Think about this: our tears taste salty, our blood tastes salty, in fact, our body fluids are remarkably akin to a salty sea environment. Salt is one of the essential elements of life, but the human body cannot produce it, hence we have to take it from an external source. Most of the salt we […]
It’s Ten Years Since Ecological Economics First Saw The Limelight – What’s Happened Since?
It’s been ten years since the US ecologic economics expert Robert Constanza shocked the world by slapping a monetary value on the earth’s natural resources. Now, a decade later, has the science come of age? When Constanza estimated air, minerals, water and soil at a combined value of USD33 trillion in 1997, he triggered a […]
A Zero Carbon Footprint? What Individuals Can Do To Make It Happen
Living the No Impact lifestyle is impossible; a carbon footprint by definition equals damage to the earth. Yet some people try. This article assesses what individuals are meaningfully doing to contribute to the environment and how corporations are playing into the trend by conducting experience based marketing. There are many crazy shops around, but FLOWmarket beats […]
EU Mandates Biofuel – Glycerine Production Increases Over 130% In Two Years
The next few years, European markets will be swamped with glycerine, as biodiesel production from vegetable oils or animal fats accelerates. Europe aims to run cars on petrol and diesel produced at a minimum of 5.75% from biofuels by the year 2010. The surplus of glycerin supply on the European market will not only significantly […]
Religious Manifestations of Terrorism in India
India has since independence seen largely three manifestations of terrorism; ethno linguistic, left wing terrorism and religious. Of course, there have been other movements which can be classified into one or more of these boxes – most prominently the Dravidian movement in the 60s and the Shiv Sena inspired sons of the soil movement driven […]
Metal Band Every Time I Die Rocks Los Angeles
Every Time I Die expands metal genre By Richard Davis In a nutshell Band Name: Every Time I Die Band Members: Keith Buckley: Vocals, Jordan Buckley: Guitar, Andy Williams: Guitar, Mike Novak: Drums, Josh Newton: Bass Genre: Metal Origin: Buffalo, New York Saturday October 6 — Metal band Every Time I Die […]