The Galapagos Islands

Today, Envirosafe Solutions focuses on the amazing Galapagos Islands and hopes you will enjoy a brief spotlight on this amazing island grouping and all that it has to offer the world.

The Galapagos Islands are a famed island group. They lie around the equator in the Pacific Ocean approximately 1000km from continental Ecuador and South America.  They were the focus of Charles Darwin’s studies and Beagle Voyage and are famous for their rich and vast number of endemic species.

Distinct Island Grouping

The Galapagos group straddles the equator and its islands cover both the north and south hemisphere of the earth. There are 15 central islands as well as 3 smaller, along with approximately another 100 rocks and islets. The islands are actually located on the Nazca tectonic plate, resulting in considerable volcanic activity and hotspot activity. (Hotspot activity occurs “when the Earth’s crust is being melted from below by a mantle plume to create volcanoes.”) It is noted for its incredible species diversity and its significant contribution to the understanding of species requirements, Eco Friendly evolution and species origin, all of which have increasing significance in the current global environmental climate.

Charles Darwin Research Station

The importance of the research station cannot be underestimated. It is a biological research station populated constantly by international and Ecuadorian scientists who focus on scientific research and conservation. Its team is over 100 strong and its main objectives are 

•                    “To provide knowledge and assistance through scientific research
•                     Develop action to ensure the conservation of the environment
•                    Develop action to ensure the biodiversity in the Galapagos Archipelago
•                     To develop into one of the world’s leading research institutions dedicated to the conservation of the Galapagos Islands.” 

Current Research Projects

The Centre also focuses on a number of flagship research projects which are of vital significance to the planet. The three main flagship areas include:

•                     Climate Change – which monitors climate change as it relates to the Galapagos and the wider planet
•                    Human Footprints – analyses human impacts and policies and human behaviours upon the natural world
•                     Project Floreana – focuses on the restoration of the Floreana Islands with the aim to develop a balance between ecosystems and the human inhabitants on the island. 

Envirosafe Solutions understands the unique historical and environmental role the Galapagos Islands plays in the current state of extreme green concerns for the planet. This island group offers the world a unique opportunity to study the effects for human impact, global climate change and ecosystem delicacy and subtlety. Envirosafe Solutions also cares about the Environmental Cleaning Products and produces safe environmentally friendly substances with a reduced impact and footprint. Please consider using environmentally safe and sound products in your business and home. For more information contact the sales staff at Envirosafe Solutions on  1300 809070      

Green wine!

Envirosafe Solutions keeps a careful eye out for those businesses and organisations and concerns that are forging new environmentally friendly practices in production, development and business modeling. Today, the focus is on one very forward thinking winery that is making a real mark on the Australian wine market and wine industry.

There’s nothing like a glass of good red with a meal.

But green wine?

Well…it’s not really green, but it is organic and environmentally sound. One winery is producing quality wine the eco-friendly way, and proving that quality production, an organic approach, and great wine can and do go together.

Tamburlaine Winery is Australia’s largest producer of organic wines and is situated in the Pokolbin district of the Hunter Valley in NSW as well as Orange on the Central Tablelands of NSW. James Halliday, one of Australia’s leading wine authorities, has bestowed it with a five star rating, indicating that quality and environmentally sound practices are now established hallmarks of great wine production.

The Organic Approach

The organic approach to wine making means that the wine is produced without any synthetic herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or artificial fertilisers. Sulphur dioxide is used carefully in the process, and traditionally used wine additives “which are residual in the end product” are excluded.

This approach has benefits across the board and Tamburlaine Wines lists a number of key advantages to organic farming methods for grape vine growing.

•              It leads to sustainability by optimising humus in the soil
•         The vines are supported and sustained by the natural fertility of the soil as opposed to synthetic fertilising products
•          Significantly minimises need for irrigation as increased humus leads to increased water retention
•               Eliminates harmful effects of farm chemicals on surrounding areas
•               Eliminates possible wine toxins for the consumer
•                Promotes and maintains healthy vineyard ecosystem.                     

A Formal Environmental Management System

The Australian Government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities state that an EMS “is a tool for managing the impacts of an organisation’s activities on the environment. It provides a structured approach to planning and implementing Environmental Cleaning Products protection measures.”

Tamburlaine Winery developed and implemented a formal EMS in 2003, and this is now the underpinning foundation of their business system and their decision-making. It includes such practices as

•                      Sustainable farming practices
•                      Water management strategies
•                      Solid waste management
•                     Energy efficiency
•                      Environmental purchasing

Envirosafe Solutions supports the kinds of approach put forward by businesses and concerns such as Tamburlaine Winery. It strongly supports and promotes the need for environmental purchasing and believes smart business sources and utilises materials and products that are less damaging to the environment. Envirosafe Solutions believes a extreme green alternative can always be adopted, even in areas where there is an historical reliance on high toxicity products and materials. Products such as biodegradable cleaning liquids which are healthier for soil and land and water, and safer alternatives for harsher products are available from Envirosafe Solutions.

The Extreme Green team at Envirosafe Solutions may be able provide you with safer alternatives to the products you are currently using.

To find out more about the many Environmentally Friendly Liquids that are produced and supplied by Envirosafe Solutions, telephone   1300 889070 .