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The Invisible Waste: How to Shrink Your Digital Carbon Footprint

by EcoStreetEcoGadgets, EcoTech, Shop Green, Sustainable Lifestyle, Toxic WorldPosted on No Comments

When we talk about living sustainably, our minds usually jump to canvas tote bags, recycling bins, or skipping plastic straws. We rarely think about our overflowing photo libraries, thousands of unread emails, or late-night video marathons. Because digital data lives in the “cloud,” it feels weightless. In reality, that cloud relies on massive, physical data …

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Be my Green Valentine

by EcoStreetEcoFashion, EcoGadgets, Shop Green, Sustainable LifestylePosted on One Comment

What says “I love you” more than a gift that loves our planet too!  This Valentine’s Day, instead of a paper card that will end up in the recycling bin (hopefully), why not carve your own in solid wood. This wooden postcard comes from a sustainable source and is blank for you to hand carve …

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Join the #BagBrigade to make Black Friday Greener…

by EcoStreetActivism, EcoFashion, Fair Trade, Recycling, Shop GreenPosted on 4 Comments

I just joined the #BagBrigade at The Green Life Online and pledged to use reusable bags instead of plastic bags. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will take to the shops and just think of all the plastic bags that don’t have to be used. Plastic bags have never been so un-fashionable.  And for good reason!  There …

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Q: When is a Coke can an elephant (or possibly a giraffe)?

by EcoStreetEcoArt, Recycling, Shop GreenPosted on 10 Comments

A: When Farai’s had his creative way with it! Farai is a member of the Mother City Craft Collective, a collective of traffic-light crafters who you can see selling their wares as you drive through the streets of Cape Town.   This group of Zimbabwean crafters have joined forces to expand their market and create an …

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Review of fruit and vegetable teethers

by EcoStreetEcoKids, Shop Green, UncategorisedPosted on 7 Comments

    Message to mummies! If you are looking for fantastic teethers I would like to share with you some of the best I have found. We are delighted to be stocking the vegetable and fruit collection from Under the Nile they are just so cool. The green bean is a firm favourite because it’s …

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EcoGiveaway: Rapanui spotty bamboo socks

by EcoStreetCompetitions, EcoFashion, Shop GreenPosted on 10 Comments

Rapanui eco clothing from the Isle of Wight, UK is green right from the top of its head to the tip of its toes. What makes it green? The majority of our range comes from India, and we use quite a famous factory there which is powered by Vestas wind turbines via a wholesale power …

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Crank it up baby: a look at 10 eco-friendly wind up flashlights

by EcoStreetEcoEnergy, EcoGadgets, EcoReview, Shop GreenPosted on 2 Comments

This is a guest post by D. Salmons over at TestFreaks, where you can find everything from laptop rankings to hd camcorder reviews. Remember the good old days, when you went out on an adventure and took along extra batteries (if you were thinking ahead) just so you wouldn’t run out of lighting. Well, not …

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Rescued paper note book

by EcoStreetRecycling, Shop GreenPosted on Comments are Disabled

Rescued Paper Notebooks are made entirely from discarded paper that has been collected and assembled by hand in India. Papers are folded and bound in a direct form of recycling which enables the owner to write on the reverse of the printed pages.  They come in three sizes and a variety of colours from Sukie.