As we come to the end of Bike to Work Week 2009 (a US event that doesn’t feature in South Africa, yet), it was thanks to blogs like Lighter Footstep and Treehugger that I decided to dust off my bicycle, attach Piper’s bike to the Trailgator, and do the school run by bicycle. But even …
Elaine Dutton of Pure Design wrote a guest post for EcoStreet some time ago all about how the small-scale manufacture of beautiful objects out of sustainable or repurposed materials is better for the environment than the current “throwaway fashion” trend. Recently, Elaine has been in touch with me again asked me to tell you about …
Hats off to South Africa’s Optimal Energy for developing an electric car with a range that can cope with the distances between towns here. Let’s face it, the 190km that the Tata Indica electric car can stretch to wouldn’t get you from Cape Town to Hermanus for a whale watching weekend. With the Joule on …
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When Suzanne Forsling moved from the US Midwest to Alaska, she discovered this novel idea for keeping her salad crops off the cold ground and away from critters who messed with them. She used new guttering, but there’s no reason why you couldn’t use old guttering, either that from your own home, or from a …
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Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. — Albert Einstein I’m not vegetarian. I have been in the past, I even spent a few years following a strictly vegan diet, but I’ve consistently reverted to eating meat after each …
Swedish advertising agency, Acne, have built an enormous bus out of 50 cars at the side of the road on the way to the airport. This very effective “billboard” highlights the fact that while each car driving to the airport takes only 1.2 passengers, the Airport Coach takes over 50. The emissions saved by taking …
A groovy alternative to plastic toy kitchens for little eco-warriors, these are just the coolest toy kitchens yet. The frizzle sizzle toy stove/cooker (above) and the splish splash sink (below) are made by rafinesse & tristesse from recycled olive oil and other tins. They make stuff for grown-ups too. Take a look at these tin …
I’m particularly obsessed with cardboard boxes at the moment, because I’ve just moved house and the empties are everywhere. Of course I could just take them to the recycling depot down the road, but then I came across this awesome Instructable and just knew that this was what my boxes were destined to be. What …
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While most gardeners will agree that the gardening itself is a major part of the pleasure and that the fruits of your labours aren’t everything, there are those who are so busy that they simply don’t have time to plan a vegetable garden and implement it. Cue the food garden fairies… In England, Living Leaves …
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