Trevor Baylis Mini Eco Radio
Find out more about Trevor Baylis’ brand new Mini Eco Radio in an interview posted over at Ethical Superstore. The Eco Mini Radio is Trevor’s smallest ever wind up radio, but this time it’s...
Category: Sustainability
FSC certified “green” charcoal cuts CO2 emmissions by 85%
It’s hot hot hot. Literally . . . and it’s just about to arrive at Ethical Superstore. It’s the charcoal you need for some proper green grillin’ this summer. It’s that time of year...
The Register Green Computing Debate (Redux)
Just a quick follow up to last week’s post on the Green Computing Debate hosted online by The Register. The debate brought up some excellent points, and thankfully managed to (by and large) avoid...
Climate Change Bill Goes Before Parliament
“The threat from climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge facing our world. Without decisive and urgent action, it has the potential to be an economic disaster and an environmental catastrophe. This is why...
Green Presidents
While we’re still investigating the green credentials of Obama, Clinton and McCain, here’s an amusing look at Presidential initiatives designed to reduce the White House carbon footprint before they even knew it had one....
Saving water
With threats of floods this weekend and many parts of the UK set for a rainy spell, do we really need to save water? My Dad has always argued that saving water when you...
Where there is no hope…
Our kids believe everything they read on the Internet. If something is written down, then it must be true. I guess we all are a bit like that. We can be swayed by the...
Trevor Baylis Micro Bike Torch Review
Find out more about the Trevor Baylis wind-up bike lights. This product reminded me vividly of a creative writing assignment back in school. The title intrigued me and, for once, I couldn’t wait to...
Get stuff, give stuff, save the planet.
The internet is the home of some great ideas (and admittedly, some rubbish ones, but we’ll not go there), but few come close to the total and utter brilliance of Freecycle, a network of...
Wind Power in Africa
I’ve been aware of this blog for a while now, and I’m surprised it’s not really been picked up by the regular media yet. Anyway, without further ado, introducing Mr. William Kamkwamba: http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/ He’s...