National Carbon Footprint Day!
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘Carbon Footprint’, and I’m pretty sure most of us will know that it would be a good thing for our planet if we could each reduce our individual footprint....
Category: Climate Change
Summer days, drifting away…
With the schools starting up again this week and September well and truly under way, it’s time for us all to start thinking about Autumn. For those amongst us who love Autumnal colours and...
Newcastle Green Gathering – free music, arts and environment festival
Newcastle Green Gathering is back, bigger, better and, erm, greener than ever! It aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and living ethically by providing a creative and educational environmental at an arts and music...
Armchair Activist: #5 – Energy Monitors on a Budget . . .
In this current climate of the credit crunch, with fears of a looming recession, and with bills on the increase, it’s easy to see why people have taken to monitoring the amount of...
Olympic Fever
Image via www.olympic.org It would be hard not to have noticed that the greatest show on earth commences this week. That’s right – it’s the Olympic Games 2008. China was awarded the games back in...
Bright Ideas and Baby Steps
My gran used to have a saying (don’t think she made it up, I’ve heard loads of people use it since) that went something like “Learn to crawl before you try to walk!” Normally,...
Armchair Activist: #2
Well now, the second of these Armchair Activist posts is brought to you to inspire you to green up your day job or your workplace. According to an article on longer working hours in...
The Power of Wind Compels You . . .
Photo via Sky News You can’t help but have noticed that the Tall Ships Festival has been wowing spectators at Liverpool Docks the past week. The 60 vessels are now set to...
Our Friends Electric?
After last week’s hypermiling post, I decided to look into other ways of cutting down on the amount you spend (and burn) at the petrol pump. Hypermiling, after all, can get you a long...
The Busycle
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-hiE_tz37s[/youtube] Check out the Busycle! Pretty awesome mode of transport. Just think how much fun we’d have if we replaced all our public transport with these! Perhaps Boris should replace his bendy buses with...