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Turning Your Dog Into a Good Environmental Citizen

6 Comments Published by Seamus Ford December 21st, 2008 in Education, Recycling, landscaping.

Our dogs and cats are our companions and we naturally want to take care of them. If you are a pet owner you probably give a lot of thought to what you feed your pet. What you probably don’t think about is what happens to the waste they generate once you dispose of it. Most people [...]

Coming to grips with the end of suburbia

0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 7th, 2008 in Commentary, Education, Peak Oil, Social Responsibility.

As we enter the age of post peak oil, we have to begin to prepare ourselves for inevitable changes to our lifestyle. This video is a 52 minute version of the documentary “The End of Suburbia”. This is a sobering must watch video. What it predicted at the time it [...]

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Toyota COO Acknowledges Peak Oil March 11, 2010
While the rest of the automotive industry and bussiness world are wondering about the long term impact of Toyota’s recent recalls, the company clearly remains focused on the future in ways that the rest of the industry seems to be missing all together. Jim Lentz the Director of Toyota Motor Sales in North America makes [...] […]
Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning March 11, 2010
Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or â€œpercâ€�) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause mens […]