News — environmental angst

Bicycle is the slow death of the planet.

July 06, 2022 • earth day • environmental angst • environmentally friendly • natural solutions • preventive medicine • world environment day

"Bicycle is the slow death of the planet."

A banker made the economists think this when he said:

“A cyclist is a disaster for the country’s economy: he doesn’t buy cars and doesn’t borrow money to buy. He don't pay insurance policies. Don't buy fuel, don't pay to have the car serviced, and no repairs needed. He doesn't use paid parking. Doesn't cause any major accidents. No need for multi-lane highways.

How to Participate in Plastic Free July

June 26, 2022 • biodegradable • earth day • eco-friendly products • environmental angst • environmentally friendly • green marketing • green products • microplastics • natural bristle toothbrush • natural kitchen sponges • plastic pollution

Plastic-Free July is a global movement to help educate people on the horrible impact plastic has on our world and to encourage people to refuse single-use plastics and other unnecessary plastics by making simple swaps.

For example, ditching their plastic toothbrush for a fully compostable bamboo and boar hair toothbrush.

Plastic Waste Pollution Will Triple By 2060

June 13, 2022 • eco-friendly products • environmental angst • microplastics • natural solutions • plastic pollution • recycle • wishcycling

Despite plastic bag bans and other "efforts" the amount of plastic waste produced globally is set to almost triple by 2060! Where will it all go? About half goes to the usual spot i.e. in landfills and a paltry 1/5 of it will be recycled, according to a new OECD report. People it is time for radical change and radical innovation too. It is fantastic to hear about plastic eating microbes, enzymes and even worms, but those solutions are a drop in the plastic pollution bucket and perhaps decades away at best. We need to reduce our plastic footprint now. Gaia...

Mircroplastics Cause Human Cell Death

December 16, 2021 • eco-friendly products • environmental angst • microplastics • plastic pollution • zerowaste

Your suspicions and concerns about possible harm to humans caused by microplastics may just have been proven correct.

A recent paper entitled, "A rapid review and meta-regression analyses of the toxicological impacts of microplastic exposure in human cells" looked at 17 previous studies on the toxicological impacts of microplastics on human cell lines.

The 8 R's of the Environment + 3 More

April 13, 2021 • biodegradable • earth day • eco-friendly products • environmental angst • environmentally friendly • natural solutions • plastic pollution • zerowaste

Growing up you likely learnt the 3 R's of the environment. Reduce, reuse and recycle were great starting points, but that lists has grown to 8 R's (feel free to add more in the comments)