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This is not good. SOURCE: Flickr, By Nikita Hengbok According to the Independent, while we have studied the impacts of air pollution on human health in great depth, we haven’t really done the same with flora and fauna. Why is that? Surely, they breathe in the same air we do. […]
Imagine you’re sitting reading a good book or watching your favourite tv shows for hours. You’ve potentially breathed in 11 pieces of microplastics per hour. Despite indoor air having a higher concentration of microplastics, it is also present in outdoor air. All this time, microplastics have been right under (and […]
Give Me A Brake Traffic jam in Dhaka, Bangladesh // Source: The New York Times We tend to take air conditioning (AC) for granted. Even in our cars, we can drive around on the hottest days in total comfort. We are lucky to live in an affluent country where a […]
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Plastic Free July Series (Volume 4 of 5)
Plastics should be a food group all on its own since most of the food we eat contain micro- and nanoplastics. Whether we like it to or not, plastics have become a hidden part of our diet. Fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood or bottled water are becoming laced with tiny pieces […]
December 1969. I was six years old. It was the same year that humanity slipped its earth-bound mortal coil and alit on the Moon. A young lad, I was astounded and wanted to be an astronaut. December 1969. The US government instituted the draft for the first time since WWII […]
At the height of the Vietnam war, Ernie Regher authored a story for Alternatives Journal about the harmful effects war and militarism. In Regher’s words, militarism is “the extension of military influence over national and international affairs.” He explained a country will often divert resources which would have otherwise gone […]
As a business owner in the Zero Waste community, I am surrounded by people that look like me. White, female, and probably toting a canvas bag with empty mason jars in it. I have never felt out of place. I was introduced to this community on Instagram when I first […]
Two Wrongs Do Not Make A Right Source: The Guardian// Photograph: Yvette Cardozo/Alamy
