Homes for Tomorrow: a Good Energy Film
Smack in the heart of London, an eco-architectural wonder.
The Big Green Home Show
Whether you’re planning your own green “grand design” or a bit of a fix-up of the old suburban semi, take in the Big Green Home Show for some big green ideas and advice. The show is being held at the National Self Build and Renovation Centre (makes sense!) from 13th – 18th November 2007, and …
EcoLinking – 12 October 2007
It’s time for another round of EcoLinking. Here are some recent blog posts that I found interesting. “In order to stay alive, each of us needs 10 trees… so you don’t suffocate in your own carbon dioxide” – 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr Wangari Maathai by Envirostats! Green Your Halloween by The Nature Conservancy …
Energy from the community: a film by Good Energy Films
A story of microgeneration in North London.
Mindless consumerism
This Saturday, you don’t have to do what your telly tells you to. Stay at home, or go for a walk in the park. Better still, recycle something. Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Nukefree.org: Stop the nuclear bailout
Musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash announced today a new campaign to stop US Congress from bailing out the nuclear power industry. They launched the campaign with the release of a YouTube video and national petition effort all available at www.nukefree.org. The artists will deliver the petitions to Congress at a press conference …
EcoSpeak: Part 2 of an interview with climate scientist Sir John Houghton
This is a guest post by Jeremy Walters of GoCarbonFree.com Sir John Houghton CBE FRS was co-chairman of the Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1988-2002. He was previously chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (’92-’98), chief executive of the Met Office (’83-’91) and Professor of Atmospheric Physics, …
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World’s first dimmable low energy light bulb available in the UK
If you’re one of the thousands of people who’ve been looking for energy saving light bulbs that are dimmable, today is your lucky day. Nigel’s Eco Store now stocks the world’s first dimmable low energy light bulb by DigiFlex. And here’s the interesting part, there are two varieties, one that works with a standard dimmer …
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5 of the best natural deodorants
Some people believe that antiperspirants and deodorants containing aluminium can contribute to the risk of cancer, others believe it is all a hoax. Regardless of all this, antiperspirants stop you sweating, something that you are naturally designed to do. So antiperspirants are a no-no for me. Something that I’d like to point out about deodorants …