Greenlight Magazine Summer Issue

The summer issue of Greenlight Magazine is now available. It includes tips and info on all the favorite summer topics – barbecueing, bug spray, gardening, getaways, recipes – all with an eco-friendly flair. Premiering in 2005, greenlight is a “guilt-free” one-stop resource for earth-friendly alternatives. greenlight provides you with information and ideas that show you …

Take A Treeflight

There are no two ways about it, flying is bad for the environment, as explained by Ru Hartwell, project director of Treeflights.com: When we travel in an aeroplane we use loads of aviation fuel. In a few hours we each burn up hundreds of litres of a non-renewable resource that it took the earth (and …

Green Design

We were notified by Mark Batty Publishing that they have a new book out, called and all about Green Design. Here’s what they have to say about it: Green Design colorfully documents the rising trend to create and market new and innovative products that help consumers downsize and upgrade their lives. Through a carefully chosen …

UK Schools Compete for Wind Power

Friends of the Earth have launched a competition for schools and youth groups to win a wind turbine worth over £1500. The “Shout About Climate Change Solutions 2006” competition is open to schools and youth groups taking part in the FOEs “Shout about climate change solutions” week from November 6 – 10 2006. “Shout About …

Farmers Weekly Food Miles Campaign

On a recent visit to a local rare breeds farm I read about the Farmers Weekly Food Miles Campaign, aimed at consumers like you and me, educating us about how “bringing in food from all corners of the world is bad for the environment, bad for freshness, bad for food security and bad for traceability”. …

Micropower in the UK

Britain planning laws may be revised to make it easier for micropower generation. In an interview with The Observer, Planning Minister, Yvette Cooper said, “It is patently absurd that you should be able to put a satellite dish on your house, but have to wrestle with the planning process for small-scale micro-generation, which is no …

Surfers With A Cause

Surfers spend so much time with nature it’s no wonder they are doing what they can to look after the environment. Surfers Against Sewage (or the SAS campaign as they are also known) have been campaigning for clean waters since 1990. A group of surfers, fed up with suffering repeated ear, throat and gastric infections …

Alternative Social Networking Site Launched

People who consider themselves alternative, holistic or green may have found a new spiritual home – online with Holistic Local, the web’s latest social networking venue and established directory for over 4,000 alternative businesses. The popularity of web-based social networking sites like MySpace and Friendster, where users make friends and contacts according to preferences declared …

Making The Switch

Regular readers will know that I am against the idea of a new generation of nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom, or anywhere else on the planet for that matter. I much prefer the option of putting as much spending into renewables as the govenment has ploughed into nuclear to make it work for …