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Green Documentaries: That Sugar Film

June 27June 26Posted in Health, MediaTagged added sugars, cereal, consumption, documentary, effects, film, foods, fruits, green, Health, healthy, hidden sugars, industry, juice, low fat, muesli, natural, reduce, soft drinks, sugar, supermarket, trailer, vegetables, yoghurt4 Comments

Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. THAT SUGAR FILM will forever change the way you think about ‘healthy’ food.

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Fascinating Facts about Coffee vs. Tea [Infographic]

June 20June 27Posted in HealthTagged alzheimer, antioxidants, benefits, caffeine, Cancer, coffee, diabetes, effects, energy, facts, Health, infographic, tea, tips3 Comments

For long, coffee and tea-drinkers have feuded over which is the better beverage. In the face of this generation’s-long debate, will one side ever be declared the winner? Can one beverage truly be considered to be superior to the other? Here, are shown 10 facts about the effects of coffee and tea on your health.

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How Ocean Pollution affects humans [Infographic]

June 6October 26Posted in Health, Sustainable GuideTagged boil, co2, effects, Health, human, industries, infographic, littering, marine life, mercury, ocean, plastic, pollution, sea, tips, toxicsLeave a comment

Every year more than 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean, but how does that affect humans and what can we do to stop this behavior?

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Carbon Neutral, Biofuels + Effects [Videos]

May 12May 12Posted in Media, Sustainable GuideTagged agriculture, algae, alternative, biofuel, biogas, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon neutral, coal, crops, economic, effects, environment, environmental, explained, farm, fertiliser, firewood, food, fossil fuels, fuels, gasohol, manufacture, methane, natural gas, oil, shale gas, social, Waste, what is2 Comments

Biofuels are combustible fuels created from biomass.

“Firewood is the oldest bio-fuel mankind has used, now we have biogas, gasohol and many more. Carbon dioxide is produced when these burn, but as long as the trees and plants are allowed to re-grow, burning them simply helps carbon on its way round its natural cycle.

What is biogas? If we collect the faeces from humans and farm animals and place them in a ‘digester’ we can mimic what happens in a cow’s intestine, and we get biogas. There are many such digesters in use all round the world, where the gas is used for cooking and lighting and the remains are a rich fertiliser. Biogas digesters are used in most sewage works where the methane is burnt to generate electricity.

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