Ecological Footprint

Try this amazing quiz.

The quiz is based on national consumption averages and is meant to give you an idea of your Ecological Footprint relative to other people in the country you live in.

I was amazed to learn that, environmentally-conscious though I may be, if everybody lived like me we would need THREE planets!!! How appalling! I'll have to act.

I'll see what I can do to offset my household's carbon emissions.

Plant new trees?

Dutch firm pays Ivory Coast to settle Toxic Waste

On Tuesday Mustapha will tell us about the unbearable consequences of dumping toxic waste. If you go the IHT site, you will be able to listen to the article, with an American accent, on top of reading it. Interesting, isn't it?

Try listening to this!

Here you will find an article to listen to about the topic dealt with by Khalil on Tuesday January 30th 2007.

Ship spilling oil and cargo

Khalil's topic this week is the recent oil spill after the Napoli was towed near the coast of Devon. Looters, scavengers had a feast. Are they allowed to keep the goods they found on the beach, this huge BMW, for instance.