Biophile Issue 11
A Guide to Green Cars, South African Restaurant Oil Abuse, Making Bacon: the Shocking Truth, The Hidden Lives of Pigs, Do Africans Dare Care About Animals?, Organic Gardening… and the Humble Weeds, Herbicides in Your Intestines?, Worms at the Mount Nelson, Using Love, Not fear, in Prisons, Whale Wars and Dangerous Vegans, Zero Waste Communities, Should We Open Up Schools for Parents?, Creating Our Reality

A Guide to Green Cars
What makes one car greener than another? Certainly, having high fuel economy is one factor. Meeting one of the cleanest exhaust emissions standards is another.

South African Restaurant Oil Abuse

Making Bacon: the Shocking Truth
Many people think of Charlotte’s Web and Babe when they imagine how pigs are raised for meat. Unfortunately, these Hollywood tales do not depict reality.

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

Do Africans Dare Care About Animals?
Are animal rights the domain of the world’s affluent nations? Dare we Africans care about the well-being of animals while so many are dying of hunger, disease and bloody civil conflict?.

The Wave is Cresting — Are We Ready to Surf?
For those of us who are at the rock face of the developments within the organic industry, it is obvious that the rate of change and growth is increasing daily and exponentially.

Organic Gardening… and the Humble Weeds
I have been growing organic fruit and vegetables around my house for five years now, and the most interesting things have become apparent.

Herbicides in Your Intestines?
Genetically engineered crops may produce herbicide inside our intestines, killing gut bacteria which are essential for our health.

Sugar Addiction
Scientists never really thought that a person could become hooked on sweets like they were a drug. Now a batch of findings is making researchers reexamine the concept.

The Right to Food
It is unlikely that you will know personally any of the ten children under five years old who die every hour in South Africa, and so are spared that suffering.

Worms at the Mount Nelson
Cape Town’s most famous hotel has embarked on a novel way of disposing of its waste – an on-site worm farm to process leftover food and other organic matter.

Using Love, Not fear, in Prisons
Whatever is being done about crime, isn’t working.

Whale Wars and Dangerous Vegans
When the president oof the Japan Whaling Association accused a radical environmental group of being “dangerous vegans”, not many people knew quite how literally he meant it.

Beyond the School Wall
Could this be the catalyst for the change that we are all seeking in our ailing education system?

Zero Waste Communities
Communities around the world have begun to adopt Zero Waste goals.

Should We Open Up Schools for Parents?

Beliefs and Reality
Where do we come from? The fact is, Homo Sapiens is the only new kid on the block.

Creating Our Reality