This is a guest post by Lorna Li, of Lorna Li : Green 2.0 Marketing. As oil prices skyrocket and the climate heats up, the debate around the 2007 Energy Bill, currently being debated in U.S. Congress behind closed doors, is getting hotter. Environmentalists, students, rock stars, and even auto industry workers in the United …
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You may not like it if someone called your town a low budget, tourist stop, ghost town. That’s what Toyota said about Fresno in a Prius ad that was only aired on the East Coast of the US. But after the ad had a good innings on Digg, Fresno residents got to see it too. …
Grandmother and former nurse Linda Sones sells organic cotton baby and children’s clothing and accessories, and natural, organic baby toiletries online at SonesUK. In the western world we have become a throwaway culture. But we need to ask some important questions rather than accepting this as part of modern life. Is it sustainable? On a …
The lines are closed, the votes have been counted and I can now reveal that the winners of the British Environment and Media Awards 2007 are: Award for Best Television News and Current Affairs Coverage – BBC1 Ten O’Clock News – Climate Change Best Television Documentary – Granada and KQED Public Television – China – …
As we gear up for the holiday season, don’t get drawn in to the shopping frenzy with all the plastic, the sparkles and the tat. Here’s an idea: only give handmade gifts this Christmas. Buy handmade items, preferably Fairtrade or from your local Country Market, or even make them yourself. Pledge to buy Handmade now! …
Greenzone tv is a green shopping service using short video clips to give product information and humorously enliven the shopping experience. Eski Thomas and Julien Temple are behind this great idea, so you’d be right to think that these clips are a tad more entertaining than those of regular QVC. The range on sale is …
Some of the UK’s top Fairtrade fashion brands will be available at Green Threads’ sample sale in Brighton from 16th -18th November 2007. You’ll find People Tree, howies, THTC, Ethletic, Tonic t-shirts, Terra Plana, Red Mutha and Enamore samples and last season’s fashions at up to 80% off. This is your chance to pick up …
Social networking, everybody’s doing it. We all know who the big guys are, but some prefer a space for online interaction with others of like mind. Here are our favourite green and ethical social networking sites: Care2.com – The big daddy of green social networking, Care2.com has been around since 1998. There are over 7 …
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Some links worth mentioning: Top 10 things to say to eco-sceptics at Hippyshopper. 6 Ways to Deodorize Those Smelly Birkenstocks! by Wannabe Hippy Wasted food is estimated to cost each British household from £250 to £400 a year, from the 6.7 million tonnes of food wasted in total that amounts to £8 billion at EnviroStats! …