Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 29, 2008	US debates bailout as crisis worsens
BY: ASIM ERDİLEK: The US Treasury’s sweeping bailout plan hastily presented to the US Congress last Monday to end the global financial crisis has unleashed a furious debate, stalling congressional approval of the plan. This welcome debate, after Congress commendably refused to...... [view]

Posted By:  Valie2881 Posted On:  Sep 14, 2008	Waste! Waste!! Waste!!!
Wherever I look, I see a lot of waste being generated. Is it hospital, industrial, or domestic waste? Now as I see lots of waste, I also see lots of money-making opportunities. I learnt recently in Ghana, that they now produce bags for export, and guess the raw materials for the production of...... [view]

Posted By:  gajkh Posted On:  May 11, 2008	WILL MAN MADE IMPACT BE FATAL IN ANTARCTICA?
Man has already proved that unchecked, unregulated exploitation of seals and whales have indirectly taken many other species of organisms to the endangered levels. This means, what constructive work nature did in millions of years, man was able to destroy just in couple of decades. Today, with...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 8, 2008	AES Corporation Pushes For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Plant At Ocean Cay In The Bahamas
AES Pushing For Deal: By QUINCY PARKER - Nassau, Bahamas: AES Corporation remains committed to pursuit of its proposal to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plant at Ocean Cay in The Bahamas, and has pledged to pay $1 million on the day the agreement is signed with...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 5, 2008	Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Could Save Billions Of Dollars By Switching From Diesel To Natural Gas To Drive Its Power-generation Turbines - Says AES Spokesman Aaron Sampson
AES Proposes BEC Switch To Natural Gas: By Quincy Parker - Nassau, Bahamas: AES Corporation – which wants to build an LNG plant in The Bahamas – could potentially help the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) both save millions in fuel costs and become more environmentally friendly,...... [view]

Posted By:  ubershibs Posted On:  Mar 5, 2008	Zero Waste ≠ Zero Garbage Cans
So I was at a fairly big event the other day, and it was officially labelled a “Zero-Waste Event.” Awesome! The world needs more of those… Except, it wasn’t REALLY zero waste. They were handing out water in non-recyclable cups, people were bringing in non-recyclable...... [view]

Posted By:  ChristyCavell Posted On:  Jan 25, 2008	Critical Advice
Don't waste your life away on Facebook.... [view]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Jan 8, 2008	China Bans plastic Bags
China has decided to ban plastic shopping bags ! This piece of news caught me off guard, I had no idea that they were even considering such a measure. The ban will come into effect on 1 June 2008 and not only does it forbid the use of plastic bags in stores, but it also forbids the...... [view]

Posted By:  onetruthseeker Posted On:  May 18, 2007	junk mail
“320 million of your tax dollars goes toward the disposal of unwanted junk mail. Junk mail destroys 62 million trees per year, & fills 3% of America's landfills.” (Source: http://www.junkmailgems.com/DIY.html) Art from Junk Mail - http://www.junkmailgems.com/index.html Fact Sheet on...... [view]

To carry reusable bag with me to shopping and to avoid plastic bags
Submitted By:   monaditya Committers:  3 Date Created:  2008-07-12	Description:   Plastic bags are a big part of pollution in Kathmandu and developing parts of Nepal. I will carry a reusable shopping bag with me (of cotton, jute, etc.) most of the time I go out so that I can SAY 'NO THANKS' TO PLASTIC BAGS offered with goods I buy. This way I will help in the reduction of plastic waste. I will also encourage my family and friends to do the same. [view]

Eliminate plastic bags from New York or wherever/Bring your own bag

Submitted By:   firefly013 Committers:  2 Date Created:  2008-05-13

Description:   I'm from a resourse-less small country in far east and I often feel uncomfortable about waste and indifference about it in this country (U.S.). I do believe plastic bags for shopping will be extinct some time in the future in New York but I'd like to accelerate that speed, hopefully! I myself use a cotton shopping bag. In my hometown (city in Tokyo), a municipal government charges five cents for one plastic bag (strictly speaking, the reality is a bit different) to promote "bring your own bag" and my-bag-ratio is increasing. I could see that super markets in New York sell reusable shopping bags nowadays (a big move!) but I rarely see them in use at cash registers. How can we promote "my shopping bag" or guilty feeling to use plastic bag? (Let me know your thoughts!) As a first step toward my goal, I'd like to convince at least one person "to bring his/her bag" for shopping. [view]

Youth Waste Managment Initiative
Starter:   Teeman Date Created:  Jun 23, 2007 Country:  Liberia [view]	Description:   The Youth Waste Managment Initiative is a youth coordinated project aiming at helping to gave our country a well conducive face for its inhabitants and for a saver life keeping environment for all...