Our Environment

AS denizens of a tropical country, Guyanese would be hard pressed to dream about a white Christmas. Notwithstanding this consideration, the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Project (GSWMP) and its stakeholders would like city residents to dream about a “green Christmas” ; that is to say, an environmentally friendly Christmas, and then make those dreams come […]

COTTON canvas bags are environmentally friendly and are designed to be reused for grocery and household shopping. They reduce the impact of single-use plastic or paper bags on the environment. Everyone wants to go green, and Guyanese should not be excepted.

This was the recurring theme at a recent workshop on solid waste management hosted by the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Program (GSWMP), the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB).

THE use of any plant as a natural aphrodisiac, like the use of any herbal remedy, should be guided by some knowledge about the levels of concentration of its various biochemical properties and what regularity of intake of these properties is safe.

THERE are many herbs with excellent food and medicinal values, but how about finding a herb to, as it were, spice up your sex life?

By Clifford Stanley  IN considering the environmental benefits of organic agriculture, one must first consider air and climate change: Organic agriculture reduces non-renewable energy use by decreasing agrochemical needs (these require high quantities of fossil fuel to be produced).

By Clifford Stanley ORGANIC agriculture, defined as a system that relies on ecosystem management rather than external agricultural inputs, is a system that considers potential environmental and social impacts by eliminating the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, veterinary drugs, genetically modified seeds and breeds, preservatives, additives, and irradiation. 

WATER is as vital to plants as it is to other organisms. The pressure of water within the plant cells helps the plant’s leaves to remain firm. Water also is essential for most of the plant’s biochemical reactions. In addition, water stores essential dissolved nutrients.