Rainforest Charity Links

Very short post this evening just to mention a few of my favourite charities. – Rainforest Alliance – Rainforest Concern – The Living Rainforest – The Prince’s Rainforests Project – World Land Trust – WWF Of course there are many, many more, but it’s a small selection of my favourite. If there are any others [...]

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Australia, burping sheep and global warming

Australia has found an innovative solution to global warming: breed ‘green’ sheep that burp less. That’s right, burpless sheep. It sounds like something you’d hear about on April 1st, but it’s November and the story is entirely true. Forget planes, forget oil hungry America and most certainly forget those Chelsea tractors. Farting and burping sheep [...]

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Computer hack reveals climate change data manipulation

Oh dear. Recent reports that confidential emails, memos and notes from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit were stolen by a computer hacker are embarrassing to say the least. The centre is considered to be one of the world’s leading climate research facilities who’s aim, as stated on their site, is to: improve [...]

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Green activists get a bad press

Found another interesting video, this time on the Independent newspaper website. It’s called ‘Melting Pot’ and it’s part of their Green TV section. It’s all about green activism and features members of groups such as Plane Stupid and Greenpeace. It was an extremely enlightening video, exploring and exposing the lengths to which the authorities (chiefly [...]

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David Attenborough talks rainforest destruction

Here’s an interesting video with David Attenborough in which he speaks about what it means to lose so much of our rainforests. Enjoy

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Amazon deforestation at record low

Seven years ago, almost to the day, I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to spend some time in the Peruvian Amazon, near a place called Puerto Maldonado. It was my gap year and I travelled to Peru to teach English with an organisation called Teaching and Projects Abroad. As well as arranging [...]

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Food wastage in the UK

I was shocked last week. I managed to get some casual work in the kitchens of a cafeteria in one of the University departments. And so, I spent three hours scrubbing and rubbing pots and pans. Not exactly glamorous, but at least it pays for my weekly shop at Tesco’s (should I be corporate name [...]

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