Am I mad, have I lost my mind - am I smoking something illegal? No, this question has to be answered. What is behind the whole concept of Captain Planet? And how important is he to us in relation to a geopolitical stance in modern day society? For those of you that don’t know what Captain Planet is, it's a cartoon program produced in the 1990s focussing on the promotion of environmentally friendly practices. The plot based purely around the world being in turmoil, due to a number of template evil characters. After years of the not being ... Full Story

A knock-on effect of the government’s recent scrappage scheme has been the rise in sales of small petrol-engined cars and a decline in market share for diesels. This has coincided with a general slow down of diesel sales and some people are now questioning whether the demand for the oil burners has peaked. The diesel engine has come a long way over the past ten years or so with development of common-rail injection systems and turbocharging making it more efficient and acceptable. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, diesel sales doubled during this period from ... Full Story

Governments talk a lot about climate change but few put actions behind the words. Everyone seems to agree that something needs to be done to insure that the Earth is around for the next several generations. There have been a number of different Summits designed to address the issue of climate change and how best to adjust things to slow the change or reverse the negative effects caused by industry and the human population.  The sticking point of every meeting seems to be the same few issues. Every country wants to know what the others will do to fix ... Full Story

Recycling has become a worldwide campaign over the past decade, with many A-list celebrities backing efforts to raise awareness and save the planet from global warming. Without this advertising, promotion and general public awareness recycling campaigns would collapse, but what we want to know is why, if so many celebrities are involved, isn't the entire population on board? Are the wrong celebrities being used to promote recycling, and if so, which ones should be used? Good ol' one-of-us HF-W. One thing we're sure of is that the celebrities that are used to for recycling campaigns ... Full Story

Overpopulation means that the number of a species has grown too large for the resources that support that species. There has been some concern about the overpopulation of the human race. The number of people living around the world today has grown dramatically in the last several decades but resources are still limited. The Bad News about Overpopulation Human population has been growing exponentially. In 1927, the population of the earth was only around two billion people. It has been projected that with current growth rates the human population will reach eight billion as soon as 2028. The use of resources is often ... Full Story

Despite our best intentions and a natural inclination in most ordinary people to be responsible with domestic refuse, a new phenomenon may be setting in wholly at odds with these aspirations. And it may be less to do with lapsing into bad old habits or getting lazy than to do with a certain aversion to being lectured at by ever-so-slightly bossy environmentalists. As with most social movements, Greens seem to embrace a broad range of opinion, from gentle, tree-hugging hippies in woollen caps to hard-boiled, intelligent scientists. But there has of late been a rise in the volubility, if not ... Full Story

Warning: you might want to finish anything you are eating before you read the opening paragraph of this article. Spend a day walking around any major city in the world. London is a good example. Visit museums, grab a bite to eat, travel on the Tube. Do nothing out of the ordinary. Except, when you get back to your house or hotel at the end of the day, take a look at your fingernails. Most likely you will see a thick collection of dirt under each nail. Now grab a tissue and blow your nose. You might see the same ... Full Story

Global warming first started causing concern in the 1980s. Global warming is not the same as the greenhouse effect which is a natural phenomenon on which life depends. The Earth’s atmosphere captures some of the Sun’s energy, which warms the Earth and enables it to support life. Global warming, on the other hand, is the result of man-made emissions. We all know that global warming is happening, although of course there are still those who want to attribute it to solar sunspots or say that the current rise in temperatures is just part of a normal cycle. However, despite the sceptics, ... Full Story

Back in May this year I took on an allotment in my local village. I’m not quite sure why I did, other than it was something that I’d always fancied having a go at but knew nothing about. I’ve only got a very small garden and so growing vegetables was never really an option if I still wanted somewhere to sit out and smell the roses. Or even grow the roses for that matter. So when I saw that a small field had been turned over to allotments I quickly hurried around knocking on doors to find out who I had ... Full Story

In these times, we are all trying to do more to reduce our carbon footprint and be more aware of the effect our actions have on the world we live in. Cars and their emissions are one of the biggest problems we have today. While scientists, inventors and engineers strive to come up with more eco-friendly motoring options, such as electric cars, we thought we should take a look at some of the other non-car transportation that we could be using in years to come. First up, the Heathrow Pods. Officially called a Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) System, these futuristic pods ... Full Story