The following is a guest post from Lior, who works for an online task management tool company and also for a nursing wear clothes online shop. Israel has the golden opportunity to offer their clean technology experti…

Trying to find humane food at your local grocery store or restaurant? There’s an app for that. Today, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched its first-ever iPhone application, Eat Human…

A good way to cut down on energy use and electric bills is to turn off standby power. Standby power, also called phantom power, refers to the power consumed by electronics while they are switched off or in standby mode.…

Last week it was announced that a group of the Internets highly respected and viewed environmental websites have formed a partnership and become syndicated through a new start-up company called Simple Earth Media…

PVC - What is it?

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a relatively cheap and widely used chlorinated plastic. It is naturally rigid and in this form is used in many ways, including by the building industry. Through the additi…

BFRs - What are they?

The term brominated flame retardants (BFRs) refers a wide range of brominated chemicals added to materials to both inhibit their ignition and slow their rate of combustion. Commonly used examp…