The Bamboo Bridge
Bamboo can be made into all manner of things these days. You can buy bamboo jewellery and bags, and clothing made from bamboo is becoming less of a phenomenon and more of an accepted...
Category: Sustainability
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...
Green Mowing
Ecogeek pointed out this morning that one of the greenest things you can do is make what you have last as long as possible, and if you do have to get rid of it,...
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...
It’s Survey Time Again . . .
We’ve just got wind of a great research project being undertaken by Ryan Cunningham, an MSc media researcher at the LSE. It was posted on the New Consumer website; he’s looking into how people...
Armchair Activist: #1
Now then, I’m new to the world of ‘blogging’ but an old hat at armchair activism! By that I mean doing my bit to help make a difference, create change, influence friends, and...
One man and his shed . . .
Alas, National Shed Week has come to a triumphant end! If, like me, you yearn for a simpler time where man and shed were as one and hours could be spent pottering and tinkering...
Hypermiling (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the pump)
Hypermiling – the latest buzz word on the green motoring circuit – is not, as you might think, some crazy Star Trek inspired commuting technique, but it is, in fact a way to ensure...
Have you cottoned on to real nappies?
There’s always a lot of controversy around the topic of reusable nappies. After all, having a baby is a sure fire way to increase your carbon footprint. There’s all the extra energy that a...
Sustainable Seafood
Greenpeace released a new article in the US earlier this week. This time, they’re looking at supermarkets and fish. This article on the Boston Times’ Green Blog suggests that U.S. supermarkets are not doing...