We continue looking at the cookware you use to raise awareness of the health risks associated with their use.

When you cook something, microscopic amounts of the material your cookware is made of may leach into the food and enter your body. Are some types of cookware better than others from a health perspective?

Get Up has a new campaign calling for decisive action to save the ailing Murray-Darling river system. The river is in crisis with prolonged drought and climate change precipitating (pun - ha!) record low inflows.

Kids just seem to require more room as they grow, don't they? Many families end up extending or renovating the family home at some stage. Here are some tips for renovating right. By factoring in energy efficiency early on, you can create a home and minimizes greenhouse emissions and that saves you money on power and gas bills in the future.

An EU study reports that the losses experienced by the Global Economy due to the current banking crisis pale in comparison to the annual cost of deforestation.

Sorry to disappoint, EarthMums, but I'm not talking about our Nic. Hahaha. I'm talking about French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who announced yesterday that his government will mobilise 400 million euros of public money exclusively for research and development on non-carbon vehicles.

I've discovered this brilliant site for EarthMums - EnviroMom.com. It's just bulging with fabulous articles for mums and dads who are trying to raise environmentally conscious kids and manage healthy households.

Oh my god. Who would have thought something as benign as a humble biscuit would be making a covert contribution to global warming?

I used to have good underwear just for special occasions, but being the hedonist that I am, I decided life was too short for days spent in ugly undies. So now I wear nice underwear, matching sets, everyday. And you can too. For the eco-sexual EarthMum, there are beautiful pieces produced by sustainable practises.

Courtesy of Grist - for the next year, Government agencies in Utah are trialing a four-day work-week in an effort to cut energy consumption in buildings and fuel expenditure associated with employee commutes and to reduce associated carbon emissions.