Are you ready for a low carbon future?

You could be. The Low Impact Living Initiative are running courses during the month of October on composting, building solar water heaters, green woodwork, low-impact smallholdings, wood burner construction and advanced recycling. The courses are run in the South East, the North and in Wales, so there should be a venue that suits you. Or …

Turning email into greenmail

The advent of email has meant that the old fashioned written letter has gone into decline. While some people find email to be less personal than a hand-written letter, it can’t be argued that email hasn’t saved a few trees since it has become a mainstream communication tool. It’s has also become a marketing tool …

Flashmob against airport expansion

A flashmob to protest against the expansion of Heathrow, Manchester and all UK airports is being called to coincide with the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. It also marks the launch of the newly-formed Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport group (SEMA). For more info see: www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk Date: Tuesday 23rd September. Time: 12.45pm (sharp!) Location: Albert …

Make your own eco-friendly shoes

If you happen to be in the vicinity of Totnes in Devon on Saturday the 20th September or the 11th October, why not try your hand at making your own eco-friendly shoes. Green Shoes is holding a fun one day workshop for wannabe green cobblers to try their hand at making a pair of shoes …

Reducing food waste in the UK

Following trials of separate collections of food waste from over 94,000 UK households and the positive reception that the trial received, some local authorities are rolling out these collections permanently. In a bid to divert food waste from landfill, trials were run by 19 local authorities with a total of 78% of residents involved in …

Mesothelioma: a little known side effect of fossil fuel use

This is a guest post by Samantha Catalano, a Public Outreach Coordinator for the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center. Ms. Catalano coordinates the writing, preparation and distribution of informational materials, including articles related to occupational asbestos exposure, mesothelioma cancer and more. For further information, or to contact Ms. Catalano about informational materials, please email scatalano@maacenter.org. …

Car sales drop to pre-1970s level

It sounds almost too good to be true, but true it is. The ETA has confirmed that fewer cards were sold this August in the UK than since the same month in 1966. The drop in sales is being felt particularly by bigger, luxury car manufacturers with Aston Martin sales down a whopping 67%, Land …