http://www.go2nesh.com/blog The portal to discuss about environmental issues & green living tips. Join the groups! Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:00:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We don't normally think about the supply chain involved in getting the food that you consume on to your table, but it is at times long and tortuous. For example, it has been said that it takes about 50 companies to prepare a can of Campbell's soup, each one attending ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/the-long-and-tortuous-food-supply-chain/ If you've been listening to the radio recently, you must have heard the advertisements proclaiming that coffee can be really healthy for you as it has a lot of antioxidants. While it's true that antioxidants can be good for you, by binding with a lot of the oxidising materials that ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/coffee-how-healthy-or-unhealthy-is-it-for-you/ This is normally more of a problem in colder and dryer weather although there are still many Malaysians who suffer from asthma and many other problems that are generally caused by airborne allergens. Allergens are substances in the air, which could be pollen or mould or from dust mites, that ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/alleviating-asthma-by-dealing-with-allergens/ We don't normally think of bats as important animals to save because there seems to be so many of them, and that they're more of an annoyance rather than a really important part of the ecosystem. Yet, in the United States, bats are currently in some danger and conservationists and ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/highlighting-the-plight-of-the-bats/ It is said that reading broadens perspectives and open minds and we have no reason to dispute this age old saying. We think it is quite saddening that many Malaysians tend to read very little with some statistics quoting that the average Malaysian only reads a total of two pages ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/getting-children-interested-in-reading/ With just a few simple cooking techniques at home, you and your family can enjoy better health. Here are some tips that we've gathered on how to cook more healthily at home: Reduce the amount of salt you use in your cooking. Most of the time we get used to a ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/healthier-cooking-techniques-and-tips/ We've recently seen this short film that describes gorillas as 98.6% close to humans. While we can't exactly say whether the number is accurate or not, it is undeniable that the genetic codes of many of the great apes (of which gorillas are only one of the family) are extremely ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/are-gorillas-naturally-aggressive-animals/ This is something that we normally don't think too much about since we get so much sunlight here in Malaysia. In fact, we even try to go out of our way to avoid as much sunlight as possible since it just makes us hot and sweaty, which is something we ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/some-sunlight-is-really-good-for-your-health/ In the 1980s, Malaysia made a critical decision in moving from an agricultural economic base to an economy based on manufacturing and remains on the cusp of moving towards a knowledge society. The idea seems to be sound – by moving to a more “value added” economic activity, the country ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/profitable-investing-in-agriculture/ We've only recently heard about this universal city in India called Auroville, which isn't really timely news because it was founded in the 1960s, but we think it deserves a mention because it is probably something that we haven't really heard about and it does sound like a worthy project. ... http://www.go2nesh.com/blog/auroville-the-experimental-universal-city/