Society

It seems that less and less consumers feel as strongly as they once did about supporting their local stores, fearing that the national supermarket chains are becoming all too powerful and could eventually dictate what and where we buy Especially during the current credit crunch, selecting outlets where the cheapest items can be found means people are literally putting their money where their mouths are and this is most likely to be in the national chains who can still command the cheapest prices

The Journal of Mundane Behaviour is a scholarly sociology journal devoted to everyday behaviour and experiences, devoted to the study of the "unmarked" - those aspects of our everyday lives that typically go unnoticed by us, both as academics and as everyday individuals", ie

Carbon dioxide, believe it or not, is the life giving force on Earth Nature depends on the basic chemical reaction of combustion: Carbon plus Oxygen to make Carbon dioxide for giving energy to all forms of life on the planet

Americans use 100 million steel cans and 200 million aluminum beverages cans every day, according to the National Energy Education Development Project Without metal recycling, the country might be afloat in metal

Since 1970, Earth Day has inspired and challenged millions from Tokyo to Togo to Toledo This past spring, millions were galvanized for a Call to Climate, the 2008 Earth Day global warming action theme

The word "recycling" makes many think of the little blue bins where we place our old cereal boxes, empty soda cans, and unneeded paper But recycling actually takes many other forms: for example, the form of a golf course built on a landfill; a piece of modern art made from old tin cans; or World War II-era rubber recycling which helped the war effort