Sustainable development : environment, human

Coping with fast-food and relying on the “Slow Life” concept, the international association Slow Food has, since 1986, been advocating the “green gastronomy way of life”. So far more than 100,000 people around the world have joined this movement.

Large-scale food production and the fast food restaurant industry has distanced us from (continue reading…)

Climate change could have terrible side effects… and leave another 25 million children malnourished by 2050, unless heafty investments in adaptive measures are made, says a major new report.

Three-year-old Antonio, who has the weight of a 6-month-old baby, is being attended at a health center for malnourished children (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald)

An annual US$7 billion investment in agricultural productivity will be necessary to help farmers adapt and reduce (continue reading…)

From aluminum soda cans and glass jars to old newspapers and rolled-up magazines, the most commonly recycled materials are household products and everyday items no longer of any use. Recycling not only transforms waste into valuable resources, but also benefits the environment on both a local and global level.

The effort saves energy, prevents pollution, decreases greenhouse gases and conserves natural resources.

1. Aluminum Cans

In the United States, used aluminum beverage cans are the most recycled item, but other types of aluminum are just as worthy. Siding, gutters, car components, storm window frames and lawn furniture are often overlooked recyclable items. Recycling one aluminum can saves the equivalent of a ½ gallon of gasoline or enough energy to watch television for 3 hours. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for (continue reading…)

When nature goes out of control….

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…)

Join the light side of the farm ! A growing resistance called the organic resistance is fighting

You both like Star Wars and (continue reading…)

15th century : “Tribal people must be taken away from their dubious archaic faith : we must evangelize them… And in the process why not deplete their lands out of their valuable resources ?”

21h century : “Gosh, because of those nosy little activists, we are no longer free to make business as we used to do. Let’s pretend we are helping tribes out about their exploiting natural resources. Let’s fake they (continue reading…)