A report by Global Management consultants McKinsey & Co has found Australia could reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2020, and it would cost Australian families less than $1 a day.
"Emission reductions of at least 30 per cent by 2020 - the sort of cuts the s...
Environmental health organisations in the United States and Canada are calling for a ban on the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles, toddler sippy cups, water bottles and other food and beverage containers.
Canada intends to ban the import and sale ...
A study by researchers at the University of Southampton has shown evidence of increased levels of hyperactivity in young children consuming mixtures of some artificial food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate.
The possibility of food colours and preservative...
All you need is love, sang John Lennon.
True, according to most people.
The only challenge: how do you create love?
A quite startlingly simple answer was found to that question in the redwood forests of Boulder Creek, California, south of San Francisco. A Californi...
Flannerys is proud to announce the opening of their new store in Wynnum Plaza on Tuesday 1 April. One of the co-owners, Gail Hooker, is a local girl coming home after 20 years to open and run it.
In 2007 it started with a simple question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?
The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour.
On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their li...
Australians are getting fatter – with as many as one in four Australian children now considered overweight or obese. It also seems we're getting thirstier – for soft drink, that is. In 2003 alone, Australians consumed 110 litres of soft drink each. That's the equivalent...
We assume fruit in supermarkets is fresh, but supermarket apples are often called 'birthday apples' in the industry. Independent testing has shown some apples have been stored for months before sale.
This doesn't just apply to imported produce that has travelled thou...
It's probably in your shopping trolley every week and on the table every morning at breakfast, but have you ever really stopped to look at what actually goes into store-bought juice? Even if you choose to buy juice without the added sugar, colourings and additives the p...
We remember Gandhi as an opponent of colonialism and a campaigner for social justice. But he also pioneered everything from environmentalism to fair trade. Sixty years after his death, there is still much that Gandhi can teach us.