In July of 2009 I wrote about the possibility that Sea Shepherd might lose it’s Dutch Certificate of Registry. This due to pressure from the Japanese government to revoke the certificate. Almost a year later Sea Shepherd can still sail under the Dutch flag. The reason for this is that under current Dutch law it’s not that easy to revoke…
In my new home I finally had the room for my own washing machine. And when I had my first laundry day I found out that I had forgotten to buy fabric softener. And naive as was I did my laundry without fabric softener. Something I regretted when I came out of the shower and dried my face with a towel. It felt darn close to taking a grater to my face.
So doing your own laundry without a fabric softener isn’t a good idea. This did make me wonder though.
UPDATE: Sea Shepherd’s Registry safe, for now The Dutch cabinet wants to revoke the Dutch Certificate of Registry currently being used by the Sea Shepherd organisation for two of its ships. This after complaints from the Japanese government about the tactics used by the organisation. The ships in question are the Farley Mowat and the Steve Irwin. If the Certificate…
In the article ‘Housing cooperative Woonbedrijf gets greener‘ I talked about the new green energy used by housing cooperative Woonbedrijf for public lightning and collective heating. I did however had several questions about the energy supplied and how green it is. After several exchanges with Woonbedrijf, and their supplier WoonEnergie, I have the answers to my questions: Does the green…
Since last Wednesday the city Rotterdam, in The Netherlands, is testing a electric garbage truck which is powered by the burning of the household garbage it collects. This is a world first according to Van Gansewinkel. The project is jointly launched with Rotterdam Climate Initiative (RCI) and Roteb. The use of an electric garbage truck is part of the efforts of RCI to…
A couple of months ago there was an article on Treehugger with the name ‘Organic vs Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable‘. Which is a good article about the current problems we face with switching to a more environmental friendly way of producing our food.
The main problems mentioned boil down to the following points:
Two weeks ago I received a newsletter/magazine from my housing cooperative Woonbedrijf. And while I was perusing the articles a side note caught my eye. It had the title “Woonbedrijf buys gas and electricity through WoonEnergie”, with a green background colour. It told about the new construction my housing cooperative uses to offer public lightning and collective heating at lower…
In a stunning move the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a finding that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases constitute a danger to public health and welfare and are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. With this historic decision it is now possible to regulate the amount of carbon released by industries in America. As the law specifically states…
To open this post I can’t say it better than The Naib said it: It ain’t gonna change on the streets, and it ain’t gonna change in the rooms of power: the real work will happen, and is happening, beneath their feet, and in the quiet corners where individuals and small groups are realising that they have to do things themselves.…