Archives for the ‘Features’ Category

Hybrids Won’t Save The World Revisited

By edlau • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Features, Going Green

One of the things I’ve been saying for awhile is that the Toyota Prius and cars like it are not the solution to our problems.  Sure, it gets decent gas mileage but at the same time, the energy and materials that go into making one offset the benefits.  The math is quite rough but it [...]



How To Make Biodiesel

By edlau • Jan 6th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Features, Going Green

Biodiesel is one of the greenest and sustainable sources of energy that we can use to power our cars.  Of course, there aren’t too many cars around that are designed for it and here in North America, even regular diesel options on cars are rare at best.  Strangely enough, biodiesel is incredibly easy to make, [...]



The Real Disolving Plastic Bag

By edlau • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Features, Going Green

I mentioned awhile back that some kid for a science fair experiment succeeded where so many have failed in an effort to rid our planet of plastic.  Don’t get me wrong…modern plastics are without a doubt one of the things that keeps many products easily produced and usable but when it’s time to dispose of [...]



The Paint-Less Coca-Cola Can

By edlau • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features, News

Who says big business can’t help out the environment?  Let’s see if Coke is willing to make this change in their marketing and production.
It’s a seemingly small change but considering the amount of Coke being sold each day, reducing the production and recycling process by a single step and removing the amount of paint used [...]



Water Demand Now Exceeds Supply - What Can You Do About It?

By edlau • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features, News, Take Action

It is possibly the single most important thing on the planet for all living organisms and recent studies suggest that water is going to become an even more precious resource as world water demand exceeds the supply.  For many of us in first world countries, it is hard to imagine there being a shortage of [...]



When To Eat Organic

By edlau • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features, Food, Going Green, Organic, nutrition

It’s not always possible to find organic versions of produce at your local market and sometimes even if you do managed to find it, organic may not always fit your food budget.  Nothing causes more of a shopping dilemma than an organic piece of fruit that costs twice as much as its non-organic counterpart.  As [...]



H1N1 Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

By edlau • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features, Health Highlights, News

I’m sure by now you’ve all been subjected to the media hysteria surrounding swine flu or the H1N1 virus.  Everyday we’re hearing about shortages of vaccines and the rare cases of deaths as a result of being infected.  Personally, I dismissed much of this as another case of “Fox News”-style reporting, propaganda spread for the [...]



Need to Mow the Lawn? Rent a Goat!

By edlau • Oct 31st, 2009 • Category: Features, Going Green

No, seriously.  Apparently now you can rent goats to munch away at the excess greenery on your front yard, a greener solution to gas-drinking, pollution-spewing lawn mowers.  Obviously, I found this hilarious that people would rent goats when the grass got a bit too long but in actuality, the goats prove to be quite effective.  [...]



Aware Skin - Natural Skin Care

By admin • Oct 30th, 2009 • Category: Beauty, Features, Health Highlights, Health and healing, Organic, Product Review

I want to introduce a new skin care line: Aware Skin
I was introduced to this product by a friend of mine from Chicago that was raving about this new skin care product line developed by a chiropractor that delivers a pure natural product.  He had been using all of the different products but was completely [...]



Shark Fin: Delicacy or Cruelty?

By edlau • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Features, Food, News, Take Action, nutrition

As I am of Chinese descent, the whole issue of shark fin was completely off my radar until very recently.  As a kid, despite having to hang around hordes of boring adults at traditional Chinese banquets, I would brave my surroundings for the delicious multi-course meal that usually includes favorites like crab and lobster, crispy [...]