This week’s eco round up
Did you ever watch that BBC2 series called “It’s Not Easy Being Green”, with moustachio’d ex Army, ex Scrap Heap Challenge General Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Strawbridge1?
It was all about Strawbridge and his family moving to Cornwall and trying to live a low impact life. The episode I watched was all about building a solar heat sink that would keep Dick’s greenhouse toasty warm throughout the night.
Which brings us on to Renewable Energy UK. This is an awesome site, all about building DIY projects just like the Lieutenant-Colonel’s heat sink.
I think I’ll have to start saving up my aluminium cans to build my own solar air heater.
Spotted this range of limited edition, organic, fairly traded t-shirts:
Speaking of T-Shirts, watched this video on YouTube all about manufacturing Organic Cotton T-shirts in Palestine.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5YaQ9MZ4WE[/youtube]
Hopefully, we can get some of them soon. Right now, we’ve got their range of 100% sweatshop and cruelty free, 100% vegan trainers, so click on the link to see the No Sweat products already available from EthicalSuperstore.com
Also added to the blogroll this week:
Butterfly Treasures – Neat little site that stocks gifts and accessories.
:: http://www.btgiftsandaccessories.co.uk
Mondomudi blog – Fair Trade Phil’s blog, news and views from around the ecosphere.
:: http://www.mondomundi.com/blog/
Environmental Graffiti – UK blog, well written and featuring some great content.
:: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/
1Thanks Wikipedia
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This may help – you can now buy trendy reusable shopping bags that are themally insulated for cold goods, have seperate compartments for bottles that clip into a supermarket trolley for convenience. And the best bit is…you never need a plastic bag again!
Check out http://www.geccobags.co.uk
I followed the link above and bought a set of shopping bags – one thermal chiller bag, a bottle bag and a general purpose biodegradable canvas bag. The bags really are incredibly convenient and I use the canvas shopping bag literally every day. Quite apart from not having to use plastic bags, they really do save time and effort at the supermarket because of the way they clip onto the supermarket trolley. A great idea – I’m converted for life!
The best page to go to directly is http://www.geccobags.co.uk.geccorange.html
Be a Happy Shoppa!
Sorry, that should be
http://www.geccobags.co.uk/GeccoRange.html