Heavy metals are natural components of the Earth's crust. As trace elements, some heavy metals are essential to maintain the metabolism of the human body. However, at higher concentrations they can lead to poisoning. They cannot be degraded or destroyed but tend to bioaccumulate (increase ... MORE...
'GREEN LIVING' Articles
Here are ten easy steps you can take towards greener parenting. They are based on ethical and sustainable choices that help to reduce both the amount of resources we use and the amount of waste that we generate. 1. Breastfeeding Breastmilk provides the best nutrition for your baby, it protects baby from ... MORE...
With the debate still current as to whether disposable, eco-disposable or cloth nappies are best, there is another alternative that many people are unaware of. It’s the cleanest, greenest and probably the oldest way of dealing with babies’ elimination. Elimination Communication (EC), also referred to as Infant Potty ... MORE...
I don’t drive a biodiesel car and I definitely don’t own anything that could be converted to run on biodiesel as far as I know. But it’s looking more and more like I should start, because my wallet is getting distressed and it seems like the planet is, too. As a ... MORE...
In 1984, we, Ellen and Harvey Ussery, moved to our modest two and a half acre homestead in the village of Hume. Since our move to “Boxwood” (for the extensive plantings of fine old boxwoods here when we arrived), we have increased every year the proportion of our food produced ... MORE...
Desire has been defined by men in most civilisations since history began to be recorded, orally or in writing. Men have dictated how women should be, act, look, love, live. Until very recent times in Western civilisation, men, first the fathers or brothers, then the husbands or sons, owned women, ... MORE...
We live in an age of crisis unparalleled in our history. Any one of our numerous crises would alone pose tremendous danger, but they are rapidly converging to create interlocking and cascading effects. We practice an enormously destructive agriculture that is ruining some of the best soils in the world. Our way ... MORE...
I have given nearly one thousand talks about the environment in the past fifteen years, and after every speech a smaller crowd gathered to talk, ask questions, and exchange business cards. The people offering their cards were working on the most salient issues of our day: climate change, poverty, deforestation, ... MORE...
Back in 1990 when I co-authored the book Farms of Tomorrow, there were perhaps 60 community supported farms (CSAs) in the USA. When I returned to the subject to help write Farms of Tomorrow Revisited (1998), I found that there had been a quiet, steady surge of growth in the ... MORE...
Compost tea is used for two reasons: To inoculate microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants, and to add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil to feed the organisms and the plants present. The use of compost tea is suggested any ... MORE...
