While she was working as a scientist advising on energy efficiency, Joan Pick radically changed her life. She hasn’t flown since 1971, and hasn’t been in a motor vehicle since 1973 (except for a trip in an ambulance and one in a funeral car). Joan runs and walks everywhere from her home in Croydon, she …
Greenpeace bring us their latest campaign, Coalfinger. Their video on YouTube tells the story of how Special Agent Green battles the evil coal magnate Coalfinger to stop him covering the world in coal-fired power stations. Watch the video and visit http://www.coalfinger.com/. [via: The Ecologist]
Jonathon Porritt, green thinker, was dubbed environmental personality of the year at the edie’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Now in their second year, the awards were held at London’s Natural History Museum on Thursday. From the edie news feed: Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future and chairman of the government-backed UK Sustainable …
We’re all having to tighten our belts to get through the economic recession that’s spreading across the world. Here’s a solution to your fashion needs at a fraction of the price. Charity shops, online and off and second-hand clothes at online auction sites are the perfect way to shop from an environmental point of view, …
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The Big Earth Book by James Bruges, published by Alistair Sawday Don’t miss our Big Earth Book giveaway below! As we see massive changes rocking our planet, James Bruges takes us step by step through how we got here. In what is surely going to be considered the layman’s environmental reference book on the state …
One of my favourite sources of motoring information in the UK has to be the wonderfully green roadside rescue service, the ETA. They’re full of good news this week about funding for green transport. The Electric Car The UK government are giving £100 million to the fledgling electric car industry to give them a boost …
This is a guest post by Carolyn Algar. Using TerraCycle‘s products made out of recycled drink pouches took me right back to my childhood days. Back then I loved the idea of using drink and food packets for other things, little did I know that it would be one of the most important principles to …
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