Ireland’s virtually got rid of them, South Africa has done it too, so it beggars belief that the UK is still using around 17 million plastic bags each year. The government has been slow to do anything about the plastic bag menace that litters our streets and blows around landfill sites. Thankfully, some progressive businesses …
Recycle – The Essential Guide contains anything and everything that you need to know about recycling, how and why it is done, how to do it, its success-rates and covers a number of fascinating case studies of how recycling is working all over the world. As an introduction to the book, Lucy Siegle puts forward …
When one of the Eco Street forum members, Jamble mag, wanted to know why the wrapping of their favourite chocolate biscuits wasn’t recyclable, a letter was duly dispatched to United Biscuits to find out why. Here is the reply that they received: Dear Jamble Magazine, “The packaging is made from a material called polypropylene, which …
“A simulation to make you think” is what 3rd World Farmer calls itself. This online “game” will test your farming skills against drought and pests, guerillas and the collapse of the national bank. Via: Treehugger & Hugg
Tonight is the start of the BBC’s Climate Chaos series of programmes, and first up is David Attenborough’s Are We Changing Planet Earth? It will air tonight on BBC One at 9pm. Talking to Michael McCarthy for The Independent, Attenborough says: ” I was sceptical about climate change. I was cautious about crying wolf… … …
The government has said that British schools must become more “carbon neutral” by 2020. To start with they will encourage children to walk to school to reduce pollution, try to reduce water and energy consumption in schools, and fit some English schools with solar panels and wind turbines. They would also like to have school …
At last, a commercial vehicle that can carry two tonnes up to one hundred miles at fifty miles an hour with zero emissions. These quiet, pollution free Modec vans have been launched in the UK and are a sound choice for businesses, with zero congestion charges, zero road tax and zero operator licence requirements, all …
If you are an environmentally conscious traveller, this list of five eco-friendly accommodation establishments from The Guardian will help you on your way. 1 Spain Explore Andaluci?a’s pueblos blancos from Los Castanos near Ronda whichtrains local women in hotel management. From 100 per night B&B. 0034 9521 80778, loscastanos.com. 2 UK There’s Moet in the …
Friends of the Earth International have launched their first ever photo competition, with the theme of Climate Justice. FOEI are looking for striking photographs that will illustrate the impact that the changing climate is having on the environment and show who is responsible for dangerous climate change, for example: the impacts of climate change: featuring …