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Archive for January 15th, 2006

Training Small Miners

The Suriname branch of the World Wildlife Fund is working thanks to a $150,000 grant awarded by the Inter American Development Bank to train small scale miners in environmentally friendly mining techniques. Miners currently seperate gold using chemicals such as mercuary, that are dumped into rivers once used. WWF is teaching miners about [...]

January 15th, 2006
Topic: Environment, Equality Tags: None

Algae Isn’t All Smoke and Mirrors

I’m sure everyone is aware of the amazing properties of algae. Prepare to gain newfound respect for our small flora, they could be the next biodiesel crops. Fed a generous helping of CO2-laden emissions, lets say ……. courtesy of a power plant’s exhaust stack, the algae cleans the exhaust and grows at phenominal rates. After [...]

January 15th, 2006
Topic: Environment, Technology Tags: , ,