Here’s some good news for Mac lovers and people who can’t live without their iPods. Apple has declared that it plans to phase out brominated fire retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – both toxic chemicals – from its products by 2008. People who looked at this item also looked at… Guide to climate friendlier [...]

Switching off your computer at the end of your working day can cut the energy it consumes by 75% thereby reducing the amount of carbon-dioxide created to generate the electricity to power it by as much as 554kg a year. Source: ZDNet “At the Whiteboard”. See also: Tectonic People who looked at this item also [...]

Including whole grains in your diet – which very few people seem to do – can “significantly” reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to research conducted at a US medical school. “Consuming an average of 2.5 servings of whole grains each day is associated with a 21% lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to [...]

Climate change issues are usually presented in scientific or economic terms. Don Brown, a former Clinton administration climate negotiator, says it is “desperately important” to consider the moral and ethical issues of climate change because it could radically change the way things such as targets for global greenhouse gas emissions and payment for damages are [...]

Southern Africa is already feeling the effects of climate change. Average temperatures in the region having increased by between 0,2°C and 1°C since the 1970s and a further increase of about 1°C is “unavoidable”, said Dr Guy Midgley of the South African National Biodiversity Institute at a press briefing in Johannesburg recently. Less than half [...]