tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77442388774292603932012-02-17T01:23:15.473+01:00nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-50222256992553284052009-11-07T11:47:00.005+01:002009-11-12T10:02:09.154+01:00The company who had produced the organic green tea which the blog wrote about earlier this week, requested for a new test of the tea made by the Laboratory Eurofins which tested the tea in the first place. The new test with the same shipment as the other one, did not give any deflections of toxin. The exact same tea bag was not tested again though since there was no material left. Why the two tests gave different results is not made clear.<br /><br />I am confused and I think it is strange. Yet, the question remains for us as customers; how can we know if our organic product really is organic? Does it depend on which tea bag we happen to pick?<br /><br />Source:<br />Nylund, Sarah : "Teet giftfritt i nytt test" ("The tea toxin free in new test"). Sydsvenskan 7th November 2009<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-5022225699255328405?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-44541995652519204092009-11-06T09:20:00.001+01:002009-11-06T11:44:54.572+01:00<div>I have realized one thing when it comes to business, advertising, consumption and people by creating a homepage. If people does not see you, you do not exist.<br /><br />Businesses need advertising to make sure customers know they exist and when they know they exist they can consume their products or services. One cause behind overconsumption of products we do not always need according to me is that people wants to be seen. The latest products can give people those minutes in the spotlights. Everybody wants to be seen. Our desire of being seen affect our consume patterns very much so!<br /><br />Try to see the individual; it will increase the respect between humans and our respect for the environment! More respect will lead to a better world for all of us! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-4454199565251920409?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-33935904892585290232009-11-05T11:11:00.012+01:002009-11-06T11:49:16.384+01:00This morning when I wake up I read the newspaper as usual. The headline of the newspaper caught my attention; a green tea which was claimed to be organic had rests of azinfosmetyl in it. Azinfosmetyl is used to keep insects away from fruit and berry growing[1]. Animal testing has shown that the substance has high acute of poisonousness. Azinfosmetyl incresed perspiration and cramps[2]. The human body does not store it, instead the liver breaks it down[3]. The organic tea contained 0.1 milligrammes of azinfosmetyl per kilogram. The marginal value in EU is 0.07 milligrammes per kilogram. Azinfosmetyl was forbidden in EU during 2007 since the substance was dangerous to every living organism in our world.<br /><br />In the survey 8 out of 9 green teas contained toxin, 8 of 9 was not organic. The one who did not contained toxin was not organic. All of the green teas contained the toxins below the marginal values but still. Remember the example with sweets written in the blog yesterday, small amounts during a long period soon grows to a hugh amount. Also, imagine what all these toxins do to our environment and all living organisms! <br /><br />I do not know what is the most terrifying part; that the organic tea contained toxin or the fact that the rest, 7 of them, non organic teas also contained toxin, and that fact does not surprise me at all? <br /><br />Since when is not organic products organic anymore? Are there more products in our stores that are claimed to be organic but when it comes to the point they really are not? How can we as customers make the right choices for our environment when we do not have all the information? How can we make the right selection when the product we thought was best, the organic green tea in this case, is not the best in practice? How can we get the information? Maybe by setting demands and asking questions. Finally, since when did chemicals in non organic products ceased to surprise us? <br /><br />Source:<br />http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article564167/Krav-utan-rent-te-i-pasen.html<br />5th November, 11:01 AM<br />[1]Kemikalieinspektionen<br />[2]Kemikalieinspektionen<br />[3]Kemikalieinspektionen<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-3393590489258529023?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-37044846875899315552009-11-04T16:09:00.005+01:002009-11-04T16:52:38.603+01:00(Click on the post title to see the video)<br /><br />An amazing speach by a twelve-year-old girl how she interpreters the environmental problems in our world, she talks about the injustice between different consuming patterns, betewen those who consume more and those who consume less. Sweden belongs to those countries who consume more. The girl requests the politicans to act, which is important! A video well worth seeing!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-3704484687589931555?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-68665599626207311422009-11-04T13:13:00.008+01:002009-11-05T15:44:14.811+01:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jnA4lkwnpqk/SvF1qvQsBDI/AAAAAAAAAAw/ZEuz7wJVraU/s1600-h/xl_godis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jnA4lkwnpqk/SvF1qvQsBDI/AAAAAAAAAAw/ZEuz7wJVraU/s400/xl_godis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400226805295350834" /></a><br />...sweets! I read an article about it in Aftonbladet (a Swedish newspaper) and I it made me think. Every Swede ate 17 kilograms of sweets per year. Here is a list over top ten, per person and year:<br /><br />1. Sweden 17 kilograms<br />2. England 16 kilograms<br />3. Germany 15 kilograms<br />4. Norway 15 kilograms<br />5. Finland 14.5 kilograms<br />6. Denmark 14 kilograms<br />7. Belgium 13.5 kilograms<br />8. USA 11 kilograms<br />9. Australia 11 kilograms<br />10. France 8 kilograms<br />Source: Godis åt folket/Cabisco, Leaf Finland, 2007<br /><br />The amount of 17 kilograms per year, comes down to about 320 grams of sweets every week and that is not much! This was a concreate example of how a small amount many times suddenly grows to a hugh amount. What if we all changed at least one thing in our ways of consuming would not that accomplish a change? I think so. I do not think it always has to be that hard.<br /><br />Another question also emerged in my head. Why does the Swedes sonsume the most sweets in the world? I think it is because we have it all around us and the pick'n mix is the biggest villian since it constitute more the 1/3 of all sweets we eat. The Portuguses only eat 2 kilograms per person and year, if I compare a store in Sweden and another one in Spain (which is close to Portugal), the Spanish store has much less sweets in the shop then the Swedish one has. The Swedish stores have a whole section of just sweets.<br /><br />Source:<br />http://mobil.aftonbladet.se/kropphalsa/nyheter/article6040252.ab;jsessionid=E6A7564632AB0DA72284921AC6FBCFE2 <br />4th November, 13.01 PM<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-6866559962620731142?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744238877429260393.post-29204708910919482882009-11-04T09:54:00.001+01:002009-11-05T08:37:35.767+01:00Welcome to our blog! We will share our points of views and news about consumption in Sweden on this site. <br /><br />No man is an island is our project for Young Masters Programme. This blog will keep you updated.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7744238877429260393-2920470891091948288?l=nomanisanislandblogg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nomanisanislandbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514552599655589247noreply@blogger.com