It’s the first day of the EcoStreet go green challenge! Today, we’re asking you to stop drinking bottled water. It’s expensive, it’s bottled and transported producing lots of carbon dioxide, and it comes in disposable bottles creating waste. We challenge you to start using a refillable bottle and fill up with tap water. You’ll be …
Carnival of the Green is at Miss Malaprop this week. My pick of the carnival is Running on Green at INNside Innkeeping in Montana, some tips about how to be a green runner. Which brings to mind another great blog about being a green runner, Eco-Runner, check it out!
Over the next two weeks we’ll be running the EcoStreet go green challenge. To complete the challenge, read EcoStreet every day for the next 14 days and take up our daily challenge to go green. Win! A copy of Sheherazade Goldsmith’s book, A Slice of Organic Life and a stylish eco-nique carbon neutral leather MP3 …
Most of us know the merits of recycling our waste. By doing our bit we reduce landfill waste, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment. And so we dutifully sort our rubbish into glass, plastic, paper and metal, ready for collection by the council waste services, or we even take it to the recycling centre …
If you’d like to get away from this summer, don’t want to fly and balloon your carbon footprint, but can’t think of what to do or where to go, here are a few suggestions for some eco-friendly summer activism/learning/fun. The Camp for Climate Action 14-21 August 2007: 8 days of low-impact living, 200 free workshops …
Dancing Rabbit TV is the new videoblog of the Dancing Rabbit EcoVillage community, created to share ideas and information about what it means to live sustainably. In this introductory episode, residents show us how they are striving to lead more sustainable and lower impact lives through things like solar power, organic gardening, and natural building. …
Lemons are natural and very useful, plus, they don’t harm the planet. Personally, I can’t think of a bad thing to say about lemons. They are great for salad dressings, flavouring puddings and squeezed onto veggies too. Here are some other things you can do with lemons. 1. Grow a lemon tree – the most …