With only just over 3 weeks until the schools go back, it’s time to start thinking about stocking up on essential “Back to School” supplies and uniform for the start of the next school year. Green school supplies and uniforms are starting to make it into the mainstream, so with a little bit of forward …
I’ve enjoyed reading the very first edition of the Carnival of Green Living at 21st Century Citizen blog. It’s packed full of great articles, my favourite being Nature Mom’s 30 Ways to Go Green with Your Family.
This video raises some climate change issues you may not have thought about. Well worth a watch.
There have been some interesting discussion at our forums this week. Here is a summary: How to clean up a red-wine spill the eco-friendly way Using vegetable oil for fuel Dominic Kennedy’s controversial article in The Times: Walking to the shops ‘damages planet more than going by car’
Most of us know the merits of recycling our waste. By doing our bit we reduce landfill waste, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment. And so we dutifully sort our rubbish into glass, plastic, paper and metal, ready for collection by the council waste services, or we even take it to the recycling centre …
Hello Kitty Hell looks at the controversial Hello Kitty Eco-bag. Anybody else lose all their tomatoes to blight this year after our mid-summer winter? Veggie Gardening Tips is Now Serving Scrumptious Green Tomato Blight Soup. Autoblog Green thinks that Mr Bean’s Holiday is all about green travel. Go Mr Bean! Pay close attention to INNside …
I’ve decided to compile a list of books that you, the EcoStreet community, have been buying over the past few months. Whenever an EcoStreet reader clicks on one of our Amazon links and buys a book, we are able to see what they are buying (we don’t get specific info on what individuals buy, but …
I bought a Storm Kettle from Natural Collection for my husband at Christmas last year, and we’ve been so impressed with it that I thought I’d give it a little write-up here. It came in very handy during a power failure a few months ago, and is number one item on our packing list for …
Although there has been considerable concern expressed at the introduction of genetically modified foods it is not so well appreciated that the clothes that we wear are produced from cotton grown from G.M. (genetically modified) seeds. In fact a significant amount of seeds cultivated are from this source. There are two main reasons why genetically …