Embrace green motherhood: breastfeed

Breastfeeding is the most environmentally friendly way to feed your baby. Breast milk is a renewable resource. No plastic bottles that will end up in landfill one day, no energy needed to produce plastic bottles and formula milk, no inefficient land use and methane produced by cows, and the only energy used is your own. …

Visit the Delabole Wind Fair

The 3rd annual Delabole Wind Fair is being held at the Delabole Wind Farm on Saturday 18th August from 11am-6pm. It’s hosted by Good Energy, and entrance is completely free. There will be wind turbine tours, forums about generating electricity at home, lots of entertainment for kids and grown ups, plenty of local and organic …

EcoLinking – 31 July 2007

You what? Nuclear Power is Green! Renewable Energy Wrecks the Environment! Green Options posts Jesse Ausubel’s opinions on nuclear and renewable energy. The Patio heaters ban debate hots up. Read more at the Carbon Challenge. Gareth Kane of Eco-Living adds his 2-pence worth. Green England has set up a petition for a 10p tax on …

Lose weight and cut carbon

We have already established that a meat-free diet is better for the planet, better even than ditching your gas guzzler for a Toyota Prius hybrid. Now the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation give us the V-Plan diet that is better for us, and for animals too. This is no fad diet, destined to fail. It is …

EcoReview: method wood for good furniture polish

I bought a bottle of method wood for good furniture polish spray from Sainsburys a couple of weeks ago and am pleased to report that it’s been a pleasure to use. Both my oak kitchen worktop and my birch dining table have benefited from its application. As promised, they are looking rich and smudge free …

5 of the best recycled bags

By buying recycled we close the loop that we start when we recycle our waste. Thanks to some extraordinarily creative people out there, our waste can become a desirable fashion statement. Take a look… 1. This Emmeline 4 Re recycled handbag is made in the UK out of fabrics and leather that would otherwise have …

EcoLinking – 26 July 2007

In response to George Monbiot’s recent article in the Guardian on “ethical consumerism”, Gareth Kane of Eco-Living explains how we can carry on spending, and still be eco-friendly in his blog post entitled Less is more? Treehugger also comments on George’s article, saying that ethical shopping shows how rich you are, and that if really …