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Aleppo Soap: Dermatology Throughout the Ages

A secret stemming from an old tradition, and passed on from generation to generation, Aleppo soap has an international reputation. A natural product with numerous dermatologic applications, it can be used for the face, the body, and hair, or for washing delicate fabrics. Created in Aleppo, Syria it was the first hard soap in history. 

08 / 03 / 2009

Arnica: taking care of body and soul

Arnica: taking care of body and soul A proven remedy, arnica can cure physical and spiritual bruises. The flower grows on the mountaintops of Markstein and Guebwiller. Threatened by intensive farming and global warming, its merits risk being lost. Strict rules regarding its harvest are helping it survive, and continue to benefit The International Pharmacopoeia.

07 / 31 / 2009

Local ad sites help reduce waste in time of crisis

Local ad sites help reduce waste in time of crisis The benefits of purchasing items from fellow internet users through local ad sites like eBay, Amazon and Craiglist are actually more numerous than you might think. For starters, the seller gets to rid himself of old items while earning some money, whereas the buyer can find what they’re looking for for cheap. What’s more, buying items online from other users is beneficial to the environment because it turns what would have otherwise become waste into something of use. As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure!

07 / 15 / 2009

Charge your phone thanks to sunshine!

Charge your phone thanks to sunshine! Is renewable energy our future? While it is still a little early to tell, many developpers are already betting on it. Whether they are meant to keep us warm, give us light, transport us or help us communicate, technological inventions using renewable energies are sprouting up everywhere, and some may very well become indispensable to daily life in the near future.

07 / 13 / 2009

When out in the sun, opt for the natural sunblocks instead!

When out in the sun, opt for the natural sunblocks instead! Once again this summer millions of people will hit the sandy beaches to enjoy the sun’s rays. While basking under the sun for hours isn’t healthy for our skin, avoiding it altogether is out of the question. Simply choose the right sun screens and follow some tips to keep cool and you’re all set to go!

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economy

With a capacity of 5MW, this plant is expected to meet the electrical needs of nearly 4000 homes. 18 / 08 / 2009

Inauguration of a thermal solar power plant in California

It will thus help to meet the needs of more than 60% of European drivers 04 / 08 / 2009

Nissan presents the Leaf- Its first 100% electric model

It is clear that the global recession is putting the pressure on the assistance budgets of all the donating governments, but it is also putting a much greater pressure on those hit hardest by the recession in the world’s poorest countries 23 / 07 / 2009

The UN calls for emergency humanitarian assistance

technology

By penetrating vertically into the earth crust, the fault, responsible for the earthquake in Chile has provoked a change in the rotation axis of the Earth, around 8 cm 09 / 03 / 2010

The earthquake in Chile deviates the course of the Planet

This offer will permit to scientists and scientific communities concerned with climate change to use the space station as a place of observation, available continuously, covering most of the globe 18 / 02 / 2010

The ISS used as base for monitoring climate

This result represents a breakthrough because it is the first time that there is evidence that a vaccine against the HIV virus has a preventive effect (Thai ministry of Health) 28 / 09 / 2009

AIDS: Hope of an experimental vaccine 

politics

India, China, Brazil and South Africa called on rich countries to pay $ 10 billion solemnly promised in Copenhagen 03 / 03 / 2010

Climate: emerging countries ready to submit their projects to the UN

I am proud of the United Nations’ response. Rarely face to such a disaster the international community has acted with such solidarity and so quickly (Ban Ki-moon) 02 / 03 / 2010

Haiti : Ban Ki-moon calls on UN members for more participation

The World's largest CO2 emitter, charged of having slowed down the ambitions of Copenhagen, attempts to justify 23 / 12 / 2009

Copenhagen: Is China to be blamed for the "failure" of the summit

curiosities

Ecofeminism, in order to preserve natural resources and environment, wants to give power to women 01 / 03 / 2010

Ecofeminism: Women struggle for an environmental victory

A Canadian engineer has the mad plan of producing electricity out of artificial tornadoes! 09 / 02 / 2010

Strange renewables !

Today, couples are formed and separated for reasons of dietetic and/ or ecological compatibility! 25 / 01 / 2010

Eco-divorce : ecology, a new reason for breaking!


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