Green Gendering Women Leaders Combat Climate Change


A new study in the journal Social Science Research observes that, “Controlling for other factors, in nations where women’s status is higher, CO2


emissions are lower.”


Tech Trash Africa’s E-Waste Is Skyrocketing


The collective economies of Africa are set on a course to produce more elec- tronic e-waste than Europe by 2017, according to Katharina Kummer Peiry, executive secretary of the Basel Con- vention on Hazardous Wastes. At a recent Pan-African Forum on e-waste in Nairobi, Kenya, she attributed the exponential increase to population growth and the increased availability of mobile phones, computers and accessories. More recycling could be advanced, she says, by the fact that significant amounts of valuable metals such as gold, silver, palladium and copper can be salvaged from electron- ic devices at less cost than smelting them from virgin ores.


Source: TerraDaily.com


Let’s Eat National Food Day is October 24


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Christina Ergas and Richard York, sociologists at the University of Oregon–Eugene, found that the nations in which women have higher political status—based on how long they’ve had the right to vote and representation in parliament and ministerial governments—also have more ecologically sound outcomes than those that do not. Such outcomes included ratifying a greater number of envi- ronmental treaties, more scientific knowledge of climate


change, a perception of environmental risks as more threatening and less optimism about the potential to solve problems by relying solely on technology.


Source: Grist.org


Busty Justice October is Bra Recycling Month


The Bra Recyclers, a Gilbert, Arizona-based textile recycling company, is celebrating the third annual Bra Recycling Month during October. The intent is to collect new and gently used and cleaned bras for interested women nationwide. Healthiest options are non-underwire garments— Dr. John McDougall, in his book, The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart, notes that constricting bras have been implicated in the rise of benign, non-cancerous but often painful breast cysts and lumps. Bra Recyclers CEO Elaine Birks-Mitchell states, “The month-long campaign ties directly into breast cancer and domestic violence awareness. The Bra Recyclers believe every woman and girl should not have to worry about something as simple as a bra as they transi- tion back to self-sufficiency or being cancer-free. The results are enhanced self-esteem and encouragement and strength to carry on.”


To participate, visit BraRecycling.com.


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