positive Land news
KYRGYZSTAN: Organic cotton tested in the southFarmers in the south of Kyrgyzstan have organically produced their first 24 mt of cotton fibre. Organic agriculture is predicted to take off by 2006, allowing local farmers the opportunity to increase their standard of living while at the same time protect the environment. |
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Students Give New Life to Unwanted ComputersDon't tell Santa, but a workshop in Colorado Springs is filled with young people happily hacking electronics to bits. |
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Armstrong Ceiling Tile Recycling Level Tops 20 MillionArmstrong World Industries announced that its Ceiling Recycling Program has now diverted more than twenty-million-square-feet of old acoustical ceiling tiles from landfills to recycling applications. |
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Scientists turn cellphones into flowersInstead of chucking your old cellphone, you can now transform it into the flower of your choice as a team of researchers at the Warwick University have found a novel way to compost old and discarded phones into flowers. |
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Kraft to Double Ethical Coffee Purchases in 2005Kraft Foods Inc said it plans to more than double its purchase of ethical coffee to 6,000 tonnes in 2005 as the maker of the Kenco and Maxwell House coffee ranges mulls the launch of a mainstream ethical brand. |
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Japan is shipping home a half-century’s worth of garbage from AntarcticaJapanese researchers in Antarctica are getting serious about cleaning up the half-century's worth of garbage piled up at their base on the southernmost continent, an official said Thursday. |
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Monsanto gives up on bid for genetically engineered wheatBiotechnology giant Monsanto said Monday it shelved a bid to introduce genetically modified wheat, sparking jubilation among Canadian environmentalists. |
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Home-delivered organic food catches onCall him the milkman of the new millennium. But instead of delivering bottles of milk, James Nestmann leaves blue plastic containers of organic fruit and vegetables on the doorsteps of homes all over Toronto. |
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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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