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The sweetest poison of all

In 1957, Dr. William Coda Martin tried to answer the question: When is a food a food and when is…

Death threats, secrets and lies

Death threats, medical secrets, lies and payoffs are some of the menacing tactics power giant Eskom and nuclear fuel company…

Order 81: The ultimate war crime

Under the guise of helping get Iraq back on its feet, the US is setting out to totally re-engineer the…

Portugal builds world’s first commercial wave farm

Portuguese surfers keeping an eye on the weather will be joined this month by engineers and businessmen, but they will…

Dry… or ice?

What you are about to read is going to change your world forever, this I can promise you. I actually…

Pellet Stoves vs. Wood Stoves: Which is Greener?

Pellet stoves have become darlings of the green home heating world, in some ways; they’re more efficient and have fewer…

Feeding the World slowly, ethically, sustainably

Our planet is facing many dangers. Her very survival is being threatened as we plunder and pollute her at a…

The Perils of Plastic Amnesia

Convenient, flimsy, costly, cynical, manipulative, wasteful, deadly… We’ll never forget the plastic bag! Homo sapiens, reasoned Dostoyevsky, is not an…

A menopause report

Sally Longden always recommends trying natural progesterone therapy first.

One head is better than two

In the struggle to solve the environmental problems we have created, the most precious tool we have is imagination. If…