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Women honoured for water projects » South African women who have contributed towards p...

CO2 tax on double cabs to be implemented in 2011 » Vehicle CO2 tax emissions on all double cabs will ...

Women take centre stage at enviro conference » Women from across the continent have gathered in J...

56 days before water runs out » Oil company PetroSA will run out of water at its r...

Beached whale too heavy to remove » KwaDukuza Municipality firefighters failed to pull...

Task team to look at acid mine drainage » Cabinet has mandated the Minister of Water Affairs...

Watch out for sharks, warns NSRI » The National Sea Rescue Institute has warned beach...

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Something that has to be taught

It was a family gathering which just does not happen often enough, due to us being spread so broadly across the country. It is so ...

Just “bossies” or something unique?

One of the monthly events organised by the Rhenosterspruit Nature Conservancy is a Veld Plants Walk, led by members of the Botanic...

Let the kids run free

Five years ago Richard Louv published an unexpected bestseller, Last Child in the Woods, which explores what happens to individua...

“ Make the Environment Better ”

a Month of Soccer Spirit we all have screamed make ,: “ Make the circle bigger ”. The 2010 Soccer World Cup is finished and w...

To Err is Human, But I’m Doing My Best! (Part III)

What are you doing to help the sustainable movement? As you’ll recall, in March and April I started to tackle this question. Ne...

International Stories

Wild Eats: Black Trumpet Mushrooms

Last week my husband was lucky enough to stumble upon these hard-to-find wild mushrooms while doing ecological field research. I’d been dying to try the elusive black trumpet, and it didn’t disap...

Biosolids are Euphemizing Their Way into Your Food and Your Backyard

Biosolids are a class of fertilizers and composts made from treated sewage sludge. It has been shown that biosolids contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals, yet these make their way onto cro...

New Zealand’s LanzaTech Makes Plastic from Waste Gas

The New Zealand-based clean tech company LanzaTech has just announced a successful run of its new technology for reclaiming industrial waste gasses to produce 2,3 Butanediol, a foundational chemical f...

Graphite Foam Makes High Efficiency LED Lights Last Longer

Chalk up another reason to make the switch to high efficiency LED lighting: Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a graphite foam that extends the life of LED lights. The foam...

What’s Your Water Footprint?

The average American uses 2000 gallons of water each day. What’s surprising is how much of that is hidden in our lifestyle. Only 5% of that 2000 gallons is actually used as water in the home – dri...

10 Tips for Responsible Coffee Consumption

“Drinking coffee responsibly?” some might ask…but not Eat Drink Better readers! You know that after oil, coffee is the most highly traded commodity on the planet. The ravaging demand for the oth...

Eggs from pasture raised chickens unlikely candidates for Salmonella contamination

If you’re an egg-eater, you could swear off eggs until federal investigators determine the cause of the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened thousands of people and led to the recall of a half bill...

Wax and Soap Combo Could Lead to Cheaper Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered that cleanliness is next to cheapliness. They have developed a simple one-step method, based on wax and soap, that will enable ...

380 Million Eggs Recalled for Salmonella Infection

Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa has issued a recall for 380 million eggs possibly infected with salmonella. The recall started on Friday, Aug 13 with 228 million, but expanded to 380 million eggs on W...

VW Bug Powered By Your Poop

There’s something about defecation that seems to both fascinate and revulse humans at the same time. In other words, there’s just something funny about poop and I can’t explain it. I will howeve...

Looking to Imports to Avoid Oil-Tainted Gulf Shrimp? Look Carefully.

Shrimp season may have just opened in the Gulf, but as people show concern over the safety of Gulf seafood, individuals and businesses may begin to look elsewhere, most likely to imports. Over 80 perc...

How Do You Grow a Local Sustainable Food System?

There is much talk of buying local and trying to eat more sustainably, but how is a small regional food system actually created? How does that happen? It seems that it may be built one jar of deliciou...

Make Electric Power in Your Basement?

Solar is great if you have a good roof. But what if you don’t? Why not make kilowatt-hours in your basement? Small residential Combined Heat & Power (CH&P) boilers that run on natural gas can effect...

SolOptics Solar Film Increases Panel Output 10%

A simple, cheaply produced thin plastic film placed on top of solar panels that could boost their power by 10% has just passed extensive testing by the NREL. The light-bending film was developed by re...

Eating Vegan: 12 Vegan Pies

Nothing says delicious like a fresh slice of pie. It turns out that eating a vegan diet doesn’t have to mean giving up this delightful dessert. In fact, there are countless ways to whip up tasty, ve...

Something Smells Fishy: Testing the Safety of Gulf Seafood

The Gulf has had a rough few years: monstrous hurricanes, then floods, now oil spills. It’s no wonder that the government and industry are trying to bolster consumer confidence in Gulf seafood. ...