Posted on October 29, 2009 by craigbaird
While sending through the post office may not be the best for the environment, given the travel by truck and plane that the mail goes through, which contributes to CO2 gases. It was nice to see today that Canada Post has an environmental eye on their ExpressPost envelopes.
When sending off something today, I saw that [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by craigbaird
Tigers are one of the most beautiful and respected animals on Earth. From Tigger to Tony, they are a part of our culture and while they may stay in our cartoons forever, they may disappear from the Earth within our lifetimes. The world’s population of tigers is declining incredibly fast, even as conservationists work to [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2009 by craigbaird
A few weeks ago, we put up a video of a whale suffocating on the inside from plastic bags clogging its stomach. While banning plastic bags is the answer, very few places have done so. We can all get reusable bags, but many do not. So, there is another option and it is plastic bag [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2009 by craigbaird
Serving as a shining example to the rest of the world, Scotland is poised to meet the deadline of stopping biodiversity loss in Europe by the 2010 deadline. While most of Europe, with the exception of Scandinavia, will not meet the deadline, Scotland will.
Some areas of Scotland have seen increased biodiversity loss, but overall the country [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by craigbaird
In an effort to increase business during the recession, and to reward those who are eco-friendly, a German brothel (prostitution is legal in Berlin) is offering discounts to customers who show up on pedal bikes. The owner, Thomas Goetz, felt that it was a better option for the environment and a solution to the problem [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by craigbaird
One of the biggest arguments against fighting global warming is that it is bad for the economy. What these ‘pundits’ and ‘experts’ forget is that not fighting global warming and pollution is far more expensive and bad for the economy. In a new report titled, Hidden Costs of Energy, by the National Research Council, has [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2009 by craigbaird
The familiar image of African elephants moving across the African plains could be a thing of the past in less than two decades. Poaching is decimating the elephant herds and estimates have the entire African elephant species extinct within only 15 years.
Currently, only 600,000 African elephants are left on Earth and they are being killed [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2009 by craigbaird
In an effort to help the environment and cod, the European Union has recommended implementing strong cuts in the amount of cod that fishermen can catch each year. The reason is that cod is very close to being extinct and EU officials are warning that only steep cuts will save the species from extinction.
In the [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2009 by craigbaird
Taiwan is in a bad spot environmentally-speaking. They are one of the first countries hit by coal pollution from China as the cloud moves to the East, eventually reaching Canada. In addition, the country is also susceptible to heavy rains, typhoons and more. Well, according to a new report, global warming is going to make [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by craigbaird
You really have to wonder about a world that bans clotheslines in cities. Surprisingly, there are several cities around North America that ban clothesline because they are viewed as unattractive. In fact, of the 60 million Americans who live in private communities, most are not allowed to have clotheslines because it is apparently a symbol [...]
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