“The best indication of whether a person truly grasps the scale of the global climate crisis is not whether they drive a hybrid car or offset their flights, nor whether they subscribe to the Ecologist or plan to attach a wind turbine to their house. The most reliable indicator is whether they support carbon rationing.” …
I like this little list of questions that EnergyRefuge.com has put together to remind us that while we may be doing something for our environment, there’s probably a whole lot more that we could be doing. A reminder like this once in a while is great for getting me motivated to tick something else off …
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Ecorazzi reports that Prince Charles is building an eco-house on the England-Wales border. Will this be a wedding present for Prince William and Kate Middleton? The Sunday Mirror seems to think so. Apparently the young couple have been to visit the site of their future palatial home, that will be completed by 2010 and will …
The New York Times reports on a cutting-edge London architecture firm who have come up with a genius plan to harvest free green electricity from human footsteps: The average human being generates about eight watts of energy with each step, most of which is expended as vibration. It may not sound like much, but take …
Prince Charles continues to make changes to his lifestyle, making him the greenest royal in the UK. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services. Next week, he will take delivery of Jaguar cars adapted to run on biodiesel fuel, while royal residences such as Highgrove in Gloucestershire …
This is the sort of news story I’d like to be seeing more of… The BBC reports that a McDonald’s restaurant in Devon is closing because it’s can’t compete with the local Tavistock farmers’ market. “It just goes to show that the food is so good here we have seen them off. “Because of the …
High profile experts debate climate change, posted by Ben Nickell, GreenSteps Ltd. Billed as ‘Climate change and the environment – your questions answered’, Ben Nickell, GreenSteps Ltd’s Managing Director, was eager to discover how a debate could live up to such an ambitious title. A lively debate on climate change took place at the Royal …
Ten-year old Kyle Counts has at least 39 toxic chemicals in his body. His sixteen-year old sister Kimbra has at least 37. And their parents have no less than 47 each. The Counts family are part of a Star-Telegram research project testing for man-made chemicals found in homes and offices in members of the Tarrant …
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