The Budding Planet » Environmental Issues

Helping villagers collect water using fog

jasmin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:43:24 +0000

Omg! When I saw this video, I immediately thought that it was a fabulous idea.

Previously, I had a helper from an improvised Indonesian state. Nancy used to walk for half a day to collect water from a river to bring home as drinking water. She’s gone back now, but if she saw this, I bet she would be very impressed with this very basic but highly useful tool.

Read about other environmentally friendly techniques

Pearl Corn

Dutch oven outdoors

Commercial baby wipes aren’t exactly good for babies

jasmin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:05:36 +0000

Recently, New New Zealand parents were up in arms over the fact that certain baby wipes sold at the stores had banned preservatives called iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC). in it. What’s worse is that parents who want a refund has gotta dig for the purchase receipt.

Heck, if it was me, I’d bring that packet empty or not and just demand a refund.

A better way could be just to bring clean, unused rags, wet that and use it on kids. Or just use some clean face twels.

Alternatively, you can make your own baby wipes as shown below. It’s dead simple.

Asians typically do not use baby wipes cause you know, it’s expensive, and can I say, not so environmentally friendly. They just wash the kid with soap and water. And yes, it’s cold water, not warm water.

Coke bottles made into solar lights

jasmin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:57:32 +0000

I just saw this awesome video of how empty plastic bottles are converted into solar powered light bulbs.

It’s a pretty awesome concept.

Pearl Corn

jasmin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0000

This is called pearl corn because of the white kernels..

Pearl Corn is different from the normal corn because it is so sweet, have bigger kernels and can be eaten fresh. It is more expensive than regular corn but it is worth the money.

Corn can be eaten raw, and it tastes best when it’s just ripen and freshly picked. The husks by the way makes excellent organic plate scrubber at the sink. My mother-in-law gathers the husks, fold it and ties it together with a thin rubber band (there’s thin and there’s the thick rubber bands). She then scrubs the plates with a bit of water and dishwashing liquid. Such an environmentally friendly tool.

Dutch oven outdoors

jasmin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:24:04 +0000

I don’t really cook much meat nor do I go camping at all (Don’t even ask me to do it. I hate leeches, mozzies and ants) so I won’t be doing much cooking like the way this guy does. But see the video. I just love the way he stacked the 3 dutch ovens on top of the other to conserve and preserve heat. What a way to make a great meal outdoors.

Electric eel powers Christmas tree

jasmin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:43:45 +0000

How cool is this that an electric eel is powering a Christmas tree up?

How more eco friendly.

What else can the creative Japanese come up with?

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