59 days ago by Kate Archdeacon

Local Harvest is a new national initiative aiming to help people find local sources of food and grow their own. A directory of sustainable food in Australia A national directory for finding food co-ops, swap meets, community gardens, farmers markets, box systems, organic retailers and more by simply ...

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89 days ago by Kelsey

When Nick Gerlich and Kris Drumheller of West Texas A&M told me they wanted to do a research project on how Where Am I Wearing? influences readers, I must admit that I was a bit nervous. What if reading the book made no impact? Well, the first round of numbers are in and Nick concludes, “at the end ...

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90 days ago by Graham

I like coffee. I try to live in an ethical, sustainable way. I know many of you who read this blog are the same. Often these two things can be hard to match up. What we need is some kind of report and research telling us which coffee shops are the most ethical, the difference between Fair … Continue ...

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97 days ago by Zaufishan

Yesterday, the Kabah got its new Kiswah, the black cloth covering. A total of 700 kg of raw silk, and 120 kg of gold and silver thread are used to make the Kiswah, also known as gilaaf. How Much?! The cost of a single Kiswah is about 20 million Saudi riyals. When converted, this amounts to a stagger ...

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120 days ago by Zaufishan

In Islamic history, the noted Imam Bukhari reported that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said of illnesses:

 "Treat with Indian incense (` oud al-Hindi), for it has a healing for seven diseases; it is to be sniffed by one who has throat problems, and it should be put into one side of the m ...

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130 days ago by Cynthia Friedlob

A thought-provoking update to my previous post about facial recognition software: "5 Sci-Fi Ad Techniques That Are About to Make Life Creepier," a post on Cracked.com, lists some surprising methods, including facial recognition, that will affect -- or already are affecting -- how advertisers reach u ...

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134 days ago by Zaufishan

MADE In Europe take the Oxfam pledge to reduce food waste through their RE:BALANCE campaign I'd like to share with you a very important e-petition for changing the way we consume. An online GROW petition by Oxfam is aiming to put heavy pressure on the world's biggest economies to act on the world fo ...

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140 days ago by Gwyneth

Elite Choice - Best of the breed Corporate Social Responsibility is a big deal in the modern world. In the fashion industry, most high-street brands like Primark and H&M have in place a working CSR policy. However, the same rule does not hold for designer brands. One would ordinarily think that luxu ...

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166 days ago by Zaufishan

As I told my family, I'm going all out for a recycled Eid this year with minimum expenditure. Insha'Allah, God willing. Eid, literally meaning 'festival', is one of two giant exclamation-mark Muslim events. Eid-ul-adha occurs after the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid-ul-fitr celebrates 30 days of fasting in ...

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