Use electricity wisely
South Africa’s state owned electricity provider Eskom leads by example in this cool advertising campaign. [via: WattWatt]
Climate change affects everyone… even janitors!
A comedic look at how janitors feel about office workers who can’t be bothered to recycle. From the wonderful Nature Conservancy. Adendum: Having only ever once watched an episode of Scrubbs, I completely missed that this was the grumpy janitor… Read More »Climate change affects everyone… even janitors!
Free DIY Planet Repairs toolkit for Londoners
The Mayor of London is giving away a free DIY Planet Repairs toolkit to all residents of Greater London. The free kit contains a few things to help you make small but important changes around the home: Booklet – a… Read More »Free DIY Planet Repairs toolkit for Londoners
How to: Install loft insulation
VideoJug: A Guide To Loft Insulation
3 ways to keep up with EcoStreet
In case you’ve been wondering how not to miss a thing at EcoStreet, here are a few ideas to keep you updated: Subscribe to our blog feed Sign up to have our blog posts arrive in your email inbox Subscribe… Read More »3 ways to keep up with EcoStreet
Google’s latest green offering: the UK Carbon Footprint Project
Google has launched the UK Carbon Footprint Project to help people in the UK to calculate, track and compare our carbon footprints with others living in the UK in 3 steps. Step 1: When you decide to get started calculating… Read More »Google’s latest green offering: the UK Carbon Footprint Project
The importance of being vegan: World Vegan Day
Today is World Vegan Day 2007 and this year the Vegan Society is asking “Is it green to eat meat?”. The answer that they’ve come up with is a resounding NO. Here’s why. You use much less land and water… Read More »The importance of being vegan: World Vegan Day
Detox your environment with houseplants
In our efforts to save energy resources, we are increasingly sealing our homes and other buildings off from the outside air. This also means that we are sealing in gases from synthetic materials that we furnish and equip our homes… Read More »Detox your environment with houseplants
Uganda’s plastic bag problem
“Like many other countries around the world, plastic bags litter Uganda. They poison the soil, block drains and create an unsightly health hazard. So the government listened to the environmental concerns and banned the bags but the clean-up campaign’s not… Read More »Uganda’s plastic bag problem