Boris’ bikes are an important step in the right direction for getting more people on two wheels in London. But it seems that the city still has a lot to learn from the City of Ghent, Belgium. 
Category Archives: sustainable living
Making sustainable living better than teen sex
“Sustainable living is like teenage sex”, few are doing it, and fewer are doing it “properly” said Joanna Yarrow, Founding Director of Beyond Green, at the Ashden Awards.
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We need to talk about ketchup. We all love the red stuff. But we really need to talk about it. Analysis of the steps involved in processing ketchup – from farming the tomatoes through to packaging – to transporting and retailing that symbol of American mass consumerism reveals an alarming fact. To produce it requires a mind-boggling 150 separate processes, across several continents, according to research cited in a new book by the International Institute for Environment and Development.