There is a huge property boom in Australia at the moment and with the cost of houses versus the cost of renting, the choice for some is pretty clear for some people. But renting doesn’t mean you have to stop being green! Read the full story

I just thought this needed to be posted!  We should all be thinking about fires now while it is still cool.  Get out with the scythe, tractor, mower, whipper snipper etc. etc. and clean up the areas around buildings.  The results of this competition may save lives! Read the full story

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.  Read the full story

It’s hard to look at tie-dyed clothes without taking a trip back in time – But fear not! There are other ways to dye and be fabulous too! Read the full story

In simple terms, old-growth forests and clean oceans, through their absorption of massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, are our greatest army to fight climate change.  Read the full story

Jennifer Tomkinson at The Green Times has a great article on the use of ethanol as a replacement for regular petrol. Read the full story

It seems to me that the horrors man has wreaked on the environment are, largely, rooted in ‘bad habits’.  Read the full story

I just found a terrific site that shows you how to calculate the power usage of all your appliances.  I was wondering whether our TV is a guzzler as often I tune it to its radio stations and listen to that.  Read the full story

When British Petroleum (BP) applied for a permit to build the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and begin drilling, it claimed to have the technology and know-how to handle any oil spill. Read the full story

One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of  others. Read the full story

We have a problem here in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Nobody recycles glass bottles as the nearest recycler would be a very long drive away in Guadalajara or as far as Mexico City. Read the full story

I am sure everyone is well aware and well versed about the horrible spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But did you realise that part of the “plan” directs BP media spokespeople to never make “promises that property, ecology, or anything else will be restored to normal? Read the full story

Australia has been praised for its commitment to green education in Copenhagen today (last year’s Hopenhagen Conference) (Friday 11 Dec, 2009). Read the full story

Bendigo Bank in Australia has always been innovative.  They were the first to go BACK into rural communities and open small shopfront banks accessible to remote areas so kudos to them for saving people barrels of oil wasted on travel. Read the full story