New York City based 3r Living have launched a new gift registry, not just for wedding lists, but for house warmings, baby showers, and whatever other occasion you can dream up to be given lovely eco-friendly gifts by friends and family. You can register in person at their Brooklyn store, or sign up online from …
Thousands of American homes and buildings will open their doors to the public today (7th Oct 2006) to give everyone the opportunity to experience solar power, solar heating, cooling, and hot-water, wind power, daylighting, and green building technologies. This is a chance to get first-hand advice from homeowners who are already taking advantage of renewable …
Next time you pick up a pack of bacon in the supermarket, spare a moment to check where it comes from and make a conscious decision about what you are buying. Apart from the obvious advantages of buying local bacon (fewer food miles and support of the local economy), we can also take into account …
It’s fine and well banging on about making our homes more eco-friendly, but it can seem a daunting tast, especially when you don’t know where to start. Take an existing home, with average insulation, the usual bog-standard energy supply and lots of waste going to landfill, and turn it around. This special report from the …
I like the idea of popping down to the hardware shop to pick up some organic compost, a new pair of wellies and wind turbine. Ecologically, installing some sort of micro-powergeneration seems to be the right thing to do, but most of us also have to be practical about finances. So it’s good news that …
The City of Manchester stadium is about to become the very first in the world with its own green power supply. Permission has been granted for Manchester City Football Club to erect a 120m high wind turbine, to power both the Sportcity stadium and surrounding homes. The turbine, which has been designed by celebrated architect …
The latest move in the competition for the “green” pound sees Sainsbury’s supermarket replacing its current plastic carrier bags with new bags made up of 33% recycled plastic, 10% chalk and 57% new plastic. The new orange bags will be phased in starting next month and will save 6,500 tons of plastic every year. The …
Airline boss he may be, but Richard Branson is also my top eco-hero businessman/entrepreneur/celebrity for his good intentions this month. You may say that good intentions don’t save the world, but I’ll argue that this man has put his money where his mouth is. After the news last week of Richard committing £1.6bn to help …
The British love sushi, and this is creating such a demand for bluefin tuna that many EU fishing fleets are breaking laws and catching far more tuna than they are allowed to. With demand causing the cost of tuna to reach over £1000 per fish, and traditional fisherman who have been fishing sustainably for tuna …