Tracy Stokes is a mixed media artist living & working on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. She likes to paint on re-purposed surfaces and recycle creatively in all aspects of her life.
Water shortages are taking their toll on south-east England. The hosepipe ban over most of the area means lugging water-cans around the garden, and the drought order in some of the worst affected areas means no car washing. The old… Read More »Beat the drought
The Eden Project has been shortlisted for the Living Landmarks Award, and stands to win up to £50-million in National Lottery funding for a new global climate change biome. The planned biome will be called The Edge, and will focus… Read More »Eden Project “global climate change” biome
Do you live in New York State? Have you heard about Malachy McCourt, 74-year old author and activist who wants to be the next governor of New York State? If you haven’t, you may want to know that Malachy is part of a slate of candidates nominated by the Green Party. One of Malachys key issues is to bring home the National Guard from Iraq. Since all of the Green Party statewide candidates are pledged to use their office to bring an end to the War in Iraq, they have been named The Green Party Peace Slate.
To achieve his goal of earning a place on the ballot in November, Malachy McCourt needs at least 15,000 signatures from all around the state. These days you find him clipboard in hand, at street fairs and festivals covering the area between New York City and Woodstock collecting signatures.
One of the early signers of the petition was Larry Kirwan, of the band, Black-47. Kirwans signature is on display at Malachys campaign web-site. Having politically active, Cultural Creatives such as Larry Kirwan on board has been a big boost to the Malachy for Governor campaign. In fact, it was Kirwans suggestion to set up the MySpace account for Malachy, which brought a big boost to the campaign this week, with lots of bands and bloggers attaching themselves to the campaign.Read More »Malachy for Governor
Greenpeace have offered Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) the use of the Rainbow Warrior to transport 100 tonnes of urgent medical and other relief supplies from Cyprus to Beirut. The Rainbow Warrior was already in the Mediterranean and has now docked… Read More »The Rainbow Warrior heads for Lebanon
The Environment Agency claims that businesses that adopt green practices are saving UK industry upwards of £5 million every year. And while going green can save £££s, it also serves to enhance reputations with customers and investors, drives innovation and creates markets.
In it’s Spotlight on Business report, the Environment Agency looks at what is changing:
From the ever vigilant news harvesters at The Onion: Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self In a decisive 10 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.… Read More »Is George an evil genius poised to take over the world?
It was back in the 1940’s when dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane, or DDT as it is more commonly known, was labelled a miracle pesticide, and won Swiss chemist Paul Müller a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Now experts are saying that this widely banned pesticide is the best bet to save millions of lives threatened with malaria, a disease that affects mainly pregnant women and children and is spread by mosquitoes.
The US Agency for International Development endorsed the use of DDT for indoor use in May, and the World Health Organisation is expected to follow suit.
But why was it banned? And if it’s so bad, why is it making a comeback at a time when we should be protecting the earth from environmental disasters, not endorsing them?
British electrical retailer Currys has launched an off-the-shelf solar energy product in three of its stores, namely West Thurrock, Fulham and Croydon. The panels, manufactured by Sharp, are priced at £1000 each, making a solar heating system for an average… Read More »High street solar
Cape Town’s oldest and most famous hotel, The Mount Nelson, is tackling climate change by feeding its restaurant leftovers to thousands of worms in South Africa’s biggest worm farm yet. The hotel has reduced its food waste by 70% and… Read More »Worms eat posh nosh