The Weird and the Wonderful
Thick bubbles measuring an amazing 10 feet deep and up to 150 feet long puzzled environmental experts today as they choked the River Irk in England.
The Sun has published an impressive photograph of the bubble filled river.
The River Irk, Middleton near Greater Manchester is believed to be the site of a chemical spill. Indeed the Robert McBride Ltd factory is situated just up stream of the visually stunning bubbles manufactures soap and detergent.
The second episode of the WWF’s Extinction Sucks follows Aleisha and Ashleigh to the beach and in no time at all find themselves discussing how and why dolphins will sometimes protect human swimmers from sharks.
A particular focus of the episode are Hector’s Dolphins. These dolphins are some of the rarest and smallest in the world. To raise funds for conservation efforts for the dolphins they gatecrash a party – and its worth watching the effects painkillers and alcohol have on more Ashleigh. Thankfully their tactics work and the manage to raise some funds.
Babipur is an ecommerce site with a clear goal – to sell baby clothes and accessories which are both ethical and fair trade.
Lots of parents are familiar with the washable nappy debate – do you rise to the challenge of washing and cleaning reusable nappies or take the environmentally damaging disposable nappy approach? Not only does Babipur help should you decide to take the green but smelly option the site offers a host of other organic and ethical options in other areas of your baby’s life.
Australian wine producer Banrock Station is upping their green effort. The company has introduced a series of wine labels that encourage “Supporting Global Conservation”.
Banrock Station’s website makes similar efforts. The company is based in a large building by the Murry River in South Australia and have been there since 1994. Improvements have been made to the wetland centre in that time; with solar power, renewable materials and a minimal environmental footprint acting as something of a tourist attraction while allowing native birds to continue to roost there.
By next year over 160 million Galaxy chocolate bars will carry the Rainforest Alliance mark in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Rainforest Alliance works to ensure biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. It works with both consumers and businesses. They offer an adopt-a-rainforest program which allows individuals to sponsor and support a environmental work to protect and repair rainforests around the world.
Extinction Sucks is a new online TV program from the WWF. Each episode is half an hour long and will feature on Panda.org and Babelgum over the next six weeks.
Extinction Sucks is designed to bring quality conversation and green issue programs to the digital audience.
The proposed distillery will have two names; Dingle Distillery and Drioglann Daingean U’ Chuis. The Poterhouse Brewing Company’s plans for the Dingle Distillery are green.
The first purpose-built distillery in Ireland in over 200 years is aiming to have a low carbon footprint and to be situated in a converted creamery.
The site has a river running through it and so the Dingle Distillery will make use of a mill wheel and generate its own hydro electricity. These features combined with the use of solar panels will make it the greenest distillery in the world.
The credit crunch provides us with some holiday dilemmas. Can we go somewhere nice on holiday without spending too much? Can we go somewhere nice and be responsible, ethical and green? Researching such budget ethical holidays can be hard work but here at In Pure Spirit, we think it is worthwhile as success here is […]
Could the corpse of a sea lion be responsible for a mysterious skeleton discovered on a beach in Croyde, North Devon in the UK? This Is North Devon describes how a member of the public contacted Brauton police after she discovered the strange beast. Described as being the size of a calf but with canine […]
Nakd is a vibrant young company trying to make the world a better place. Their stated goals are to increase happiness through healthy snacks, humour and by being helpful!
Nakd make tasty snacks; Trek bars, Nakd bars and their Amazin’ Raisins among others.
Stopping to look at just one of these, the Nakd bars, we can see the effort they put into their food. Nakd bars are rich in phytonutrients which helps fortify our immune system. The bars are a natural source of vitamins, potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron which together boost the immune system defenses and strength bone. In fact, many people suggest these essential vitamins are ideal food to enjoy before after a long meditation as they’ll help you recover from any feeling of dizziness. As you would expect the bars are high in fibre and that brings all the blood sugar and digestion benefits you would hope for.
