for northern abalone. The harvest reached its peak in 1977, when 1,047,000 pounds were taken. By 1990, this had declined to only 110,000 pounds (a [...]
Shark fin soup is a popular dish for Chinese weddings, banquets and other occasions. While this dish has been served for generations, now is the time to cut with tradition. More than 38 million sharks are being hunted for their fins alone – this is so wasteful. This wasteful practice is putting sharks on the [...]
A site with green cartoons is Jurdy Green which has lots of green cartoons featuring Jurdy the green character. If you like your green cartoons a little more edgy, try Joe Mohr’s site joemohrtoons.com For kids try: Meet the Greens is a cute website with cartoons and games. www.meetthegreens.org If you’re thinking of guerilla gardening, [...]
Picturesque scenes of apple tree blossoms against the backdrop of Okanagan Lake may no longer exist as fruit packing houses in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley are packing up themselves. In June 2008, the operations of four grower-owned packinghouses: Okanagan North Growers Cooperative, BC Fruit Packers Cooperative, Sun Fresh Cooperative Growers, and Okanagan Similkameen Cooperative Growers [...]
Celebrate our earth’s biodiversity this year by appreciating and taking action to preserve our flora and fauna. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has an excellent website featuring biodiversity, climate change and sustainable energy. You can also see beautiful photos on their site Species of the Day www.iucnredlist.org.
Continue reading about 2010 – International Year of Biodiversity
The life of a battery hen is a harsh one. It is chickens like this who lay the eggs you buy in the supermarket. Unhealthy, featherless and weak. Is this a healthy food choice when the chickens are in this state? Thankfully there is the Little Hen Rescue in Norfolk, England. It all started with [...]
