Category Archives: Health for the Planet

A TRIFECTA OF GOOD NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

WORLD leaders are waking up to the serious nature of climate change and biodiversity loss.  The richest nations in the world, the G 7 (UK, US, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, and Canada) have agreed to stop funding all overseas development … Continue reading

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BEST NEWS SINCE CLEAN AIR ACT IN 1963!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL!!  HOORAY!  Bravo to the US Senate!!  In a tie-breaking vote by VP Kamala Harris, the Senate passed a  $480 million sweeping legislative act to ameliorate climate change and reduce emissions (read as toxic air pollution) … Continue reading

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VICTORY! CANADA BANS SINGLE-USE PLASTIC!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL!!BRAVO OCEANA CANADA!  Canada just became the first country to ban the six major one-use plastics, including plastic bags, cutlery, 6-pack ring carriers, cutlery, and food containers!  They closed loopholes in the previous draft ban, brought … Continue reading

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RETURN OF THE CLIPPER SHIPS!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL! To awaken awareness to the huge polluting carbon footprint of ocean shipping, one creative woman is bringing back old time 100 year old, clean, green sailing cargo ships. While working on her second ship, this … Continue reading

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Solar Powered Hospital in Wales Exceeds All Expectations!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL! Wales’ Morrison Hospital in Swansea is powered by its own solar farm, and is providing more energy with a greater savings than projected.  With current rising costs, they expect their savings to double!  BRAVO and … Continue reading

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Carl Sagan has a message for us all. . .

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Taking Coffee a Step Further!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL! Love coffee? Take it a step further! Each pair of Rens Original Trainers has the equivalent of 21 cups of coffee grounds in it. Why? The FINS love coffee more than any other country and … Continue reading

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Mustard Powered Aircraft ~ Cutting Aviation Emissions by 70%!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL!  Fantastic!  The humble mustard plant, Carinata, has the potential to rock the aviation industry into using a green biofuel that will help rural states in the southeast, US, provide all the benefits of cover cropping, … Continue reading

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UN Declares Access to a Clean Environment a Human Right!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL!  THE UN 47- member Human Rights Council voted to finally add their weight to the fight against pollution/climate change, making a clean, healthy environment a basic human right.  The US is not a member, therefore … Continue reading

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Sustainable Farming in Hawaii – Providing for Our Own Well-Being!

GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL! YES! Magazine features a stunning article showing how mentors in Hawaii, especially here on the Big Island are working toward food self-sufficiency for our island communities. “Hawai‘i is “showing the rest of the country how … Continue reading

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