Regarded as the most expensive coffee globally, the Kopi Luwak has a long and illustrious history. However, this coffee is not your conventional coffee. It is excreted by Civets! Civets are cat-like mammals, and these mammals produce this coffee through excrement. This may sound strange and mysterious, yet it is true. A cup of the...Read More
Thanks to the pandemic, household cleaning and hygiene products have never been more popular. In the US last year, sales of aerosol disinfectants grew by nearly 400 per cent during the March 2020 period compared to the previous year. In particular, the popularity of chemical-free products is growing with more people concerned about the environment...Read More
Environmental sustainability is important. Humans have exploited Nature’s resources for... Read More
Environmental concerns have risen in the last decade because we have finally begun to understand the effects of deteriorating Nature. We need energy in all walks of life, and it will be disastrous for future generations if the Earth completely runs out of non-renewable sources of energy. We need to focus on using alternative means...Read More
If you are a star gazer, we are sure you the one thing you haven’t missed the Geminids mete... Read More
DOES THE LAW PROTECT YOU WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING SUNLIGHT IN YOUR HOME?
If a neighbour puts up a building that stops you from accessing direct sunlight, do you have any legal recourse? Jo Thomas, a resident of central Adelaide, had to grapple with this problem when she discovered there were plans by a developer to put up a 4-storey building next door. Jo lives who lives in...Read More
Mia Swainson is passionate about the environment, and it shows. The environmental engineer and mother of three set herself a target early this year to drastically reduce the amount of waste she generated in her home. She was inspired by a story about how a young woman from Canberra had managed to reduce the amount...Read More
Henderson Island, in the Pitcairn Group of South America, has earned the dubious honour of having the highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world. The island, which ironically is listed among World Heritage sites, is said to contain almost 37.7million items of debris that collectively weigh 17.6 tonnes. This is according to a...Read More
Climate Change has become an acknowledged global problem in the last decade, with almost 195 countries committing to working against it in last year’s Paris Agreement. In this article, we tell you more about the climate change journey, Australia’s role in it, and what you can do as a citizen to help the planet. Climate...Read More
Cockroaches are universally hated around the world. Some of us are scared of them. Some of us find them disgusting. Some of us think that they’re pests that don’t deserve to survive. But in reality, cockroaches have some very cool attributes, and in a latest find, their milk was found to be extremely nutritious....Read More