Are you noticing you spend a little too much on cleansers, moisturisers, toners, scrubs, foot scrubs, mid week mask treatments etc etc? Are you also now more aware of what the heck is even in the products you buy? Well, I sure am! Continue Reading

Channel 7 broke the news that Pfizer/Wyeth’s S26 soy formula tested positive for GM soy and corn. (Scroll down to ‘video archive’, then select ‘Baby Formula Test’.) Greenpeace had found the contamination and asked MADGE to help as the formula has tested positive 10 times over the past few years. Continue Reading

Time to join the revolution! Sign up for Bike to Work day tomorrow and be a part of a different commuting experience! Continue Reading

MADGE attended the 3rd Australian Food Safety Conference in Melbourne. The food industry has created global networks and factory farms and now has to sort out the problems these bring. There is a burgeoning industry in testing, packaging and logistics. Maybe it would be better, safer and tastier for us to buy local food and learn how to cook. Continue Reading

The health impacts of the use of chemicals in our lives is alarming. And even more concerning is that this pollution to our bodies begins even before birth. Continue Reading

In 2004 Peter Njodzeka founded the Life and Water Development Group Cameroon (LWDGC) with a rather simple goal. “ I wanted to see the people in my area have clean water,” he said. “And we kept expanding. That’s how it started.” Continue Reading

We all know the dangers of plastic in our world – from BPA (Bisphenol A) which at low levels potentially can cause a variety of ailments, including birth defects, infertility and breast cancer. Then there is the damage that is magnified once it enters the environment. Continue Reading

Shea butter has been the biggest deal in cosmetics lately but here’s a new contender!  Illipe Butter! Continue Reading

In Australia, it is illegal to cultivate and use Marijuana but the plant itself does have some brilliant uses such as cleaning up the soil – it was actually used in 1998, Phytotech, along with Consolidated Growers and Processors (CGP) and the Ukraine’s Institute of Bast Crops, planted industrial hemp, Cannabis sp., for the purpose of removing contaminants near the Chernobyl site. Continue Reading

You may or may not be aware of the problems that are going on in the United States of America right now. The problem is Eggs. Yes, eggs. There has been a huge recall of eggs that are contaminated with salmonella and it is a major problem. Continue Reading

Lemons are in season and trees are overflowing! So what should you do with them? Well we have lots of tips and recipes for your lemons, so read on! Continue Reading

We live in a world of seemingly unfair contrasts. While part is peopled with chubby, obese well-fed and overfed humans who moan if their burger has been made with the wrong special sauce, there are still many places where thin is not just beautiful but an imposed necessity. These people have nothing to eat. Continue Reading

She is back! Our favourite straight talking activist Annie Leonard is back talking about cosmetics and personal care products. Everyone uses a lot of these products from toothpaste, face soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, moisturisers, lipstick to baby shampoo and we should be more aware of what goes into them! Continue Reading

It seems that Russia, by far the world’s biggest producer of chrysotile (white) asbestos, is also by far the biggest producers of white lies as far as the dangers in that material are concerned. Canada, India, Brazil, China and Zimbabwe still export this poison despite the dangers. It is a fine dust and just one fibre can kill. Continue Reading

8 Low tech ways to solve household problems:

Problem: No fridge, no power Continue Reading

Every year, 5 million children worldwide die from malnutrition-related causes, including immune-system deficiency, increased risk of infection, decreased bone density, and starvation. But a variety of local efforts are hoping to turn things around. Continue Reading

I have been to some disgusting places in my life.  Some of the beaches in Thailand would easily win the award for the Dirtiest place in the world. Continue Reading

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