Bear Bile Farm to Become a Sanctuary
Jenny Cottle Bear bile farming is a horrendous practise where the animals suffer unbelievably, but this week Animals Asia announced they are taking over a bear bile farm in the…
Technology to Help Save the World
Jenny Cottle A UN study launched in recent days has given some good news – changing to a world of clean energy is extremely affordable. To quote Professor Ottmas Edenhofer…
Little Voices – Big Victories
Jenny Cottle This past week the International Court of Justice, the court of the UN, ruled that Japan’s whaling in the Southern Ocean was not scientific and must be stopped…
Walk Away from Climate Change
Jenny Cottle Climate Change is something that is and will increasingly affect everyone on the planet. Environmentally these effects are increasingly worrying to say the least. Most air pollution is…
Dear Earthlings
Jenny Cottle In 1988 Nigel Harding wrote a children’s textbook, Wanted! New Managers for Planet Earth, now sadly now out of print, it began with an imaginary conversation between earth…
Nature Is Good For You
Jenny Cottle Last weekend watching a summer thunder storm build, I was in complete awe. I was in awe with the rich greens caused by the light coming through the…
Nepal Shows Poaching Can Be Stopped
Jenny Cottle Tigers, elephants and rhinos are critically endangered worldwide due to poaching. At times stopping the problem seems insurmountable as it is driven by greed, superstition and poverty, but…
Innovations in Renewable Energy and Reducing Emissions
Jenny Cottle The fire at Australia’s Hazelwood Coal Mine continues to burn weeks after it started from a grassfire. This environmental disaster magnifies the need to stop burning coal and…
Great Re-Uses for Plastic
Jenny Cottle Plastic is convenient, cheap and a worldwide environmental scourge. Whilst science is finding many alternatives to plastic, people are beginning to realise that they need to change their…
Being Green in an Urban Environment
Jenny Cottle Reading about a new innovation in bicycle design made me think about living sustainably in an urban environment. As individuals there are so many things we can do,…