Sutmundo

As it currently stands, there’s not enough water to go around. It is only going to get worst unless we do something about it and we need to start locally in our homes. We need to change our attitudes towards water use and we need to do it fast. Can we afford to keep wasting clean potable water on our gardens?

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Marc J. Dourojeanni is probably the leading Amazon expert in the world and has been at the forefront of academic and field reasearch in the Amazon for decades. He’s published several books and some 360 scientific papers. Recently we caught up with him and asked 7 key questions about the Amazon, its main threats and what we can all do to help protect it.

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Cardboard is potentially the most versatile and green material on the planet, but are we using it to it’s true potential? Here are some creative examples of the ingenious ways architects, designers, artists, and craftspeople have put cardboard to the test and successfully harnessed its amazing qualities. These are taken from the thought-provoking ‘Cardboard Book.’

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How does eating beef contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions that are hastening climate change? Why does meat production have serious impacts on our soil, air, and water?

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Environmental Education (or EE from now on) is probably the single most important form of prevention that we, as society, have at our disposal to minimize or, if too late as some scientists say, prepare for future climate extremes, loss of ecosystems, wars for resources, etcetera. But, is it working?

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Years of oil production in Peru’s northern Amazon has left indigenous people suffering malnutrition, sickness and social disruption. Since 1971, Los-Angles-based Occidental Petroleum, using practices outlawed in the U.S., pumped an average of 850,000 barrels a day into local rivers with appalling consequences…the fight continues

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This Christmas, we are likely to share and indulge in vast amounts of food for the sake of holiday cheer. The aftermath is usually messy tables, dirty everything and a pile of dishes waiting to be cleaned by a cocktail of toxic chemicals, lurking underneath your kitchen sink. But are there any green alternatives?

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Here is a novel artful way to help out reconstruct the Louisiana coastline UK Based artist Anthony Burrill’s poster “Work Hard And Be Nice To People” poster is almost a permanent fixture in many trendy homes and offices. His latest work has a bit more of an environmental message directed at the BP oil spill [...]

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As eco-minded consumers, it’s easy to focus on the big money items — buying green appliances or building a green kitchen. But it’s the little things we do every day that have the most impact on the environment. That’s why cooking green is such an important decision. Here are 7 tips to help you not only cook green, but make your kitchen more eco-friendly

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