Greenpeace’s two month long campaign against the multinational food and consumer goods giant, Nestlé’s use of unsustainable palm oil sources has shown results. Nestlé announced in a press release that they will partnering with the non-profit organisation, The Forest Trust, to systematically identify and exclude companies owning or managing high risk plantations or farms linked to deforestation. According [...]
By Bhavani Prakash One question that is often asked of us is how to choose the right biodegradable bag as an alternative to plastic bags. This article should hopefully help you make a better decision. What is the problem with conventional plastic bags? Conventional plastic bags are made from polyethylene, which is derived from finite fossil [...]
What if you’re given 4 years to change the direction of the world? What if this deadline stirs humanity into action with a sense of focus and direction and energy never seen before? Four Years.Go. is an international campaign by The Pachamamma Alliance to bring about a shift in consciousness. Here is their campaign message: Imagine turning [...]
by Ria Tan The report card on global biodiversity is out. And the results are not good. But there is still hope. What is the Global Biodiversity Outlook? It is a report based on scientific assessments, national reports submitted by governments and a study on future scenarios for biodiversity. It is produced by the Convention [...]
Indian social workers Pushpanjali Sathpathy & Gunjan Jain highlight the real fate of tigers and the indigenous people of Simlipal Biosphere Reserve in the east Indian state of Orissa. Simlipal Biosphere Reserve was included in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. What is the official media account and what is the fate of the tribals who have [...]
by Bhavani Prakash Why on earth would an 80 year old New Zealander pack his bags for good to spend the rest of his life in rural India, teaching farmers how to swirl cow dung in a vortex of water? Meet Peter Proctor, in the movie below, the man with a mission to save Indian agriculture from the [...]
One of the most significant studies in “Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries” has been released by the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute in conjuction with the National University of Singapore and Princeton University. Do we need yet another indicator or study, one may ask, considering there are many alternative indices already: the City Development Index(CDI), Ecological Footprint(EF), [...]
Singapore brings out a Concept Plan every 10 years to map out the long term directions for the city’s land use and transportation plans over the next 40 to 50 years. The next Concept Plan is scheduled for 2011. With this in mind, one of the focus groups that Singapore’s urban planner, the “ Urban Redevelopment Authority” (URA) [...]
The UK non-profit organisation, Oxfam has released a series of videos that show how much of a day-to-day reality Climate Change is for the people of coastal areas of Bangladesh. It’s interesting that all those featured here are women, young and old. A Treehugger article brought out the reality that women are more likely to [...]
South Asia comprises three percent of the world’s land mass, yet it is inhabited by one-fifth of the world’s population. Of the region’s population 60% live off or near coastal areas, and are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and rising sea levels. According to the UNEP South Asia Environment Outlook 2009 Climate Change [...]
