Softer Drinks
Soft drinks can be found almost anywhere in the world, but nowhere are they as ubiquitous as the U.S., where 450 different types are sold and more than 2.5 million vending machines dispense sugar-sweetened beverages around the clock.
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Semana del 16/07/2006
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Podría explicar cómo las sustancias químicas desbaratan la función hormonal, cómo afectan la salud, y qué tienen que ver con el medio ambiente?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Es el bambú realmente una alternativa ecológica a la madera en la fabricación del papel?</B>
Greening Up the Downline
Since the 1950s, multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Amway have sold billions of dollars worth of products to consumers through independent individual distributors, who take a cut on every sale they make as well as on the sales of other "downline" distributors they have recruited. These days, a new crop of green companies has adopted the MLM business model to sell various types of environmentally friendly merchandise.
Top Ten Rules of Eco-Travel
Planning your next vacation? How about Nicaragua? Or Cambodia? What about Borneo? All of these destinations have thrown their names into the tourism market, thanks in large part to ecotourism, which the New York Times called "the buzzword of 2006." Here are 10 top rules for getting the best out of your ecotourism experience.
Bruce Cockburn: Telling the Truth About the Human Condition
Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn’s 29th album, Life Short Call Now (Rounder) is being released this month and it continues to showcase his unique position as a sometimes-angry analyst of the world scene who nevertheless manages to present his near-photographic songs wrapped in such neat, melodic packages that even pop radio occasionally pays attention.
The Wines They Are a Changin’
According to a recent study, undertaken jointly by the National Science Foundation, NASA, and Purdue University, climate change will reduce the amount of U.S. land suitable for growing grapes by 81 percent by the year 2099. You won’t be able to find that supple, seamless Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley anymore. You’ll have to find it in New England.
New Study Throws Doubt on the Benefits of Ethanol
Ethanol production is on the rise. Last year the amount of U.S. corn that became ethanol was 14 percent, up three percent from four years ago. This year, the Department of Agriculture estimates one in five bushels of corn could become ethanol fuel. But according to a recent report from the University of Minnesota, ethanol may not be as green an option as its proponents make it out to be.
Semana del 09/07/2006
<U><B>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Cuáles son los problemas asociados con el ruido y la polución del aire cerca de los aeropuertos?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Qué es mejor para el ambiente, los corchos normales de las botellas de vino, o sus alternativas de plástico o "de tornillo"?</B>
The Poisoner’s Tale
In the summer of 2001, I worked for Boulder County Parks and Open Space as a wildlife technician on a prairie dog habitat project. I was desperate for a job and wanted to do something to improve the environment. Emotionally, it was difficult to relocate and exterminate black-tailed prairie dogs. Listening to these poor animals die was depressing, and some friends made me feel worse. I did not want to talk about my job when I got home and I only kept working there to make enough money to pay rent and buy food.
Senator Inhofe Blocks Chemical Security Bill
Legislation that would require chemical plants to develop stronger security in the face of terrorist threats is being blocked by conservative Senator James Inhofe (R-OK).