Newsnight rookie Justin Rowlatt has been set the challenge of living an ethical lifestyle over the course of a year. He has a question: what on earth is an “ethical lifestyle”? Justin’s wife Bee is a green influence on him, she has already made some changes to the family’s lifestyle that will hopefully help to …
I recently joined the ETA, the world’s only climate neutral motoring organisation. It didn’t cost me any more to join the ETA than it had cost me to belong to the AA, and as well as all the services offered being as good or better than the AA’s, the ETA also paid £22 of my …
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Oxfordshire’s Green Party has done so well that they now hold the balance of power on Oxford City Council. This seven strong Green Group has secured a £1 million budget for the following green improvements for the city of Oxford: Money to improve consultation on the planned new recycling scheme and address any issues arising …
EcoStreet would like to wish a very happy 1st birthday to City Hippy, the friendly and encouraging green blog that has brought us the Starbucks Challenge (with Green LA Girl) and the Carnival of the Green (with Triple Pundit) over the past year. And what a year it must have been for you, Al! The …
The Green Alliance have commissioned a report putting forward a package of measures that if implemented will aim to encourage householders to adopt green living practices by offering them financial incentives, information and advice. The report, entitled The Green Living Initiative, Engaging households to achieve environmental goals, tackles three environmental issues: energy, water and waste. …
It’s the 15th edition of Carnival of the Green and this week it is being hosted by the Hip & Zen Pen. Pick of the Week: Bravo to Camden Lady who discusses how the United Kingdom could, and should be, following Sweden into a new oil-free age. Toxic Tony can’t keep burying his head in …
Vote in the very first Observer Ethical Awards in association with Ecover, and you could win a weekend away in Brussels. It’s refreshing to see the increase in public awareness of the crisis that the Earth is facing. Protecting the planet has never been so vital. But who’s campaigning hardest to save the biosphere? Which …
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and WWF have got together to create the Yes2Wind website to educate the public about why we need wind farms, and encourage them to support wind farm proposals locally. Yes2Wind explains why we need wind power: It’s clean. Wind power does not produce dangerous waste, nor does it contribute to …
The creatively minded people of New York City come together seasonally to swap, reuse and recycle their unwanted clothing. Everyone attending the Swap-O-Rama-Rama brings at least one bag of unwanted clothing and a $10 donation. The unwanted clothes are piled up in a heap, and everyone just dives in and helps themselves to whatever they …