Huge Impact of Reducing Packaging

Nature’s Path produce a range of organic breakfast cereals in Canada. They claim to have always been concerned about their use of packaging. To that extent, they offer bulk packs of most of their cereal products and always use recycled cardboard to package them. One of their latest sustainability initiative includes resizing their cereal boxes …

People Tree in Topshop

Organic and fairtrade clothing retailer, People Tree, have a concession in Topshop, Oxford Street in London until mid-June 2006. They’ve reworked some of the People Tree archive for their exclusive Topshop collection, and you can also buy their current catalogue fashions in the store. If you’d like to visit People Tree in Topshop, look for …

The Sounds of the Rainforest

Seven Baka pygmies, who form the musical group Baka Gbine (pronounced “bee-nay”), have arrived in the UK to bring awareness to the plight of their rainforest in Cameroon. They will be giving live performances of their album Gati Bongo, recorded under a giant tree on a mobile solar-powered studio and due to be released today. …

Eco-Friendly Email

I believe this to be the first of its kind, an environmentally friendly FREE online email service, powered by green energy. Communitymail.net is a ThinkHost socially responsible project, offering FREE webmail. Choose from yourname@communitymail.net, yourname@activist.cc, yourname@hippiemail.com or yourname@globaluprising.com and email your mates happy in the knowledge that it’s all being powered by 100% solar/wind power. …

Massive Solar Energy Project in Spain

BP Solar and Spanish bank, Santander, are joining forces to launch a project that will involve the building of 278 small power plants throughout Spain that will be able to power 12,500 homes. To read more, see this Guardian article. — Tags: ecostreet, renewable+energy, solar

Surviving the Hosepipe Ban

We are facing the dryest summer in the South East of England for 100 years, so what are we doing to help the situation as individuals? The hosepipe ban is leading us to devise new ways to save water while keeping our gardens green. One woman in Dorset is watering her vegetable garden by siphoning …

Before It Gets To Your Fridge

Bloganic.net – The Organic Blog brings us a new series of posts entitled “Before It Gets To Your Fridge” that will be looking at the origins of our food and the essential differences between organic and non-organic. And while we’re on the subject, why not check out Bloganic.net’s Five Reasons To Go Organic. — Tags: …

Slowing Down and Greening Up

As Tracey Smith’s campaign for the 2nd annual Downshifting Week reaches its goal, she has launched the new 12 month Downshifting Planner to help us on our way in simplifying our lives to save money and the planet. You can download the calender and print it out to keep track of money saved and green …

Latest Green Listings

If you would like to be listed in the EcoStreet directory, submit your link here. It’s FREE. — It’s The Environment, Stupid is Amy Stodghill’s blog exploring the connections between the environment and the economy and how they both need nurturing for social wellbeing. New Yorker Amy will be starting to post on EcoStreet soon …