As an avid Green Thing fan, I’d like to share their latest video that has me feeling rather tickled. My favourite bit is the end where James says: “But I’m already thing about the next one. The big one… the town centre car park in Woking!” I live near Woking and have been known to …
‘Jungle celebrity’ and avid recycler Anna Ryder Richardson has joined forces with Recycle now to launch 2008’s annual Woodland Trust Christmas Card Recycling Scheme. A target of 100 million cards has been set by the Woodland Trust and Recycle Now, which will mean 24,000 trees can be planted, saving 2,600 tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse …
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I remember this option as one of the green features offered by CIS eco car insurance when they launched about 18 months ago, but their green insurance option seems to have disappeared, so Allianz Insurance may be right when they say they’re “the first in the UK to give motor policyholders the choice of using …
Grandmother and former nurse Linda Sones sells organic cotton baby and children’s clothing and accessories, and natural, organic baby toiletries online at SonesUK. Her suppliers are all committed to various environmental and Fairtrade initiatives. In a survey conducted by MORI it was found that half of the British public recognized the Fairtrade mark, which is …
Have you ever thought about how many cheap, flimsy umbrellas are discarded every time they blow inside out or come adrift just when you need them? How many times have you seen an abandoned umbrella lying in a wet and crumpled heap in the gutter? It’s something that Pamela Zonsius pondered and then she decided …
Keen to help my little feathered friends through the bleak mid-winter, I’ve been doing some research on exactly what I can feed the little fellas. I was surprised to read at the RSPB website that birds are in fact quite partial to a bit of Christmas dinner, what a great idea for getting rid of …
We’d like to wish all of our readers a great green festive season, and to say thank you for your support over the past year. We’ll be taking a break tomorrow, but will be back on the 26th December with more of our usual green interest news, green product reviews and commentary on all things …
On Christmas day what are you going to do with all that wrapping paper? Recycle it? Great. What about the cards? Give them a week or so and recycle those too, or maybe hang on to them for a year to use the front for gift labels next year? Terrific. The tree? In 12 days …
Newsflash! There’s a UK mobile service provider who cares more about the environment than making massive profits. Green Mobile has some great packages that give something back to the environment. Firstly, they encourage you to keep your current phone rather than upgrade when you switch to them. They offer refurbished phones with contracts as well …