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Archive for August, 2006

Oh no! Not more junk mail

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

You can expect the amount of “unaddressed” junk mail coming through your letter-box to increase dramatically with an agreement expected this week to scrap the Royal Mail’s current three-items-a-week limit. These are the mailings addressed to “the occupier” that the postman puts through your door when he is delivering your “addressed” mail. Last year, the [...]

The secrets of the lipstick tree

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

There was a time when flowers and plants were used to colour our fabrics, paints and make-up, before the time of man-made chemicals. Now it seems, with concerns about the environment, our reliance on oil, and the effect that chemicals are having on our health, it may be time to go back to using these [...]

South Africa will be given US$11million
to make 2010 World Cup “green”

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

South Africa is being urged by the World Bank to follow Germany’s example of making the next World Cup as green as possible, with the promise of a US$11million grant for transport and waste management.  The Global Environment Facility, a partnership between the World Bank and the United Nations gives grants to projects in developing [...]