Dr. Hauschka Holistic Skin and Body Products: A Different Kind of Company
From the source: “Dr.Hauschka Skin Care is a different kind of company. Inspired by our vision of a culture of care, we’ve created a company not driven by greed but powered by compassion. All we do is in the interest of fostering well-being in the world, from our ecologically sound methods of growing and sourcing ingredients to our one-of-a-kind manufacturing processes and international fair trade initiatives.
We stand proudly by the products we sell, knowing that their purity and efficacy are helping people to nurture their own health and beauty and inspiring them to recognize and foster beauty and well-being in others. We’re active in our local communities and engage in projects the world over that help transform disadvantage into self-reliance and economic sustainability.”
Teragren manufactures bamboo products using safe, renewable building materials. All of their products, from flooring to panels and veneers, are “made with environmentally safe materials from rapidly renewable Optimum 5.5™ Moso bamboo.”
Further, their “bamboo flooring, bamboo panels and bamboo veneer surpass stringent international and U.S. environmental standards and contribute to two U.S. Green Building Council LEED® credits.”
Products like their formaldehyde-free, food-safe bamboo parquet butcher block panels are eco-friendly pieces ideal for countertops, islands or tabletops in the environmentally-conscious dwelling.
To contact Teragren, visit their website, where you can order a brochure and samples.
Investigating Biodiesel: The Good and the Bad Sides
post by Jim Bashkin at Chemistry for a Sustainable World
There are good and bad sides to biofuels, as Jane Goodall points out. I will explore this in detail in a series of articles that express my opinion and cite scientific reports or discussions. First, a bullet-point summary of key points is given below.
Much of the good/bad duality of biofuels has to do with the following questions:
* Where do the biofuels come from?
* What are we destroying in order to generate biofuels?
* What are we consuming in order to generate biofuels?
* What are we failing to produce in order to generate biofuels?
To find out more on this subject and to finish the the rest of the report on biodiesel, read James Bashkin’s “Biodiesel” published at Chemistry for a Sustainable World.
This blog posting is Copyright 2007 James K. Bashkin
Further Investigating Ethanol as an Alternative Fuel Source
post by Jim Bashkin at Chemistry for a Sustainable World
I’m a very serious environmentalist, but some of the “solutions” to problems have become so politicized that people are losing track of the facts.
One flaw in ethanol is that it is already partially oxidized (which is a chemical term for partially burned, and in this case already containing an oxygen atom). That is one of the reasons why burning ethanol the rest of the way doesn’t release as much energy as burning gasoline does, requiring about twice as many gallons of ethanol per mile to be used to power a car versus the mileage per gallon from gasoline / petrol.
The huge amount of gas that we use in the US simply overwhelms what can be produced from farming. Further, we can do a lot of damage to the environment producing all that ethanol without helping the “oil problem.”
One of the biggest problems with ethanol production Read the rest…
Renewable LA: The First Annual Solar Open House & Green Holiday Gift Fest
December 8th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A true gala event in the heart of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Renewable L.A. features several eco-friendly and environmentally conscious activities, with stuff to interest the whole family. You will be able to view one of the largest solar power installations (600 panels generating 100 kilowatts of renewable electricity) at the Valley location’s solar-paneled rooftop.
More to Do at Renewable L.A.: Green Seminars
Guests will also have a chance to sit down and listen to a variety of speakers whose areas of expertise range from “Tips for Greening Your Home” to “Solar Home Financing.” Talks last all day, with more topics including Read the rest…
South Africa Travel: Taiping Four Return to Cameroon
So it seems that after several years of life in the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria, the four gorillas have finally been returned to their original home in Cameroon, courtesy of Kenya Airways.
According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “around six years ago, four infant Western Lowland gorillas were violently removed from their families and forest home in Cameroon and transported half-way around the world.” Eventually, after stopping over in Malaysia, their travels eventually landed them in South Africa.
Travel to and From South Africa: Gorillas Safely Arrive
Originally smuggled out of Cameroon in 2002, the four have Read the rest…
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