When we forget to turn off our PCs, we waste energy! Here’s a way of making energy savings easier. Even though PC power consumption is a small fraction of total energy use, it is still big enough to be a contributory factor. Local Cooling is our contribution to the fight against global warming. It’s a …
With demand increasing daily for greener, more energy efficient ways of heating your home, there are simply not enough installers of domestic wind turbines, solar systems and heat pumps to satisfy everyone’s needs. One of the biggest opportunities for a new career at the moment, though, is as an energy assessor. With new government legislation …
Merle O’Brien describes herself as an “indie eco-designer of eco-bags”. She was in the downward dog pose at her yoga class when the idea came to her: an eco-bag, made from remnants that other companies just throw away. OlovesM was born. A stroke of good fortune came for Merle and her eco-bags when a chance …
GreenSteps is looking for an average family to create a new television programme The family will discover how easy it is to go green. Following the success of the BBC television series ‘It’s not easy being green’, at GreenSteps, they don’t believe it’s all that difficult. They’ve teamed up with a television production company and …
GreenMaven.com was designed late last year by a group of Green MBA graduates with Open Source software by the leading sustainable website development firm, Earthsite.net, developers of Urth.tv and GreenFestivals.org. The site has reached a total of 5,000 websites since its launch, and has also been recognised in TIME.com’s Top Ten List of Best New …
The Common Ground Partnership www.CommonGround2008.com invites you to submit your digital art entries – with an environmental theme – to be considered for publication in the 2008 Common Ground Collection. Merging new media, art and philanthropy, Common Ground focuses attention on – and raises money for – environmental projects worldwide. There will be prizes, an …
This morning, the bookies were offering odds of 16-1 that Gordon Brown would be wearing a green tie. Had you taken them on, you would have lost your money. In the aftermath of Mr Brown’s 11th budget speech at 12.30pm today, Ben Nickell from GreenSteps takes a quick look at the green measures outlined. We’ll …
I’ve seen it on the telly, read it in the papers, avoided blogging about it for the longest time, but no more. You will be subjected to politics right here at EcoStreet, right now, in this blog post. The race for the green vote is on. Who do you trust? David Cameron’s Tory Party has …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a helpful resource for children to learn more about environmental issues. A colorful cartoon that is easy to navigate leads visitors through different sections of how-to and other insightful information. There are sections with curriculum resources for teachers, an educational center for high school students, and fun interactive activities …