Climate Change

 

IMG_2392Climate Change is Real.

Thanks to extensive research and noticeable changes in weather and storm prevalence, it’s getting harder to turn a blind eye to the reality of climate change. Since the Industrial Age spurred the increasing usage of fossil fuels for energy production, the weather has been warming slowly. In fact, since 1880, the temperature of the earth has increased by 1 degree Celsius.

Although 72% of media outlets report on global warming with a skeptical air, the overwhelming majority of scientists believe that the extreme weather of the last decade is at least partially caused by global warming. Some examples of climate calamities caused partly by global warming include:

  • Hurricane Katrina
  • Drought in desert countries
  • Hurricane Sandy
  • Tornadoes in the Midwest

These storms, droughts, and floods are causing death and economic issues for people all over the world – many of whom cannot afford to rebuild their lives from the ground up after being wiped out by a tsunami or other disaster. [Read more...]

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Recycled Bows, Beads & Bowls, Melbourne

Recycled craft is IN. Green is the new black this Christmas. Recycled is the new, new.

The Junk Wave, in partnership with the divine Miss Erica from Recycled fashion and Recycled Market in Melbourne, and Replas Environmental Centre, offers you an AMAZING opportunity to get three recycled craft tutorials for the price of one! Yep, three for one! [Read more...]

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Recyclable plastic may go off shore for processing by children

I am horrified and ashamed. I am sorry and please forgive me.

My avid recycling of plastic into our council recycling bin may well be harming children in third world countries.

You see, our baled recyclables (cans, tins, paper, plastic) get transported to a huge recycling market in our capital city. There is no guarantee that our waste stays in Australia to be recycled into goods here. No sir. It comes down to who is offering the best price and who has need for product on any particular day. [Read more...]

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Five ways to win people to your environmental cause

  1. Appeal to a person’s five senses: they need to see, hear, touch, taste and smell your environmental message
  2. Never argueyou want your message to be remembered in a positive light and not a confronting one. You will never change some people’s mind so why bother to get yourself upset over their ignorance. Better to appeal to their five senses and let them draw their own conclusion
  3. Listen to all sides of the argument. Your opinion is not the only one and you need to understand why some people think environmental concerns are unfounded
  4. Publicly share your passion for the environment and not your anger at what is being done to it. Passion is contagious. Anger makes people run away. [Read more...]

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Our model is simple: People, Planet and Profit. Mass action of individual home based effort through recycled craft makes a HUGE difference.