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• And the Winner Is....

  

  As promised I would publish the winning poem of the Peace One Day 2013 contest. The winner, with a beautiful poem, is the 15 year old Philippa Crundwell . Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• When a Breath of Fresh Air Causes Lung Cancer....

  

  (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey) Air pollution causes heart and lung diseases and kills more people than AIDS and malaria combined. Last week the World Health Organisatio... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Upcycle My China!

  

  Due to my (questionable and regularly changing) taste we have ended up with 5 different sets of China, and that is without the "secrets" hidden in the boxes tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Worth Dying For...

  This video has some absolutely stunning images of our amazing planet. But equally shocking pictures of what we do to it. Please watch and agree with me that no... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 168.000.000 Good Reasons

  

  Even though the number of child labourers has globally declined with 78 million, there are still 168m children between 5-17 years old involved in hazardous... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Peace One Day 2013

  Tomorrow is International Day of Peace, a day were people are asked to be peaceful, even if its just for 1 day. It started in 1981 as an initiative of the UN an... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Pay with Plastic!

  

  The Bank of England is looking into options of moving towards plastic banknotes. Using polymer banknotes is already introduced in Australia and Canada and has... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wifi Trees

  

  More info: Science is Seriously Awesome Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Youth is the Future (and Dying of Pancreatic Cancer History)!

  This is an amazing TED talk by a 15 year old boy called Jack Andraka. He developed a cheap, quick and very accurate test for Pancreatic cancer. Amazing how... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Good Gift for Royal Baby Boy

  

  I'm such a royalty lover and news addict that is it a miracle it took 10 hours before I found out Princess Kate was in labour (she had actually given birth of... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• "Wee Up" Your Phone!

  

  Scientists in Bristol have managed to charge a mobile phone by putting urine through a cascade of microbial fuel cells. What an ultimate way of using a... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Sleeping with the Dino's

  

  Last Friday night I spent a night with the dino's in the Natural History Museum. An amazing event that I can highly recommend to all kids and also to all... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Holiday Greetings from the Sewer

  

  In case you haven't noticed, which would not be a surprise considering the winterly temperetures we still face, it is almost summer holidays! Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Waterproof (Fair)phone?

  My phone and I have a love-hate relationship. I love it to bits but seem to manage to loose or damage it almost on a daily basis. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Visit Galapagos Island with a Box of Chocolates!

  

  It will either save the environment or we will all get so excited that we book tickets to visit this place ourselves! The Google Street View team is in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Thinking out of the Closet

  Even though I expected (and wished!) that my kids would have grown out of their poo pee giggle phase by now, I'm afraid I'll have to be a bit more patient. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Worst World Record....

  

  While surfing on internet for news for my blog I noticed this horrible world record: The Russian city of Dzerzhinsk holds the unfortunate record of being the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Green Guinness

  

  I'm not much of a Guinness World Records fan and scrolling through the website my first thought with most records is: "You really don't have anything more... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bracelet for a Good Cause

  

  At this moment there are world wide more slaves than ever before. At least 30 million people are victim of human trafficking and many of them sexually... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Face of Climate Change

  

  On 22nd April all over the world, more than one billion, people will celebrate Earth Day and call world leaders to (finally) act together to stop the Climate... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT