Bizarre green methods
Nov 9, 2009 18:02
How far would you go to save water and electricity? A week ago, I posted on my Facebook Wall about these washable and reusable sanitary napkins. When I showed them to my maid, she was surprised that Malaysians would employ such things as these are what the people in her village use because they are too poor to buy disposable ones.
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Is lightning to blame for global warming?
Nov 4, 2009 12:39

Image: Lightning in KL by Monstermunch99@flickr
When I was in school, I learned that lightning was caused by friction between the positive and negative charges in the atmosphere as hot air rises and collides into cold air. I always believed this to be true, until last year when I watched a documentary on Discovery Channel which featured a man who had been studying lightning for the past decade.
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Choosing life for life on Earth
Nov 3, 2009 14:29

Have you ever wondered what happened to the many ancient civilizations that seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth? Only their relics and artifacts remain.
For many people, the reason they choose to live a green lifestyle is to prevent over-utilization of the earth's resources (e.g. oxygen) so our civilization can continue to live on. Incredibly, there are people who will even terminate their pregnancy so as not to add any more "burden" on the planet. Instead of promoting Life, including the life of trees and water and little humans, they choose to promote death.
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Who is ultimately responsible for the planet?
Oct 30, 2009 13:46

The other day, I went for a talk about changing world views. I learned that in the past, people did not consider it to be the Government's responsibility to provide welfare for the public. The Government's responsibility was to administer justice and peace.
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What do you like in a mobile phone?
Oct 26, 2009 13:55

McKinsey pointed out that most of us don't really use the advanced and expensive features packaged with our mobile gadgets. Well, duh!
My mom is a typical 60-year-old housewife who uses a simple Nokia 6080 phone. She knows to press the green button when she wants to make and answer calls, but please don't ask her to open an SMS text box or key a name into the Phonebook. Despite that, she sometimes wistfully imagines what life would be like if she had a "cooler" gadget.
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About Hillary Chan
Hillary loves people and nature and enjoys blogging about using technology to better manage our planet.
She appreciates any help to write a better eco-tech blog so feel free to email her any stories and/or events related to green technology.
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