Welcome to Green Me blog - this blog is an extra resource for green me cloth nappy shop. Here we will be posting news and information on how to use and care for your real washable cloth nappies.
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials (source http://www.wastelandmovie.com/)
We are proud to be part of Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs from Monday 28 February to Sunday 13 March 2011.
Fairtrade Fortnight is an initiative set up by The Fairtrade Foundation. This year the theme is "Show Off Your Label" - everyone promotes buying Fairtrade which offers a more secure future to 7.5 million people living in the developing world .
The focus this year is cotton, though it includes other fair trade products such as food and beauty products. The campaign aims to highlight the change Fairtrade brings to communities in developing countries who produce these things.
The Queen's Guard in England uses hats made from bear skins. I did not know this. Did you?
It is unbeliavable that the english goverment buy these hats for their guards and hence supporting a very cruel industry. The headpieces could easily be made from faux fur (or fake fur). PETA is calling for everyone to support their campaign Stop the Slaughter of Bears for Caps as they are trying to take this matter to MPs, Ministry of Defence and Prince Charles.
Please sign the petition here
and see more of PETA's work here
If you have time see bbc's human planet series for the breathtaking images of human's relationship with nature all over the world.
This video clip shows a whale hunt on Lembata island in Indonesia. The whale hunters only have small wooden boats and hand-made harpoons. To kill the whale they jump into the sea to harpoon the whale.
A very well done series with breathtaking images and acts of pure bravery and skills from people around the world. This whale hunt is very upsetting though because whales are such sophisticated animals who do not deserve to be hunted and killed. As such, it caused controvorsey with many viewers complaining about the impartiliaty of the BBC.
The BBC text reads like this:
"With simple wooden boats and hand-made weapons, the whalers seem ill-prepared for battle, but this is how whale hunting’s been done for six hundred years off the small Indonesian island of Lembata. After an epic eight hour battle the whale slowly tires and a final cut through its backbone is made. The death of a whale may be sad to us, but one catch can feed a village for months. This small scale hunt on Lembata doesn’t threaten whale numbers in these oceans."
