Today is Peace One Day. While I leave my laptop today to get busy cooking lots of peaceful eco-friendly local vegan food for our “Celebration of Peace” Party that we are having tonight, I leave you with this video to tell you why we should all be working towards and celebrating PEACE!
As promised, here is another finalist from the One-Minute with Meaning short film competition. Vote for the film that you want to see win the “People’s Choice Award”.
I asked the members of our forum how they went green, and what they would recommend to those who were thinking of taking the first steps to a more sustainable lifestyle. Here’s what they said: I always like to take my own reusable bags when I go shopping so I don’t have to take home …
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Have your say about the books in Friends of the Earth’s Shop by writing your own review. It doesn’t have to be an essay, just a few words will do and you’ll be put into a draw to win £150 worth of green books. Click here to enter.
Today sees the launch of Australian website Change the World in 5 minutes, based on the idea from the book Change the World for 10 Bucks. Change the World in 5 minutes is concentrating on the positive and building an online community of people with ideas who want to make a change for the good. …
Friends of the Earth ran a competition earlier this year inviting amateur and professional film makers to submit a one-minute long film to their One-Minute with Meaning Competition. Now all the submissions are in, and in addition to the Best Green Film award that is being judged by a panel of experts including Oscar-winning David …
This Saturday (22nd September 2007) is World Car Free Day. It’s the perfect time to leave your car at home and head for the city for a day of exploring by foot. Daunted by the sheer size of a city like London? Don’t be, just get online before your go and try walkit.com, the award-winning …
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This is a guest post by Matt Feldman of Carbon Neutral Digest. One of the major issues, or myths, surrounding carbon offsets is that it allows people and companies to pollute and then, just for a few dollars, “balance it out.” My take on this conundrum is that it doesn’t matter if this belief is …
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In researching this blog post I’ve learned much about LED light bulbs that is worth shouting from the rooftops, and have certainly changed my views on lighting options for my home. Did you know that LED light bulbs now perform on a par with incandescent light bulbs as far as quality and consistency of light …
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