The Bamboo Story
September 18th is World Bamboo Day. Why on earth would people want to celebrate a plant? The short answer is, it’s a great plant. For one thing, it’s highly versatile—a recent British Broadcasting Corporation article states that bamboo can be…
10 More Ways to Fire-Up Your Walking Workout
Add some intervals Increase your speed for brief “bursts” during a walk and you can double your calorie burn. Use either time (alternate between three minutes at a steady pace and one minute at a speed walk) or landmarks (pick…
Green Your Camping Trip: Put Nature First
Camping is one of nature lovers’ favourite activities. What better way to get close to nature than to trek into the jungle, inhale fresh air and hear the chirps of birds before spending a night surrounding by a myriad of…
Breathe Easier in Your Home
HEPA Air Filter Guide & 7 Simple Steps to Cleaner Indoor Air Take a bus ride at noon and choose a seat where you can have a clear view of the door opening and closing. Take a close look at…
Don’t Be So Trashy: Curbing Food Waste
With its people being multi-racial, the country celebrates various festivals almost all year round. Food, a favourite past time of the locals and a key point of interest for visitors, pile high on the tables as a result of gracious…
Throw A GREEN Kids Birthday Party And Help Save Planet Earth
A birthday party is an event that everyone looks forward to, especially as a kid. The good old times when our parents threw us birthday parties with birthday cakes to be shared with friends. There will be games of musical…
The Tencel Tale: A Great Story About A Great Clothing Material
In my previous article I wrote about the fact that what is natural may not always be good. I also suggested that what is unnatural can be good. This smacks of hubris. Are humans smarter than Mother Nature? I’m not…
Save the Earth: Wasteful things you can live without (Part 2)
Electric pencil sharpeners A task performed since generations ago now ‘needs’ technology to do. Pencils are now being sharpened the ‘modern’ way with an electric pencil sharpener that runs on batteries. What happens when these batteries are discarded? The lead…
Save the Earth: Wasteful things you can live without (Part 1)
Despite humans being the ‘smartest’ animals, we produce tonnes of waste, most often deliberately at times without caring if it would someday affect the lives inhabiting the Earth. As of the year 2008 alone, 250 million tonnes of waste was…
25 Simple Tips to Keep Cool without Air Cond
The current hot spell can be a killer. We know that. However, that does not warrant us to run out to get air-conditioner units for the whole house. Cooling our homes in this hot weather can account for 45 percent…
