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Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has urged oil palm plantation owners in Kinabatangan to fulfil their promises to ensure that river pollution problems caused by factory discharge are solved immediately....
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Shocking Health Effects of Commonly Used Pesticide
Dow's pesticide Dursban was banned for home use, but continues to be sprayed on our food despite horrific health threats.
Photo Credit: sakhorn/Shutterstock.com
Endocrine disruptors, synthetic chemicals that mimic and interfere with
natural hormones, lurk everywhere from canned foods and microwave popcorn
bags to cosmetics and carpet-cleaning solutions.
The...
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that
is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm
the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals,
provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and
enhances rural communities.
Characteristics of this type...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Review on handling marine life: Masidi
Published on: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Kota Kinabalu: Photographs of various marine wildlife including turtles and giant clams being manhandled by visitors at what appears to be the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park near here...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Charred lands: fertile grounds for sustainable agriculture in Kalimantan?
Slash-and-burn farming, Indonesia, Photo by CIFOR
BOGOR, Indonesia (06 July, 2012)_ In the Amazon, it’s called Terra Preta. In the tribal tongues of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, it’s called tiem by the lowland Merap and punyuh
by the upland Punan. In all three languages, the meaning is the
same:“Black Soil,” an apt description of the dark, nutrient-rich soil
pockets prized...
Food Reps Impressed by U.S. Soy Sustainability Practices
St. Louis, Mo. —
Most U.S. soybean farmers know they employ sustainable farming methods,
such as conservation tillage, cover crops and tactics that help
minimize nutrient runoff. Now a group of representatives from global
food companies know it, too.
The United Soybean Board (USB) and soy checkoff’s Sustainability
Initiative recently organized an educational series of U.S. farm tours...
Environment Cleanliness is Everybody's Responsibility - Masidi
Datuk Masidi said that many of the tourist who come to Sabah made a complaint that state on how dirty our public toilets in the Kota Kinabalu area as well as rubbish that been thrown recklessly.
He said we cannot continue to promote Sabah as the best eco-tourism spot in the world if we do not have the sense of responsibility to preserve our environment and to take care the cleanliness of our...
Monday, August 13, 2012
Conference told farms are clean and green
Federated Farmers has told a conference of Royal New Zealand
Forest & Bird Protection Society members that clean, green and
sustainable farming methods are being used, compared to 30 years ago.
Federated Farmers president...
Green Economy: Does it include You?
The UN Environment Program defines the Green Economy as one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green...
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Sustainable Agriculture Techniques
Sustainable agriculture provides high yields without undermining the
natural systems and resources that productivity depends on. Farmers who
take a sustainable approach work efficiently with natural processes
rather than ignoring...
6 Brands Playing Footsie with Conservatives and Paying the Price
Companies have to do the right thing -- not the right-wing thing -- if they want to stick around.
August 3, 2012 |
Chick-fil-A
might have gotten a nice, one-day sales boost with "Chick-fil-A
Appreciation Day," but tying a national brand to aging white bigots is
not a winning strategy – and the numbers prove it. Executives. directors
and managers of American corporations...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Why Imperial Greed Has a Huge Role to Play in India's Electricity Blackout
Neoliberalism and international banking share the blame with technological shortcomings.
August 3, 2012 |
Photo Credit: Daphne Wysham
This article was originally posted at FireDogLake. View original here.One-tenth of the planet’s people — one-half of India’s population —
lost power completely this week, with a blackout covering most of north
India’s...
Our Oceans Are Dying--And Obama Wants to Let Shell Drill for More Oil in Arctic Waters
If the major energy companies have their way, there will be no turning back until the oceans are a garbage dump.
August 2, 2012 |
When you go to the mountains, you go to the mountains. When it’s the desert,
it’s the desert. When it’s the ocean, though, we generally say that
we’re going “to the beach.” Land is our element, not the waters of our
world,...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
A Zero-Waste Olympics? Nice Try, But No Gold Medal
A new WWF report says the London games aren't even close to meeting their own sustainability goals
August 1, 2012 |
Photo Credit: Sum_of_Mark
It’s easier to imagine a world without waste than it is to actually
accomplish it. And that’s what the planners of the London Olympics are
finding out—their vision doesn’t quite match the situation on the
ground.
Zero...
Monday, August 6, 2012
Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?
The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity is commonly referred to as biodiversity.
The
number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous
diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the
planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a
biologically diverse Earth.
Appropriate conservation and
sustainable development strategies...
Stranded Whale Dies
STUCK....The
whale shortly after it was found stuck in shallow waters in Kuala
Penyu, where rescue workers could not do much other than hoping for high
tide to enable them to free it.
By : ELTON GOMES
KOTA
KINABALU: A 5.8-meter long whale which was found stranded in shallow
waters near shore at Kampung Setompok, Kuala Penyu yesterday, died
despite efforts by various authorities...
Commissioner Calls for Sustainable Agriculture Commitment
GLOBAL - Sustainable agriculture is not a luxury
but a necessity the European Agriculture Commissioner, Dacian Ciolo?
told the G+20 meeting in Rio last week.
He said the link between agriculture and
natural resources is unbreakable because for over 25 per cent of the
world's population, farming is the main source of income and it accounts
for 65 per cent of the jobs in developing...
Stop the slaughter, save orang utans in Borneo
PETALING JAYA - Malaysian authorities have been urged to help stop the slaughter of orang utans in Borneo.
Environmental groups, who made the call in the wake of reports and photographs of orang utans being shot dead by plantation companies, urged Malaysia to work with Indonesian authorities to stop the killing.
According to a report in Britain's Daily Mail, oil palm plantation managements...
Sunday, August 5, 2012
9 Things You Can Do to Save Water
By Jennifer Bogo
Use these guidelines to see how many gallons you can conserve each year.
Turn Off the Faucet While Brushing Your Teeth
Why it’s worth the effort: Brushing your teeth seems like a quick job, but...
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