Posts in Contributor One
Meet the kids of 2018

It is evident that our society has lost its way. We have become self centred, profit driven and extremely short sighted on what our purpose here on earth really is. Our children have picked up on our lack of action and they are revolted by the behaviour of our Governments, leaders and adults in general. These pictures shows that our children are concerned and that they want change.

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Low Waste Living - Part III

It now takes more than 1.7 earths to sustain our current way of life... 1.7 planets! I don't know about you, but my family and I have way more than what we need to be comfortable, and since we had already committed to a plastic free lifestyle two years ago, this July we decided to minimise our possessions and live a more minimalistic lifestyle…

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The Orangutan and the Bulldozer

Just the other day, a video from 2013 was released by International Animal Rescue, showing an orangutan desperately trying to stop a bulldozer from destroying his forest home. A courageous act on behalf of the hundred thousand orangutans, sumatran tigers, asian elephants, sumatran rhinos and sun bears wiped out before him, all for the sake of feeding our planets ever growing hunger for Palm Oil, the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet.

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Dear Food Retailer... you need to read this

There are currently one billion people starving today, yet here we are, wasting over one third of all the food worldwide due to strict supermarket standards and poor consumer behaviour. The food we waste could end world hunger three times over, yet it continues day after day. If that wasn't enough we also continue to excessively package our food, even through we see our world drowing in plastic before our eyes.

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Moorea Coral Gardeners

Moorea is home to a small group of friends who call themselves Moorea Coral Gardeners, an organization of kids who wants to rebuild the coral reefs in Polynesia. The coral reefs are the lungs of the ocean. They produce two thirds of the oxygen we breathe, they are the forests of the ocean and constitute the foundation and the balance of aquatic life. But there is a huge problem..

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How adapting eco focus allows Business to thrive long term

When studying the world's greatest organisations and leaders I have discover that there are certain patterns, strategies and attitudes that seem to lead to greatness. Some of which I have summarised below. As a passionate entrepreneur and environmentalist I know that an organisation will never be able to thrive in the future, if the environment in which it operates cannot thrive because of it…

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Low waste living - Part II

Even though I had already converted to natural cleaning products, sustainable toilet paper, natural deodorants, toothpaste and bamboo toothbrushes many years ago, I had a big wakeup call when I went through my bathroom items from my new level of awareness. So many of the products had not been used for years and was just sitting in my bathroom cupboard taking up space..

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