Hunter Organics

This article by Jeff Angel, the Director of the Total Environment Centre, is reproduced with their permission.

While clean safe drinking water is vital for human health, Australians are becoming increasingly thirsty for bottled water products. A recent report by the Earth Policy Institute said global consumption of bottled water rose 57% from 1999 to 2004 to 154 billion litres, with Australians consuming 550 million litres every year. And with the current big push from beverage companies of this ‘new’ product, the market is expected to keep growing to a worth of over $460 million per year. more »

Our editor, Angela Finney, may be feeling a little mortal…

Now I don’t know about the rest of you but I am not planning on popping my clogs for a good while yet. When I do I might be happy to be buried deep in a compost heap at the Teralba worm farm along with the road kill or under a tree at the bottom of the garden. Don’t laugh… lack of burial space and the environmentally-unfriendly aspects of cremation and interment are going to be influencing the last decision we ever make. Once you read this article you might change your mind too. more »