The Weird and the Wonderful
Rather sadly, WWF UK are reporting that Russian police in Primorsky discovered the skin of an Amur leopard in the back of car. The Amur leopard is one of the rarest animals in the world.
It is believed than less than 20 adult Amur leopards exist in the world today. Between them they may have as few as 5 cubs. The leopards are already extinct in China and Korea.
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.
Cafedirect says its birth came after the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989. The fairtrade brand now works with 39 grower organisations, in 13 developing countries and with more than 260,000 farmers.
Tea-direct and Cocodirect, sub-brands for tea and coco products, are expected to come under the Cafeedirect brand in a shakeup being led by CEO Anne MacCaig and comes after a 5% drop in year-on-year sales.
Microsoft’s Live Search team has joined up with Gnomedex to sponsor a green themed coding contest. They hope that Code for Green will make a difference to both the economy and ecology. As the Live Search blog points out Green = Money and Green = Environment.
Web-based applications need to use the Live Search API (Microsoft wants to promote their search engine) and need to be submitted to willcodeforgreen.gnomedex.com come June the 1st. They must use the Live Search API but are free to use other non-Microsoft products.
In 1820 the building served as a courthouse but today it is a salon owned by hairdresser Harry Browns. “We’ve been aware of an eerie presence in the salon for years but to actually see it on film is very odd,” Mr Browns told UK press who became interested in the story after ghost hunters […]
The list of winners included companies like Dell, Google, Intel, Cisco but also Honeywell International and The aerospace Corporation who both listed in the category “Aerospace and Defense”.
Honeywell International is the company that the famous Honeywell Project was created to oppose. From 1960 to 1990 the Honeywell Project campaigned against (what was then) the Honeywell Corporation in order to persuade them to drop their weapons manufacturing business.
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.
The CEO and founder of Christie Communications picked up the Joe Nida Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at the Clean Business Investment Summit held this year in Santa Barbara.
Christie Communications describe themselves as a full-service agency offering everything from the strategic approach to the tactical. Their site notes there is nothing they can’t do.
The agency has worked with the South African Rooibos PK Limited and the Gourment Garden HErb and Spice Blends company from Australia.
