Denmark ‘Fat Tax’ Starts Saturday
Denmark is moving ahead with a tax on products that make people fat. Denmark already has the lost percentage of obese people in Europe and even they are concerned with…
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See Canada’s Environment in Google Earth
Tides Canada has teamed up with Google Earth to allow the world to see Canada’s precious environment using Google’s technology. Now you can visualize things like the boreal forest and…
No More Bull Fighting in Catalonia
Bull fighting is animal cruelty that has some legitimacy in Spain, but that has started to change. For many years animal rights activists have been championing the safety and good-treatment…
Canada Can be Powered only by Geothermal Energy
Geothermal power is yet another proven sustainable source of energy, indeed Iceland’s geothermal production accounts for 99% of their energy production. Researchers in Canada have concluded that there is enough…
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist
Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have had a lot of success in stopping whalers from murdering defenceless whales and other sea life. Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist looks at the success…
Gamers Solve AIDS Enzyme Puzzle
If you thought playing games was just for fun, well Foldit is a game that has people solve problems for science. That itself is pretty neat, but what pushes this…
A Simple Change in Signage can Save Time, Environment
Here’s a TED Talk that explores how creating a new road sign can make a huge impact on the roads of America. Gary Lauder breaks down the impact of a…
Greenpeace at 40
I’ll come out and say that I”m a keen supporter of Greenpeace so I’m happy to point out all the good work they’ve done over the past 40 years that…
Stoves and the Majority World
We looked at the Paradigm Project and Stove Man before in June. They have been busy making more videos about what they are up to in the world of helping…
A Book That Helps Kill Malaria
Malaria No More has a book released through The Domino Project that is a collection of essays on the state of malaria. The good news is that when you purchase…
From Landfill to Sustainable Power Plant
Madison, New York, has a landfill that has been sitting and rotting and essentially not doing anything productive. That’s all about to change. A new pilot test of a Spectro…
California Bans Shark Fin Soup
There are tons of reason to ban shark fin soup, and it’s not just because it’s cruel to sharks. “Sharks have been around for nearly 400 million years, and could…
Subways to (Kinda) Power Themselves
Most hybrid cars capture energy excerpted while braking and use it to help refill the battery. A company that makes flywheels will be working with New York City to apply…
Negative Carbon Concrete
The most popular construction material on the planet is concrete and it turns out that the way we use it is not environmentally friendly. What if we changed that? A…
Radio Topics for August 30th
Welcome to the last week of August. This is Adam’s last show before he heads out west for school so we promise it will be a good one! As per…
Only 92 Minutes of Exercise needed to Extend Life
Researcchers have done something great for us lazy people: figured out the bare minimum amount of exercise needed to extend your life. The short answer is 92 minutes per week…
Happiest Commuters Walk or Cycle to Work
Many cyclists can go on for hours about how great riding a bicycle everyday is (I know I can), and it has been proven that walking can make you happier…
Brazil: Wind Power Now Cheaper Than Natural Gas
In Brazil a recent energy auction has shown that wind power is cheaper than natural gas in the country, and also a better investment opportunity. The competitiveness of sustainable energy…
Organic Fertilizers Cost Effective and Better for Crops
Here’s a good story about how poor farmers in Kenya have shunned expensive chemical fertilizers for cheaper organic ones. The organic fertiliser is sprayed onto maize two weeks after planting,…
Radio Topics for August 23rd
August is winding down. This is Adam’s second last show before he heads back to Vancouver for the school year. We have an exciting show lined up for our listeners…