Commercial Palm Oil Production in Southeast Asia Violating Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: New Survey

photo: Forest Peoples Programme Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying rainforests as it rapidly expands. A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme details the damage…

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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Super Healthy Superfoods (Video)

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be trashy.

If being green was a class in school, the first lesson would probably be, “don’t litter”, right? We all know that it’s not good to litter, but have you ever thought about why?

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How can I reuse or recycle mouldy bread?

We’ve had an email from Milly: I know about making breadcrumbs with stale bread but is there anything that can be done with bread that’s gone a bit mouldy? I don’t mean eat it of course but compost it

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Reduce This: How can you tell when something is good quality?

Over on my new frugal living/growing/cooking blog The Really Good Life today, I’ve asked a Reduce This related question: How can you tell when something is good quality? The first stage of the recycling triangle is Reduce – reduce the amount of things you buy/use and buy items that’ll last and can be repaired rather than ones that need replacing frequently — but how can you tell what will last?

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Sustainable Dreaming (and Eating) in the Jungles of Costa Rica

One afternoon in March of 1995, I was on a family vacation in Costa Rica and witnessed something that changed my life forever.

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Facebook Game Rescues Virtual Chickens, and Real Ones Too

Image credit: Farm Rescue From unborn chicks injected with antibiotics , to the horrors of a commercial chicken hatchery , the life of a factory farmed chicken is pretty brutish from the outset. And we haven’t even gotten into the potential health hazards posed by meat unfit for KFC being served to our kids .

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Controversial NYC Mosque Seeks LEED-Certification

Caption: Protesters disrupt a Community Board meeting to voice their disapproval of Park51. Image credit: Islamophobia Watch The controversial mosque being built near NYC’s Ground Zero may have angered some, but an announcement that the facility will be the “first certified green mosque in the country” is nevertheless an encouraging sign of a new wave of environmental awareness in the Islamic community

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BP Spill Oil Already Entering the Gulf Food Chain

Photo via NOLA The recent discovery of trace amounts of oil in blue crab larvae has left experts forecasting dire news for the Gulf ecosystem.

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Bamboo Bottle: A Reusable Bottle Made From Bamboo and Glass

With all the talk about BPA, phthalates, and other hinky chemicals that could potentially leach into our food and drink, it’s no wonder that we’re turning a gimlet eye to anything that passes through our lips. (Even coated aluminum isn’t off the hook.) One material that has remained relatively unscathed, however, is glass — but its breakable nature makes it impractical as a portable receptacle. The Bamboo Bottle Company has one ingenious solution: Sheathe the glass in bamboo

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