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  Ethical Consumption: Would you eat roadkill?

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  Ethical Consumption: A friend of mine that goes to Bournemouth University brought my attention to an unusual diet of roadkill amongst students in the University. As part

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 27 • 0

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  Creative Recycling: Vuvuzelas are not just noise makers

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  Ethical Consumption: I absolutely loved reading about the vuvuzela recycling competition co-sponsored by two South African advertising firms. The WoZela! vuvuzela recycli

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 22 • 0

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  Sustainable living through a macrobiotic diet in Kuala Lumpur

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  Ethical Consumption: Today after the conference, I headed to Woods Bio Marche which is a macrobiotic, organic and vegan restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. It was an interesting

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 21 • 0

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  Green Living: Know your Water Stats

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  Ethical Consumption: Last week, something went wrong with a water pipe at home and there was literally no water for the whole day. It is times like this when you truly ap

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 20 • 0

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  Stevia: A greener way to be sweet

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  Ethical Consumption: India is officially the diabetes capital of the world. 1 in 4 people in India have diabetes and juvenile diabetes is on the rise all over in the coun

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 17 • 0

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  Rainforests, Coral Reefs and Ethical Consumption

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  Ethical Consumption: This post has nothing to do with ethical consumption but focuses on yet another reason on why we all should be making efforts to buy sustainable prod

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 16 • 0

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  Being BPA free

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  Ethical Consumption: We've all known for awhile now that BPA is a toxic substance that has been found in a lot plastic products. It has been known to have oestrogenic act

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 14 • 0

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  Going Green this Halloween

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  Ethical Consumption: The holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. Today it has evolved into a largely secular holiday but a

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 13 • 1

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  GM mosquitoes in Malaysia?

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  Ethical Consumption: It's bad enough that the US is contemplating GM salmon and now Malaysia has jumped on the frankenscience bandwagon and thinking about a field trial f

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 11 • 3

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  What does 'ethical consumerism' really mean?

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  Ethical Consumption: Every consumer is faced with numerous choices these days which makes shopping a confusing prospect. For a consumer who wants to make a difference wit

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 09 • 2

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  Vegetarianism, organized religion and environmentalism

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  Ethical Consumption: Today I'm pondering the connection between vegetarianism and religion. Several religions have an intricate connection between a vegetarian diet and s

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 09 • 0

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  Going green with the Goddess

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  Ethical Consumption: Kolkata's biggest festival extravaganza is taking a sustainable turn this year. The annual Durga Puja is a huge deal in the state of West Bengal much

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 08 • 0

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  Ethical choices: e-reader or books?

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  Ethical Consumption: Whilst I was in Seattle a few months ago I had the chance to speak to a few independent bookstore owners to ask them what they thought about sustaina

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 05 • 2

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  Greening appliances

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  Ethical Consumption: Home appliances account for about 17% of your household's energy consumption, with refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers and clothes dryers at

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 02 • 0

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  Decline in pollinating insects, antibiotics in Indian honey - what's the connection?

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  Ethical Consumption: This week two articles caught my eye - one about antibiotics in Indian honey in the Down to Earth magazine and the other about decline in pollinating

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • October 01 • 0

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  Where do donated clothes go?

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  Ethical Consumption: Browsing second-hand thrift stores, vintage shops and charity shops was a favourite pass time when I was a college student. I still love hanging out

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • September 29 • 0

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  Organic food, sustainable living with Birke Baehr

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  Ethical Consumption: Activists and educators come in all sizes and ages, so it really depends on whether you should pay attention to these numbers of irrelevance. 11-yr-o

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • September 27 • 0

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  Techno-leapfrogging and Renewable Energy

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  Ethical Consumption: The concept of 'techno-leapfrogging' is one of the key areas of focus to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. According to Prof. Jose Goldemberg

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • September 25 • 0

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  All that glitters: Buying ethical jewellery

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  Ethical Consumption: As with everything else, the scope for buying ethically sourced jewellery is huge. In the late 1990s, public awareness about the origins of jewellery

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • September 24 • 0

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  Frankenfish: The salmon of doubt

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  Ethical Consumption: Consumers every day are being bombarded with choices they don't really need and this makes ethical consumerism really hard. It also leads to obvious

  

  Akhila Vijayaraghavan • September 22 • 0

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