No, I did not mean recycling them together! I am talking about 2 amazing green building products available in our markets. The recycled rubber tire flooring Bounce back and recycled glass faux stone Icestone. 2 Green Products Both Made In the USA! Bounceback Safety Surfacing Annually 4.5 million tires are recycled and converted into flooring [...]

I am always thinking and talking about not adding more non-biodegradable waste to the landfills. Personal responsibility is what is being talked about because that is where we all can: as individuals, families and communities make a difference for the betterment of the environment and our planets future. In the midst of this sometimes one [...]

The 2010 Equator Prize was awarded to KOMUNTO (Komunitas Nelayan Tomiya) – The Tomiya Fishermen Community from Indonesia. KOMUNTO is a community based organization. It is made up of representatives of the fishermen groups from East Tomiya, Wakatobi, Indonesia.  The organization works  to encourage the independent administration of local natural resources to improve the well [...]

Oil Spill in Mumbai (erst while Bombay) and this time around it is different in the sense the oil is not from a well run amok, but resulting from the collision of the MSC Chitra a Panamanian vessel into the St. Kitts-registered MV Khalijia-III on Saturday the 7th of August 2010. The impact of the [...]

National Geographic has a list of 10 things which each and everyone of us can adapt and which will help in saving our oceans!You can read the deatiled list HERE A pictorial representation of the tips is below 1. Mind our Carbon Footprint and Reduce Energy Consumption 2. Make Sustainable Educated Seafood Choices 3. Use [...]

Edit August 18th 2010 – CORRECTION AS NOTED BY PGE – This is the first quick-charge station for electric vehicles in North America. There is already an established and growing network of standard charging stations in the Portland, Oregon area. Oregon is for all practical purposes the Greenest state in the US and now it [...]

Deep Water Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico spewed oil in to water around for 86 days, after many different trials and errors BP managed to cap the well and a few days later there was hardly any oil to be seen on the surface. As per estimates around 200 million barrels of [...]

Advertising, in its non-commercial guise, is a powerful educational tool capable of reaching and motivating large audiences. “Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest—it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.” Attributed to Howard Gossage by David Ogilvy. (Source Wikipedia)               [...]

My better half who is immersed in the markets up ticks and down falls has told me many times over the years that in our life time we may see fights or wars over water, to me it sounded very far fetched 10 years ago, and then I started reading up on it. He send [...]

I am continuing from my last post in the “Meet an earthling” series catch up here In this post let us get to know the Amur tiger better. Characteristics, Habitat and Adaptations The Amur tiger previously called the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is now restricted to the Cold Boreal Forests in Eastern parts of [...]