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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
You don’t have to find a job cleaning the ocean, ripping dolphins out of fishing nets with your bare hands or throwing barrels of toxic waste into space to make a difference through your occupation. In fact, a simple a change as changing how you work makes a world of difference. Depending on what you [...]
Addicted to Plastic
I recently watched this documentary and despite what the title makes you think, it isn’t about nosejobs or facelifts. It’s about the mass amount of plastic that our society manufactures and quickly disposes of and how it is negatively affecting the way we live and the planet we live on.
Of course, it doesn’t [...]
We’ve been hearing about the death of print media for years. Magazines and newspapers are finding it more and more difficult to survive in a mostly electronic world and while sales in books has remained largely the same (although some studies have shown steady growth for many retailers but that could be attributed to Barnes [...]
Apparently there’s a new study on creating biofuel from watermelons that has the internet buzzing about the possibility of another clean burning alternative to petrol. The basic idea is that there are many watermelons left on the vines going to waste due to the fact that they have minor exterior damage that make them a [...]
On a recent episode of the popular internet series Diggnation, they mentioned a teenager in Ontario decomposing a plastic bag over a period of three months. If you’re not sure why this is a breakthrough, plastic bags regularly take up to a thousand years to break down.
Daniel Burd, a 16-year old student at Waterloo Collegiate [...]
