Archive for the 'Being green' Category

Water worries

It has been revealed that parts of India are under threat of severe water shortages as the water table is falling by about 4cm every year.
This situation is being blamed on people pumping more water during times of low rainfall. Farmers are using the most, as they have to irrigate their land. Some possible [...]

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Goodbye Antarctica

According to new research, the Pine Island glacier in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was ten years ago.
The glacier has now lowered by as much as 90m since 1994. This is not good news when it comes to sea levels. And following this
information, it is now estimated that the glacier will [...]

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

The tick tock of the climate clock

According to the UN’s top climate official, time is running out to agree to a new treaty on global warming. A new UN climate treaty is due to be adopted in Copenhagen in December.
The decisions have been delayed because of disagreements over key issues such as which countries should commit to reducing their levels [...]

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Food for thought

When we’re basking in the summer sun, it can be easy to forget just why the temperatures are soaring.
But it only takes a glance at the headlines to bring us crashing down to earth with a bump.
Climate change is a huge worry in the modern world. And now, it is even threatening our [...]

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

The green green grass of away

Your holiday is a time for you. A time to relax. A time to forget all your troubles.
But it is not a time to forget the world’s troubles. Because you can even stay green on holiday with the number of products available these days.
There’s no need to run up those electricity bills at [...]

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Make a difference

Saving the world certainly sounds like a mammoth task.
But it’s the little things that make a difference. And everyone can help just by changing small things in their every day routines.
Reusing plastic bags when we visit the supermarket is one way in which we can all contribute to saving our planet. And it [...]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009