Every time your mobile phone rings, a tiny piece of metallic ore is making the call possible. It’s called Coltan and its illegal mining in West Africa is threatening the very survival of the mountain gorilla through loss of habitat and violent unrest. With more and more new mobile phones being produced every year, the increasing demand for Coltan is destroying the gorilla’s habitat.
The good news is that you can easily do something about it. By recycling your mobile phone you can decrease the demand for Coltan, which will reduce the stress on the gorilla’s habitat.
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03/03/2009
by JacquieO
Scientists have been using a new method to evaluate hurricane information, they have said they have found that Global Warming will produce less, but stronger Hurricanes/Storms.
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14/08/2008
by BundaH
China is raising its sales tax on big cars to as high as 40 percent, and drastically cutting taxes on small cars, in its latest attempt to combat emissions that contribute to heavy blankets of smog over most of its cities.
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13/08/2008
by frazerc83
The 2008 Olympic Games Host's pollution in the air dropped by half on Monday!
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13/08/2008
by BundaH
Nearly hunted into history 40 years ago, finally, the Humpback Whale is increasing in numbers!
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13/08/2008
by BundaH
Greenpeace have released their quarterly "Guide to Greener Electronics” report as Samsung and Toshiba lead the way and Nintendo falls behind.
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23/03/2008
by ICC
Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has revealed details of the Government's timetable for an emissions trading scheme.
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17/03/2008
by Midori
Climate change could turn Ireland's legendary emerald landscape a dusty tan, with profound effects on its society and culture, a new study released in time for St Patrick's Day has reported.
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17/03/2008
by Midori
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa – After bringing Africa’s black rhinos spectacularly back from the brink of extinction one of the world’s most successful conservation programmes is to celebrate its first decade by seeking to extend its operations to more of Africa.
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17/03/2008
by Midori
International — A new movie has dealt another severe blow to the credibility of US based Monsanto, one of the biggest global chemical companies and the provider of seed technology for 90% of the world’s genetically engineered (GE) crops.
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17/03/2008
by Midori
The destruction of Orangutan habitat for Palm Oil plantations remains the biggest
threat the Orangutans face. Each day 7,200 soccer fields are destroyed. Over the
next 2 years an area the size of Tasmania will be cleared. The impact on Orangutans
is devastating, some estimate 50 per week are being killed as a direct result. Well
over 1,000 babies have now ended up in Care Centres with little chance of a return to
the wild in the foreseeable future.
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17/03/2008
Ask yourself this: How many devices in your house use batteries? How often do they need to get replaced? How often have you thought of getting rechargeable batteries? How often have you actually done it? If your answers are many, often, every time, and never, you're not alone.
According to Earth911.org, every year in the US, we throw out 180,000 tons of batteries. Personally I think a number of batteries would have even more impact, but the point is clear: We go through a lot of batteries. Batteries which contain a lot of materials that we'd all rather not see making their way into our environment, and many of which are actually recyclable
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14/03/2008
Many of the spiders we kill in our homes and gardens are harmless and beneficial in the environment - so be kind to them if you can. Here's some tips on how to how to humanely deal with them. Warning! scarey spider pic in article.
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03/03/2008
Do your part to ensure a healthy planet by considering these 10 simple actions at the office.
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03/03/2008
This school year, eco-savvy kids and parents, aware of the almost four million acres of U.S. forest clearcut annually (not to mention the tons of discarded cell phones), return to store shelves seeking greener academic supplies and electronics. Yet some still find themselves at a loss. "I was recently at a major office supply chain to buy recycled or biodegradable pens and binders," says Ellyn Feerick, a middle school teacher in Danvers, Mass., "but forget about it—they don't exist." Never fear. With some sleuthing, you can find more resources than ever to suit the environmentally minded student.
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29/02/2008
Breast-feeding is a healthy choice, recommended by pediatricians because it increases babies' resistance to infections and decreases the risks of childhood obesity, juvenile diabetes, childhood cancers and allergies—topped off by a possible IQ boost. Still, despite these impressive benefits, less than 15 percent of mothers in the U.S. exclusively breast-feed for their baby's first 6 months. And, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only "fourteen states in the U.S. have achieved the national Healthy People 2010 objective of 75% of mothers initiating breastfeeding."
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29/02/2008
Whether you rely on an old-school Walkman to tend to your musical needs or a battery-eating digital camera for snapshots, there’s no need for your mode of entertainment to stock landfills. Now that battery rechargers are cheap and small enough, there’s little reason to buy single-use batteries again. The savings: 500 to 1,000 disposable batteries for each rechargeable.
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29/02/2008
It's easy to use the holidays as an excuse to drop money on a ginormous TV set or souped-up desktop computer. But it's worth keeping an eye on energy consumption, especially given the current high cost of power. Some big-screen plasma TVs can actually consume more energy annually than your refrigerator—one Panasonic plasma weighed in at 849 kilowatt hours/year, versus 670 kwh/year or less for many fridges. In general, "as screen size gets bigger, power consumption goes up and that's regular across the technology used, be it LCD, CRT, plasma or some other," says Mehernaz Polad of ICF International, a consultant for EPA's Energy Star program.
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29/02/2008
Living on a budget can make you wonder how you'd ever afford getting a new green washing machine, organic cotton shirt or even at times a compact fluorescent bulb. Everything costs money and many an eco-friendly product comes at a premium. Rumored savings from living green, however, can seem just that as you wander down the aisles of Whole Foods, enviously eyeing imported cheese and organic beef. In my own case, for some time I've wanted a ceiling fan to deal with global warming at the scale of my apartment. And when I looked at my own buying habits, adding up where I might save a little cash, I found some good choices that didn't compromise my green values.
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29/02/2008
In my daily life, I try my best to recycle (cans, bottles, cardboard, everything) and reduce (I'm weaning myself off shopping bags, which is harder than it seems unless I carry a cloth bag with me on the train every day). Lately I've been challenging myself to heed that other R: reuse. Whether an item is destined for the trash can or the recycling bin, I've been trying to use things one more time before they get tossed for good.
Newspaper has been an easy place to start. Not only is it ubiquitous--I, for one, have piles of it in the foyer, most of which never gets read--it can also be repurposed in a multitude of ways.
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29/02/2008