Reduce your digital footprint
What is the real cost of the Internet? It’s the electricity consumed in storing data and transmitting it all over the world. If you want to know how to do something about it in your own life, follow this link.
Microwaves and 5G
Are you concerned about the effect on your health of microwaves from mobile devices, and 5G in particular? If so have a look at this Panorama programme.
Smog-free cities
Daan Roosegaarde is creating smog-free towers, which concentrate pollution into carbon and generate clean air, and jewellery made from the carbon. You can buy rings from his organization made from polluted air. (The pollution in Chinese cities is equivalent to … Continued
‘Neonics’ – more bad news
The Soil Association has reported further dangers from neonicotinoids, the chemical pesticides which are known to be dangerous to bees:- Now, disturbing new research, part-funded by the Soil Association and thanks to the Roddick Foundation, reveals that neonicotinoids don’t just … Continued
Sustainable Business Awards 2015
Highlights from the Guardian awards:- Cafeology, farming coffee in Guatemala in a way that protects the rainforest, encourages migrating birds and improves the growers’ livelihood. Ikea (yes, that Ikea) investing €1.5 billion in renewable energy equipment, and buying cotton from sustainable … Continued
Heating a million homes
A million properties across England could in future be heated by water from rivers, canals and the sea, the government says.The Department for Energy calculates this is the potential of a technology known as the water source heat pump.This relies … Continued
Neonicotinoid pesticides – update from the Soil Association
The Soil Association has written about the wider impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on all forms of life. A leading bee researcher, Professor Dave Goulson of Sussex University, stated at the Soil Association Conference in October 2014:- “Five neonicotinoid dressed maize … Continued
Amrita Sphuranam, village electrification project launched
The Amrita Sphuranam project of Amrita Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math will be providing solar-powered electrification for the entire rural village of Motakkara in Wayanad. Amrita Sphuranam was created as part of Amrita University’s Live-in-Labs … Continued
IT and waste collectors in Bangalore
“Bangalore’s streets have always been a concoction of smells, from roasting coffee beans to the doughy sweetness of local bakeries. But the one smell that will probably invade your senses today is the foul stench of garbage. While most of … Continued
Building a rocket stove
At the Experience Week this year at Centre Amma, at Pontgouin (near Chartres), we assembled a rocket stove in a matter of hours on the first day, tested it on the second day and disassembled it on the third. Day … Continued