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The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

If you are a fan of the BBC Life series or anything that David Attenborough does, then you are going to love this new mockumentary on the latest species that is endangered – the plastic bag!

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Nasty Free Documentary Trailer – A look at Sustainable Agriculture

Nasty Free Documentary Trailer – A look at Sustainable Agriculture

This is a documentary in progress from Punkle’s Farm – a small sustainable farm in Eastern Ontario growing salad greens, fresh herbs and vegetables. They also raise chickens, turkeys, ducks and pigs. Their belief that quality products come from natural systems and that’s why the farm is 100% NASTY FREE. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. All of our animals are raised without antibiotics or growth hormones. Continue Reading

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Makutano Junction Soap Opera

Makutano Junction Soap Opera

The last place most of us look to for useful information is television soap operas. But Makutano Junction, a Kenyan-produced soap opera set in the fictional town of the same name is not your average TV drama. Continue Reading

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Homemade Playdough with Natural Dyes

Homemade Playdough with Natural Dyes

We have talked about how to make playdough before but it was Kate’s wonderful recipes for natural dye to add to your homemade playdough that I just HAD to share with you! Continue Reading

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30 ways to Green your holiday road trip.

30 ways to Green your holiday road trip.

Can a road trip involving a car and just two people be a green experience given that a few tanks of petrol and some rubber from the tyres and a bit of wear and tear on the car will be expended? As kids, we went from Victoria to Queensland every year to visit my grandparents. The car had neither radio nor heater. We slept by the side of the road! Couldn’t do that these days! Continue Reading

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‘Green’ Fireworks – can you really launch heavy metals into the air safely?

‘Green’ Fireworks – can you really launch heavy metals into the air safely?

Fireworks are used at every major celebration all around the world and it’s probably a bit of a downer to start analyzing just how bad they can be for the environment.  Continue Reading

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Who can deny that clothes dryi…

Who can deny that clothes dryi…

Who can deny that clothes drying racks are a brilliant household item! Nyaw!! http://bit.ly/9EmeZL Continue Reading

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The Green Pickings at the Sydney Film Festival

The Green Pickings at the Sydney Film Festival

The Sydney Film Festival is happening NOW – have you been to see any great movies at all? I am not sure which ones to see but if environmental films and docos are what you are after, then check this list out thanks to Greenpeace! Continue Reading

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The Great Barrier Reef Mini Series

The Great Barrier Reef Mini Series

I am hoping everyone has seen the BBC Planet Earth and the Life series, if not you just MUST! An awe-inspiring look at the world we live in and guess what? They are coming to Australia! Continue Reading

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Obsessive Consumption

Obsessive Consumption

Could you actually sit and catalogue everything you buy? How about if you had to illustrate it? Continue Reading

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Annie Leonard and The Story of Bottled Water

Annie Leonard and The Story of Bottled Water

Annie Leonard and the team at Free Range Studios have released the latest installment in “The Story Of Stuff Project” – The Story of Bottled Water, which was released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Continue Reading

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Top 10 Ways a Diver Can Protect the Underwater Environment

Top 10 Ways a Diver Can Protect the Underwater Environment

I love scuba diving – being under the water and seeing amazing creatures is fantastic, but as a diver we have to be very careful with our marine playground! Continue Reading

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For once the Dark Side saves the planet – WWF Earth Hour

For once the Dark Side saves the planet – WWF Earth Hour

Finally the Dark Side is stepping up and helping to save the planet!  See the new commercial after the jump to announce WWF’s Earth Hour on the 27th of March! Continue Reading

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LIFE Magazine shows us 30 Dumb Inventions

LIFE Magazine shows us 30 Dumb Inventions

The 20th century saw many astounding technological innovations. The automobile revolutionized the way people live and work, the internet changed the way people think about information, and the U.S. of A put a man on the moon. Continue Reading

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