Hello there and welcome to the 46th weekly Carnival of the Green. We’re proud to be hosting the carnival for the second time and would like to thank City Hippy and Triple Pundit (founders of aforementioned carnival) for the great honour. Thanks also to Karavans for a tip-top carnival last week. Enough with the niceties …
The 3 R’s of the green movement – reduce, reuse, recycle – are moving over for S4 – substance, sexiness, style and sustainability. Summer Rayne Oakes and SRO have recently launched S4, an industry newsletter reporting on fashion sustainability trends. It’s packed full of fantastic images and articles – more of a fashion magazine that …
Seattle, WA boasts the first organic/fair-trade chocolate factory in the United States. Theo Chocolate took over an old brewery in the Fremont district of the Pacific Northwest city last January. It is a small operation compared to its mega (non-organic) counterparts, which produce the confection for companies like Hershey’s and Nestle. Theo founder, Joel Whinney …
Being an avid composter, this article by Marion Owen really appealed to me. From now on I will be composting wool socks, old leather gardening gloves, pencil shavings, toenail clippings, wooden toothpicks, stale bread, old pasta, dead bees and flies, and wee from my toddler’s potty. For the full list of 163 things, read Marion’s …
From The Independent: It is not just the state of California that is bypassing the authority of the US government to take action on global warming. The mayors of more than 300 cities across the country have signed a Climate Protection Agreement in which they have pledged to meet the emissions-cutting timetable laid down by …
Read more “US direct action: How American cities have bypassed Bush on Kyoto”
These guys are the very latest green directory listing at Eco Street, and an environmentally-minded camping enthusiasts dream. Huttopia (a eco-friendly cross between huts and utopia) is a French eco-tourism company with two beautiful campsites, one in Rille and one in Versailles. Huttopia have gone to great lengths not to disturb nature when setting up …
During Organic Fortnight (2-17 September 2006) Sainsburys are giving away an environmentally friendly jute bag when you buy 5 items from their SO organic fresh fruit, vegetable and salad range. It is the first jute product to achieve Soil Association accreditation under the association’s private standards for organic textiles. They also have some new additions …
Wondering where all the green homes are? Now there’s a directory to help you find them. Vivavi’s new Modern Green Living Home Directory promises to help users “design, build, remodel, furnish or find a green home.” The directory features green residential communities in the US, Canada and around the world, and also includes a green …
You can expect the amount of “unaddressed” junk mail coming through your letter-box to increase dramatically with an agreement expected this week to scrap the Royal Mail’s current three-items-a-week limit. These are the mailings addressed to “the occupier” that the postman puts through your door when he is delivering your “addressed” mail. Last year, the …