Cooking with Coconut Oil
This tropical source of saturated fat is surprisingly healthy. Here’s how to use it…
December 2008
It is starting to get colder and I”m eager to try out the fireplace in our new home
Fireplace wood smoke contains carbon monoxide, smog-causing nitrogen oxides, soot, fine particles, and a range of other chemicals and gases that can cause or worsen serious health problems. The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition says that children living in wood-burning households are especially vulnerable.
COMMENTARY: A Gift Horse
Looking for a last-minute present for the animal-lover on your holiday gift list? There is a myriad of "adoption" programs that offer a perfect way of both acknowledging your loved one’s fondness for animals and supporting just about any animal imaginable: from turkeys and cows, to chimps, whales and elephants.
Clearing the Air in Texas
Environmentalists scored a big victory last week when power utility Luminant agreed to outfit its new 1,600 megawatt Oak Grove coal-fired electric plant with technology that will help reduce emissions by some 90 percent.
Coral Reefs in Crisis
A new report issued last week by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that if current trends regarding emissions of carbon dioxide continue, a majority of the world’s remaining coral reefs could be lost within just four decades.
I”ve noticed that bamboo is very trendy right now
Bamboo has a long history of economic and cultural significance, primarily in East Asia and South East Asia where it has been used for centuries for everything from building material to food to medicine. There are some 1,000 different species of bamboo growing in very diverse climates throughout the world, including the southeastern United States.
Semana del 14/12/2008
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Es verdad que aceite de palma, común en alimentos de bocado y & de la salud; ¿los productos de belleza, es la destrucción selvas tropicales? ¿Si es así qué pueden los consumidores hacer sobre él?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es mejor para nuestro ambiente: utilizar toallitas secadoras en el secador o el suavizador líquido de tela en la lavadora? Parece que ambos tienen características que no son muy verdes.
Which is better for our environment: to use dryer sheets in the dryer or liquid
Liquid Fabric Softener or Drier sheets…what to do….? Look in health food markets for natural essential oil- or vegetable-based liquids from Seventh Generation, Ecover and others — or Maddocks
Commentary: Witness to Recovery
It takes a long time to get to know a whale. Moira Brown, a senior scientist with the New England Aquarium’s right whale research team, has been spending more than two months a year studying right whales in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of Maine for the past 24 years.
Toxic Toys to Cross Off Your List
Christmas shoppers beware! According to researchers from the Michigan-based nonprofit Ecology Center, one in three of more than 1,500 popular toys now on store shelves contain unacceptably high levels of potentially toxic chemicals.