This week’s Carnival of the Green is hosted by Dirty Greek, and what a green carnival it is too. The St. Patrick’s day theme is swarming with leprechauns, along with a veritable feast of green blogging. EcoStreet’s Guide to Green Cleaning is featured in this the 18th Carnival of the Green. Thanks to the Dirty …
It’s the UK’s National Science Week (9-16 March 2006) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science asks: What will YOU do to tackle climate change? Tony Blair has pledged to turn down his thermostat by one degree, Colin Jackson will swap a domestic flight for a train trip, and Professor Robert Winston will …
Environmental Action (an organisation that was born out of the first Earth Day in 1970) yesterday started an online photo rally in an effort to save the US National Forests that George Bush has decided to flog to make up his budget shortfalls. Dan Stafford from Environmental Action has asked EcoStreet to help spread the …
Whether nipping from office to meeting, or getting home after a night on the town, Londoners can now take a cab without putting more pollution into the atmosphere. Thanks to GreenTomatoCars, a new “minicab” service operating in the UK’s capital, you can pay the same fare, travel the same journey, and be helping the environment, …
Al over at City Hippy told me that the best way to reach the Green Blogosphere was to contribute to it. Last week, I released a tool, which you can see in action on the right pane of the Ecostreet blog. It is the tool with the “Headlines from the Green Blogosphere” heading. The tool …
The Sustainable Development Commission, a UK government advisory, have reported that the benefits of nuclear power are outweighed by its serious disadvantages. This comes as good news to those who have been campaigning against a new nuclear power programme in the UK. The five main disadvantages that the report identifies are the long-term waste problem …
This week at the EcoStreet directory, we welcome four new green listings: Bonicca Natural Body Care is a California-based company manufacturing organic spa skin care products. I-volv Recruitment Solutions recruit high-quality staff for the environmental, renewable energy and water sectors in the UK. Although their website is still under construction, my own eden is contactable …
This week’s Carnival of the Green is at Enviropundit, the Green Building Blog. My favourite post at the Carnival this week has got to be Jane Perrone’s post at Horticultural entitled “Can We Afford Cheap?” This is a subject that is often on my mind, being a stay-at-home-mum and homemaker in a one-income family. It’s …
It may be snowing outside, but the spring bulbs are starting to push through and trips to the allotment are becoming more frequent. This is the time of the year when many of us feel the urge to put our houses in order and have a spring cleaning session. This year, don’t just clean up …