By Emma Stewart Wooden surfboards have been making a comeback on the beaches since their disappearance in the fifties, when foam boards became the standard. Many see these beautiful wood creations as a green alternative to their foam counterpart, and are attracted by the hip new look. If you are interested in buying an expensive [...]

By Colin Munro For many year animal rights campaigners have been complaining about the conditions in which chickens are kept industrially both for eggs and for meat. And they have a point; battery hens are kept in very small cages where they can hardly move, with no access to the outside, fresh air and are [...]

By Bennie N Winter Environmentalist concerns work to implant ‘going green’ into world consciousness; while such endeavor is readily seen by ‘Greens’ as planet survival to the detriment of more advanced economies, the enterprise trips on an immediate stumbling block in the form of ‘developing’ and ‘third world’ populations. In the natural order of things, [...]

By Art Johnson Earth Day – A Brief History On April 22, 1970, nearly 20 million Americans rallied for a cleaner, more sustainable environment through “teach in” demonstrations across the country. Springing from the initial Earth Day were significant amendments to the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Clean Water Act. Earth Day [...]

By Allie Moxley The Congress of Conscious Chefs is only the latest in a series of efforts to ensure the long-term sustainability of fishing in Alaska. People have been practicing the activity in the coastal waters for centuries, but it is only in the past one hundred years that fish populations plummeted. Fishers realized that [...]