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 …
If you don’t want the British government to start building a new generation of nuclear power stations, or replace the aging Trident nuclear missiles with newer weapons of mass destruction, it’s time to speak up. Katharine Hamnett has a message for us that I feel needs to be passed on: HOW TO STOP TRIDENT Marching …
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If you’re even the teensiest bit cross with the Duke of Cambridge organic pub for being closed for the past two and a half weeks, they’re about to make it up to you. The pub will reopen tomorrow, and there’s 50% off the entire wine list for all those having a meal for at least …
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