Category Archives for Environment
Quality Consumption – the new breed of customer
Manufacturing is about making profit; the difference between sales price and cost. Quality is a cost. Mathematically, therefore, reducing quality increases profit. However, something incredible has happened over the last two generations of manufacturing, the customer who once expected quality, now … Continue reading
Economic policy or environmentally friendly?
Following discussions over the past week while on holiday, I’m wondering whether I should go into politics, at least to become involved with the Green party to try and change and influence the world in a physical and actual way, … Continue reading
Prayer for the polluted waters around Fukushima
To All People Around the World Please send your prayers of love and gratitude to water at the nuclear plants in Fukushima, Japan! By the massive earthquakes of Magnitude 9 and surreal massive tsunamis, more than 10,000 people are still … Continue reading
Brussels sets most ambitious climate targets in the world
Brussels sets most ambitious climate targets in the world. Chimneys not to be confused with cooling towers, the former of which may polute but cooling towers are just air flues. Continue reading
Swedish town eliminates its dependancy on oil and gas.
It appears that a Swedish town of 80,000 people, Kristianstad, has been able to eliminate almost completely their use of fossil oil and gas fuels. Continue reading
How wetlands help men and fowl
Wetland drainage used to be the trend in order to increase grazing areas. Now it has been realised that wetlands play a vital role in storing carbon, absorbing vital run-off waters and providing vital wildlife habitats. Continue reading
Dioxins in the environment
L’association Vallée de l’Aff is combating the Knauff company who appears to be poluting their countryside with Dioxines.
Take a look at Greenpeace
Greenpeace need no publicity, I guess. Thanks to their direct action over the years, they are well known. Despite that, one more link into their site cant hurt. Take a look at Greenpeace International and the Greenpeace blog
Faroe Iles Dolphin Massacre
Can someone explain why this happens in the Faroe Iles each year? It is the massacre of the Calderon, a type of Dolphin simply it seems for young men to prove their coming of age. It is worth noting that … Continue reading
Gas Guzzlers and 4 by 4s
Surely the first thing that any government with a real green agenda would do is ban large cars. Do we still need to be asking whether a 3 litre engine consumes more resources than a 1.5? And this is enough … Continue reading