In their 2008 competition, Friends of the Earth asked the question ‘Which bit of the Earth are you a Friend of?’ The films came flooding in and we all voted, laughed, cried and got goosebumps watching them. Now the votes have been counted and the judges have chosen their favourites. Overall Winner: ‘Winberry Hill’ People’s …
This Saturday, November 29th 2008, it’s Buy Nothing Day. The annual day off to put away your wallet and switch off from shopping. 24 hours to detox from shopping, save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and stop being a consumer. Sinister, innit! There are events in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and Southampton.
There’s just one week left to vote on who deserves the Worst EU Lobbying Award for 2008, and the nominees are: The agrofuels lobby (including MPOC, Unica and Abengoa) – nominated for their misleading campaigns to promote agrofuels as green; The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) – nominated for hiding the involvement …
While she was working as a scientist advising on energy efficiency, Joan Pick radically changed her life. She hasn’t flown since 1971, and hasn’t been in a motor vehicle since 1973 (except for a trip in an ambulance and one in a funeral car). Joan runs and walks everywhere from her home in Croydon, she …
Greenpeace bring us their latest campaign, Coalfinger. Their video on YouTube tells the story of how Special Agent Green battles the evil coal magnate Coalfinger to stop him covering the world in coal-fired power stations. Watch the video and visit http://www.coalfinger.com/. [via: The Ecologist]
In just a few weeks time, MPs will vote on the Climate Change Bill and this is your final opportunity to have a say in what the UK’s response to climate change will be. You can do this by asking your MP to support amendments committing us to emissions cuts of at least 80% by …
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The advent of email has meant that the old fashioned written letter has gone into decline. While some people find email to be less personal than a hand-written letter, it can’t be argued that email hasn’t saved a few trees since it has become a mainstream communication tool. It’s has also become a marketing tool …
A flashmob to protest against the expansion of Heathrow, Manchester and all UK airports is being called to coincide with the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. It also marks the launch of the newly-formed Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport group (SEMA). For more info see: www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk Date: Tuesday 23rd September. Time: 12.45pm (sharp!) Location: Albert …
It’s hard to tell when the ‘zero waste’ bug hit the UK, but the earliest blog that I can find on the subject is the Cambridge Zero Waste Challenge. Some Cambridge city councillors volunteered to put themselves and their families through the rigorous exercise of seeing just how little they could put into their black …
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