Making the Big Green Switch

The Big Green Switch says it’s easy to be green. You don’t have to sell your car or never leave this island to be considered green. You can make small changes that will make a big difference, and the Big Green Switch website shows you how. For starters, they encourage the small action of taking …

Free listings at Ethical Jobs – this week only

Ethical Jobs is celebrating their 1st birthday and to celebrate, they are giving away unlimited vacancy ads until midnight on Sunday 13th May 2007. There is no catch, you just need to choose the Single Vacancy option when placing the ad. The Ethical Jobs website has been recently updated to include a fully interactive database …

World Fair Trade Day 12th May 2007

As World Fair Trade Day 2007 is just around the corner, let’s have a look at what some of our old Fair Trade friends are doing, as well as taking a peek at what’s on offer by the Fair Trade companies that are new on our radar. The theme this year is “Kids need Fair …

World’s first carbon-neutral short web film

“’Possum Death Spree’ is hilarious – an instant Internet classic,” said Megan O’Neill, vice president of acquisitions & productions, AtomFilms. “It works on two levels, as pure entertainment and as a reminder of the very real dangers of climate change.” AtomFilms is committed to fighting the consequences of climate change-induced possum infestation and has purchased …

Philips launches “Green Tick” to highlight it’s greener products

Electronics company Philips has today announced the launch of a new consumer logo for its environmentally friendly and safe consumer product range. By choosing a Philips product marked with the “Green Tick”, consumers can rest assured that the product that they are buying has significantly better energy efficiency than the nearest competitor products in the …

Life is Beautiful video contest

Band Vega4 are hosting a video competition to highlight global warming. Inspired by a video they came across online, the band is inviting fans (and anyone else) to send in their videos and slideshows that address environmental issues using their song “Life is Beautiful” as the soundtrack. The winner will receive two tickets to the …

Tell your green story and win

Friends of the Earth are giving away a £100 voucher to spend in their online shop to the best green story submitted to them by the 31st May 2007. Tell your story in less than 300 words, and the winning story will be considered as a case study in the new FOE book Cool Life …

Carnival of the Green at Eco-worrier

This week’s Carnival of the Green is over at Eco-worrier. My pick of the week is the post by The Wild Green Yonder about the Firefox plugin called Real Costs.  The plugin calculates the carbon cost of travel purchases made online, as well as for planned trips when you search for directions online.