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Aid by Trade - The Sustainable Solution For the Future

Combating poverty goes hand-in-hand with protecting the environment in developing countries according to the Aid by Trade Foundation, an organisation established in 2005 by Dr. Michael Otto to encourage eco-awareness and promote environmental protection in Africa. The organisation has three primary

ExpensiveEnergy Versus Cheap Energy

Our U.S. economy is built on the foundation of cheap, plentiful energy. Driving up the price of fossil fuels in order to foster the development of non fossil fuels implies we must choose between good economics or good health. A false dilemma? Birdbrain economics?

Tips on Saving Water

Water is one of our natural resources that we need to protect. If we use too much of it we could run low or even out of it. In times of drought this can happen quite easily. There are many things that you can do around your own house to save money.

Top 3 Reasons Why the Great Barrier Reef Is Dying

The Great Barrier Reef has always been one of Australia's pride and natural wonder. This World Heritage Site is the living home to a variety of organisms, fish, and plant species. Tourists from around the globe dive into its surrounding waters to explore its beauty.

Transportation and the Three Es - Energy, the Economy and the Environment

For more than 50 years the U.S. has followed a motor vehicle centric transportation policy which supported dramatic U.S. economic and population growth. Alternate forms of transportation including walking, biking, rail transit and public transit have been overlooked, even neglected in the auto era d

Green Initiative As a Means to Achieve a Sustainable Growth Path

Economic development and modernization came at a cost of destroying planet earth and its resources. Seriousness of the issues has been addressed by the UN as it declared 2005-2014 a decade dedicated in achieving self sustainability based on overall human development through economic growth, social d

Japan's Nuclear Emergency

Recent events in Japan have shown us the dangers of nuclear power plants. Once certain conditions exist, the people who build and maintain these plants have virtually no way of preventing dangerous radiation from spreading to the general population.

How to Help Save the Environment With My Business?

Different business sectors have their own impact on the environment. The ways of working in business also have its effect on global warming. Power consumption is the biggest factor that affects the environment. The second biggest factor is the computer waste generated by different businesses. There

Green Corporate Events in Santa Barbara

In this article we offer suggestions to assist in making your next corporate event in Santa Barbara more environmentally and socially responsible. These suggestions will note only make your corporate events more marketable but also, in many cases, make the production of your event cheaper.

Solar Ovens - Save More Than Money

Sun cooking with solar oven/ cookers is an energy- saving, energy efficient, pollution-free way to do your share in reducing the effects of "global warming" and "climate change" taking advantage of the creations greatest source of in-exhaustible energy. As the world's popula

Save the Environment by Recycling

Nine out of ten households in the UK now have a kerbside collection of recyclable materials, and recycling initiatives are increasing day by day. What is recycling and what you can do to save this earth from harmful waste by products. It is important for everyone to understand what can be recycled o

Bamboo Can Save the Earth

Bamboo has inspired human beings for thousands of years, and has been a benefit to people throughout the world. It has been used as a building material with the strength of steel; for writing and musical instruments, fuel, food, and medicinal products, just to name a few. As we move forward into the

Environmental Responsibility - It Just Isn't That Simple

Being environmentally responsible is a laudable thing. We should all be paying attention to this important issue. You find out that the plastic bottle that you so carelessly toss out can easily end up in an oceanic gyre or convergence zone like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Environmental Concerns - Gemstones Under Scrutiny

Debate on gemstones - revolving around issues as varied and diverse as price, quality, traditional uses and ethical mining - have been doing the rounds not only in the press but also in discussion groups related to the subject. Well, are these debates worth the attention they grab? Most likely, yes.

God's Population And Environmental Policy: Genesis 1:28

One part of the Bible that people like and take seriously is that God commands people to have sex - with the opposite sex of course, even if only for the purpose of producing more people who will grow up and eventually have sex, etc. Humans tend to be very good at this, regardless of race, IQ, occup

Green Google Saves Energy, Money and the Environment?

What impact is the world's most popular web page having on planet earth? What technologies are there to reduce environmental damage of websites? What can you do to help, and at the same time save your own money?

The Future of Green Products: Solar Energy

The earth is man's only physical abode yet the concept of being green does not seem to be acceptable to everyone. Some consider it a waste of time to be green while others believe it to be a moral issue that must be sung on the roof tops for all to hear. Another group sees it as a waste of mone

Hurricane Sandy and Sustainable Economics

The anti-environment people continue to claim that the environmentalists are enemies of technology and market economics. This lie must be addressed now. I am an environmentalist; but I am neither against technology nor against market economics.