Sustainable Sweden
With close co-operation between companies, academia, state and its citizens, Sweden has many clean tech lessons for the UAE (more…)...
BASF launches Compost Asia Pledge on World Environment Day
BASF launched the Compost Asia Pledge Facebook app on June 5, with the aim to keep organic waste out of landfills and incinerators, in conjunction with World Environment Day. (more…)...
Nick Offerman encourages men to grow beards for the environment
Nick Offerman is encouraging men to put down their razors and help save the planet. The “Parks and Recreation” actor is teaming up with Budweiser for its “Grow One. Save a Million” camp...
Organic Agriculture Defies Global Recession
Despite the crippling effects of the recent economic slowdown on many industries, organic agriculture more than sustained itself - it actually grew. In 2009, 37.2 million hectares worldwide were farmed organic...
Question of the Day: Do You Buy Organic?
There are stores devoted to natural and organic foods, entire sections in your local supermarkets. There are many reasons to go organic - among them, no growth hormones or antibiotics, no chemicals and supporti...
10 Foods To Always Buy Organic
With so much buzz and research about the benefits of eating organic and avoiding harmful pesticides, the cost in buying organic and pesticide-free produce and foods can take a toll on your budget. While there a...
Many ways food can get tainted from farm to fork
On the path from farm-to-fork, there are many ways that foods can pick up nasty germs like the E. coli bug sickening more than 1,600 people across Europe. But there are steps consumers can take to avoid getting...
Are There Toxins in Your Compost?
Last month, at a vast composting yard owned by a Northern California waste and recycling company, Recology, I watched a load of lawn and food scraps from San Francisco residents get fed into a sorting machine. ...
Formula 1 Gets Eco-Conscious in 2013
2013 Formula 1 regulation change We have been covering this story right from the beginning when the talk about making the sport of Formula 1 more eco-friendly began. Earlier, the FIA introduced budget caps on t...
Ecocar showdown
Nissan played the cards quite nicely when it rolled out the country's first Ecocar, knowing that Honda would have been the second player to follow suit with an eco-friendly car. Now that B-segment h...