The Great Indian Tragedy

According to the backgrounder by The Economic Times: A lethal plume of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from a storage tank at the Union Carbide pesticide factory in the early hours of December 3, 1984 in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Government figures put the death toll at 3,500 within the first three days …

True Cost of Stuff

From the Master of Simplicity comes a pathbreaking post on a new blog, appropriately titled ‘mnmlist’.  Here’s just a minimal extract… But there’s more to buying less. Way more… The cost of purchasing an item just scratches the surface. … It now occupies valuable real estate in our homes (or offices), real estate that could go to …

Saving Your PC

I was surprised to read on TechSoup about the environmental impact that PCs have : According to the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, manufacturing one desktop computer and monitor requires 530 pounds of fossil fuels, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water…  A report from United Nations University indicates that building a computer takes five …