Does anyone know the answer to this: where does shoe/handbag/clothing leather come from? Someone told me that they actually kill animals just for this as opposed to using the waste product (ie. skin/leather) from animals which are being butchered for their meat…..if that is true, then it seems very wasteful in both processes. Wouldn't it make more sense to use the skins from meat animals? I ...
The reduce, reuse and THEN recycle thing….when I was in Japan the foreigners used to be the true proponents of the reuse concept. I was there during the "bubble" economy. It seemed then that everyone had too much money-before the big crash there. At that time, it was amazing what people would throw away. It seemed like everything had a 2 year shelf life-TVs, microwaves, stereos, coffee ma ...
When I lived in Japan, about 15 years ago, I was always amazed not only at how clean and safe the country was, but also at the extent to which recycling had taken hold (although at the same time people didn't really seem to grasp the concept of proper garbage disposal at the beaches!). Every day I would see people pushing shopping carts full of neatly flattened and tied cardboard and other r ...
I was just reading about an organization that sounds very interesting-it is called the Green Table Network. Apparently it is a certification program for restaurants and bars which is based on a program in San Francisco which helps these establishments operate more sustainably through "redesign, retraining, rethinking and recycling". Issues addressed can include not only the obvious bottle r ...
As is obvious, we are still in the process of getting the content up on this site…..but why let that stop the blog?
Having worked in the environmental industry for almost 20 years now, I am still amazed at how much coverage the media is giving to environmental issues (particularly climate change) lately. It seems that everyone is getting into the act-which is great of course. For years I h ...