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EARTH DAY 2020. LOVE THE EARTH Has Earth day ever meant so much to the entire population of our Mother Earth, Gaia, as it does this year? I doubt it. When else were we so aware of our dependence on the earth for food, clean water and healthy air? When else made so aware of every foots

Having answered most of the questions we come to the choice of the optimal solutions for having clean drinking water in your home. As for purifying drinking water, currently, the best combination appears to be one that has a granular activated carbon filter (GAC) or carbonblock filter

In the face of regular reports about toxic tap water, millions of people have turned to bottled water. But although manufacturers are supposed to subscribe to health regulations mandating “clean room technology” and accurate labeling about water source, in many countries regulations a

The Department of Water Affairs in SA has a Blue Drop Report which enables consumers to see the result of government water surveys of their area. But it is not a particularly transparent report and is not regularly updated for all regions. By contrast, the EPA publishes on its website

POLLUTANTS IN WATER AND THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ACCEPTABLE LEVELS With so much water on the earth, you may wonder, why is the pollution of the current available supply such an issue? Because desalinating sea water is costly and distilled water is not the answer to healthy water as it la

LOVE WATER; LOVE EARTH; LOVE LIFE About 14 billion years ago, first there was light, and then there was gas. Some of it eventually cooled, resulting 4.5 billion years ago in the emergence of our unique planet earth, surrounded by water and gas. On it millions of species evolved until

  HAPPY EARTHDAY 2015   How should we celebrate Earth Day to make it stand out and matter? Should we shoot off a stack of firecrackers to help boost China’s economy, send a pile of facebook messages, recycle a few more plastic bottles, buy everyone we know another trinket to

BEAUTIFUL NEW WORLD Beavering away at achieving a sustainable world can be soul destroying. One begins to doubt the dream and wonder if the world is ready for it. Taking a holiday with my family seemed to me a smart idea, but smarter still was my daughter’s suggestion that we test a S

WAYS TO REGULATE THE USE OF SUGAR As more evidence emerges about the harmful effects of sugar, the question arises; should governments intervene to reduce sugar consumption? Since sugar contributes to creating an acidic environment in the body and to growth of non- beneficial bacteria