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An anti-bacterial battle - the trouble with triclosan
Bacteria are bad - right? Or is it our incessant anti-bacterial warfare that is the real risk?
Have you ever heard of triclosan, a common anti-bacterial agent used in a frightening array of consumer products, from the anti-bacterial gels so prevalent in public places these days to cosmetics, kitchen products, clothes and even paint? No? I hadn't either, until recently.
Read MoreOn the road to reducing HIV stigma – by taxi!
This is a guest post from Eric Mbotiji, a youth activist from Cameroon. He contacted us and asked to share his experience of an inventive project to reduce the stigma surrounding HIV by instigating open dialogue in his hometown of Bamenda. We were inspired and hope you will be too. This is his story.
Isle of Eigg - a truly sustainable world
The history of the tiny hebridean Isle of Eigg includes a clan feud, a massacre and a succession of eccentric lairds causing misery for the crofting tenant population. Then there was a revolution.
Click here to read the remarkable story of this extraordinary island, published in Sublime Magazine.
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