In most countries, oil is the main fuel source used for transportation. However, this use has lead to a dependence on imported and expensive oil for many countries around the globe, and with oil supplies in decline the move … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sustainability Topics
How Sustainable is Your Diet?
Food makes up a large part of our everyday lives, whether it’s dropping by the shops on the way home from work, searching for new recipes online or preparing a home cooked family meal. However, many of us are … Continue reading
Mainstreaming Sustainability
Mainstreaming Sustainability The importance of Sustainability and Sustainable Development is widely acknowledged. Companies, governments, and all kinds of establishments demonstrate their ambitions day by day to show that they are keeping up with ‘trends’, not only because it is known … Continue reading
Increasing biofuel usage: The positive and negative impacts
Introduction Over the past decade concern has grown over the environmental consequences of fossil fuels, this has influenced the recent interest in biofuels (Hill et al. 2006). Ambitious policies that promote biofuel use and production have not only been … Continue reading
Will Ocean Fertilisation Work?
The implications and impacts from ever increasing greenhouse gases emitted into our atmosphere are profound. It is the responsibility of scientists and policy makers to find methods of reducing these emissions and increasing the worlds carbon sinks. The oceans … Continue reading
Keeping fruits and vegetables fresh – the traditional and the modern way
We all know how bad it feels when food we have bought turns bad and has to be thrown away or onto the compost heap. But there are some tips and tricks on how to keep fruits and vegetables fresh … Continue reading
Who are you? Defining Sustainable Development
When the phrase ‘sustainable development’ came into widespread use in the last half of the 1980s, it signalled a new phase in our struggle with the twin catastrophes of resource depletion and environmental degradation. Although the essence of the concept … Continue reading
Green Roofs
In times past, spreads of bountiful grass and plants on the roof of buildings were considered to be flights of fancy of avant-garde architects. However, due to a multitude of environmental, social and economic benefits, green roofs are now … Continue reading
Environmentally friendly dog toys
While there is much debate about the environmental impact of keeping pets (e.g. [1, 2, 3, 4]), one way of reducing the energy consumption and effect on the environment of products associated with owning a dog is to buy … Continue reading
Transition towns
Transition towns (also known as the Transition Network or Transition Movement) are a grassroots community network with the aim of equipping communities to deal with the challenges presented by climate change and peak oil [1]. The Transition … Continue reading
