The BBC News website features a series of photographs of life in a eco-friendly Celtic-style roundhouse. Tony Wrench and Jane Faith built the roundhouse 9 years ago in Pembrokeshire, and live a low impact life in it. The house is made of wood, turf, straw and recycled materials. You can see the photographs and learn …
Not long ago we featured a new website called VegBoxSchemes who make local produce easier to find. I received an email from them this week explaining how far much of our food travels to make it to Christmas lunch, along with an invitation to smash a long distance sprout – go on, you know you …
Saturday 25th November 2006 is Buy Nothing Day. A day to switch off from shopping and tune into life. Take part – buy nothing – it’s FREE. The UK’s Buy Nothing Day website points out that 20% of the earth’s population is consuming 80% of the earth’s resources, something to think about. You can participate …
Got an innovative solution that protects the environment while growing the economy? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring an exciting environmental design contest for undergraduate and graduate students – The P3 Award. Through this national design competition, students and their faculty advisors submit cutting-edge, sustainable solutions to environmental challenges and compete for $10,000 …
If you’ve ever wondered whether there was a use for out-of-date condoms, non-clingy clingfilm or random odd gloves, you’re going to like Recycle This. Members post up questions and ideas about reusing and recycling random objects, and comments and ideas are invited from blog readers. What a jolly good idea! (via: Eco Worrier)
Counting down… Start as you mean to go on. Biome Lifestyle will set you up for a green Christmas with the Christmas Survival Kit & Advent Calendar. The advent calendar is stocked with organic sweets, eco-friendly Christmas survival tips and some small surprise gifts, and the calendar itself is made of sustainable materials and designed …
Environmentalists celebrated today when the government finally committed itself to debating a Climate Change Bill in the next session of parliament. The Big Ask, a campaign by Friends of the Earth to secure the bill, will continue its work to ensure that the legislation set up in debate is strong, and that it will lead …
The Times is dishing out some sensible advice for greening Christmas this year. Here’s a taster: …the fairies, stars, tinsel and baubles that usually adorn the tree to be replaced with edible decorations that can be given to the birds when Christmas is over. …forget about the annual trip to see grandma. For a really …
What happens when you get nine women together, each with their own green passions around the world? Green Girls Global – a new blog that aims to “discuss, share and learn about how we can all live a more sustainable life and to make everyday choices which are beneficial for our planet and the people …