Posted by Andrea on April 2nd, 2007 at 09:11 PDT (Green Living)
If every driver of a light duty vehicle avoided idling by five minutes a day, collectively over the year, we would save 680 million litres of fuel, over 1.6 million tonnes of GHG emissions, and $646 million annually in fuel costs (assuming fuel costs are $0.95/). (Source: Natural Resources
Posted by Andrea on March 24th, 2007 at 00:21 PDT (Green Living)
There is plenty of fish in the sea. Well…. maybe not so any longer. This age-old expression is now old-age. The fishing industry has been managed thus far as if it were an endlessly renewable resource. This has resulted in seafood stocks being caught faster than they can reproduce, as well as neglecting to leave enough fish behind to repopulate for the next catch. For the first time in history aquatic animals have been placed on the extinction list and many other aquatic species are threatened with extinction.
Posted by Andrea on March 22nd, 2007 at 13:52 PDT (Green Living)
Environmental health is gaining awareness in light of a recent study conducted by Environmental Defense, demonstrating high levels of toxic chemicals in the blood of 11 Canadians who were tested. We live in a chemical nation; there is no doubt about that. Everything in our household is made from chemicals that are known to cause cancer, respiratory illness, developmental harm in children, hormone and reproductive disorders. From flame retardants in furniture to poly vinyl chlorides in your artificial Christmas tree, chemicals abound in our environment. We breathe them in daily and we absorb them through contact with our skin. Even the laundry detergent you use to wash your clothing permeates the fabric with contaminants that are absorbed through your body moisture when in contact with your skin. Scented dryer sheets that give us that ever-fresh scent that brings feelings of comfort and pleasure are made up of chemical perfumes that leave a residue on your clothing to be both inhaled and absorbed for double your cancer-causing pleasure. Aside from the human toll our habits reek, the chemicals we pour down our drains have a damaging impact on our water sources and wildlife that depend upon those sources for their basic needs.
