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 …
Treehugger’s Valentine’s Day Guide: 50 Ways to Please Your Lover gives Valentine’s Day a green makeover. If you are looking for love, Treehugger suggests trying Green Passions online dating for greenies or a night out at Green Drinks. For the couples out there, a romantic evening in watching sexy treehugger Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo & …
It’s showtime! Welcome to the 13th edition of Carnival of the Green, the weekly compendium of eco-friendly and sustainable blog posts from the green blogosphere. Thank you to City Hippy and Triple Pundit for getting it started, and thanks also to Urban Eco for hosting a truly massive Carnival last week. London features BIG this …
For the month of February Organic-Ally is offering 10% off all organic string bag bundles online. Siew Peng from Organic-Ally says: “Except for those bags which have been burned (releasing harmful dioxins into the environment) every plastic bag that has been manufactured is still in existence, either in some landfill or clogging up some waterway, …
The EcoStreet Blog is proud to be hosting next Monday’s Carnival of the Green. See this week’s offering here. Carnival of the Green was established in November 2005 by City Hippy and Triple Pundit, and has travelled from one green blog to another every week since then with a summary of the offerings by green …
Australian web designer Patrick Bonello decided that he was going to do something about the slaughter of whales in the Southern Ocean. He’s making use of viral marketing to raise awareness by designing an online game called The Whales Revenge, where you help Greenpeace sink whalers and then sign a petition and pass the link …
Here’s a new way to freecycle. On Green Gonzo you can search for what you need where and when you need it. It’s a bit like eBay, except everything is being given away for free. The aim of the game being to reduce waste and promote the re-use of goods and materials, with the desirable …
It may actually be feeling pretty cold right now, but the results are in and 2005 is the hottest year on record, with the Top 5 hottest years all occurring in the last eight years. Whew! This century could see global temperatures increase by 5’C, according to NASA’s Drew Shindell, the warmest temperatures that the …