Make the switch to energy efficiency
Here’s a neat site that helps you share the message about switching to low energy compact fluorescent light bulbs. www.asimpleswitch.com Which reminds me, I need to buy a new bulb. The last old skool...
Category: Sustainability
Sign the Live Earth Pledge
If you missed any of the bands at the weekend, you can see highlights and songs from all the concerts at www.LiveEarth.msn.com Go to www.liveearthpledge.org and make a commitment to do something about it....
Top 10 Energy Saving Tips
Spotted this on Treehugger this morning, it’s a concept by a designer called Gilles Belley. It’s an energy saving power adapter that automatically shuts down devices that are on standby. If it’s on standby,...
Bio-fuel news, views and humour
Personally, I’m not too sure about this McDonald’s related news. There was a guide that came out the other day (I’m still trying to locate it) that places them firmly in the bottom half...
Solar powered summer adventures
Ethicalsuperstore are now taking pre-orders for the new solar powered Powermonkey eXplorer. This is one seriously cool bit of kit. We had one in the office last week to have a play with for...
Recycling Guide
At last! An answer to some of the world’s biggest recycling mysteries! This hardcore recycling guide is from Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist, a blog all about the attempts of a couple of environmentally...
Bamboo bikes
Next Saturday, the 7th of July, is the start of the 2007 Tour de France. This year the event starts in London before crossing the channel and heading south to Marseilles. 3 weeks and...
25 Alternative Uses for Plastic Bags
Following on from yesterday’s post all about the plastic bag menace, I’ve done a bit of a survey to see if anyone has any alternative uses for them. And do you know what? They...
A load of old plastic bags…
Fig 1:Detail from “Plastic Bags” © Chris Jordan, 2007 Plastic bags are a bit of a hot topic at the moment. One minute it’s Sainsbury’s and their Anya Hindmarch bags selling on eBay for...
National liftshare Day
Tomorrow is National liftshare Day here in the UK, so save money and reduce your carbon footprint while you’re at it! liftshare estimates that a typical carsharer will save themselves around £1,000 and 1...