Environment protection/issues, humanitarian aid

When nature goes out of control….

You have all heard about these city management games, the Sim City-like, where you embody a mayor, and are in charge of the development of housing, transports, public service, and so on…

Your first concern is always your inhabitants’ welfare.

Actually, this has been a great source of inspiration for Amnesty International… (continue reading…)

Step 1 to realigning your lifestyle using eco-principles is to begin seeing differently. See your entire existence as emerged within eco-living, rather than you as an individual acting out green acts.

Designer Stuart Haygarth would have taken this advice literally, inventing a sustainable eye glass chandelier that uses 620 pairs of discarded lenses to form a globe-like chandelier. Perhaps his living art is not only an example of (continue reading…)

“The movement to create ecovillages is perhaps the most comprehensive antidote to dependence on the global economy. Around the world, people are building communities that attempt to get away from the waste, pollution, competition and violence of contemporary life.”

This quote on the home page of the European Ecovillage Network website is a very good, simple and accurate introduction to understand the purpose of ecovillages.

And the best way to describe how an ecovillage works is to take a concret example. (continue reading…)

You can turn your whole life into a green one, even its most intimate part. Many websites provide you with some tips to get your sex life greener. We’ve made a selection of a few ones to help you enjoy sustainable sex. (continue reading…)

You all know about the crasher squirrel, which barged in the family photo of Melissa Brandts in Alberta :

This amazing squirrel has been seen in numerous pictures throughout history, from Jesus’ Last Supper to the coronation of (continue reading…)