This short article reviews the possible causes of widespread obesity. It refutes much ‘conventional wisdom’ and puts the blame squarely on sugar and the food industry.
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Plastic attacks hit Swiss supermarkets (Le News)
Swiss shoppers dump plastic wrapping at supermarkets to protest excessive plastic packaging. Plastic Attacks, which began at Tesco in Keynsham near Bristol, UK, have occurred in Sion, Pully, Zurich, Bern and elsewhere…
How biochar fertilization works…and practical techniques from Nepal
Biochar captures and releases nutrients (eg nitrogen and phosphorus) slowly into the soil to improve crop yields over an entire growing season and beyond – find out why …
Mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
Scientists have created an enzyme to degrade plastic (PET). Perhaps a hope to recycle some of the millions of tons of plastic produced annually?
Plastic is not the worst pollutant …
Almost 5 billion metric tons of plastic has been dumped into the oceans of the world since we started to produce and use the stuff – that sounds bad. But if plastic’s not the worst pollutant, then what is?
Sustainable Corporations
See the 100 most sustainable companies, compiled by Corporate Knights, a canadian media-, research- and financial information-company which promotes “clean capitalism” …
BBC: graphics explain climate change
Is temperature really rising ? Are CO2 concentrations increasing ? What are some effects ? This BBC article uses graphs to demonstrate climate change …
Climate change: time is running out
The Stanford Research reported to the American Petroleum Institute (API) that rising CO2 levels, “could bring about climatic changes” … in 1968.
Questions about climate change ?
Do you have questions about climate change? What’s Happening? What could happen? What to do?
Livestock, Environment & Learnings
Livestock consume about 1/3 of global crop production, 4/5 of the world’s agricultural land is used for grazing or feed and fodder. However meat supplies only 15% of the total energy and 30% protein in the global human diet. We can do better than this.
A Brief History of Climate Change
The BBC chronicls milestones, scientific discoveries, technical innovations & politics of climate change …
Can covid help flatten the climate curve?
Covid-19 has decreased the demand for consumer goods by 27% in Q2 – what if demand is actually reshaped ?