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...
Category: Technology
Armchair Activist: #4
Whilst perusing the interweb for various hints, tips and suggestions on green living, eco-friendly lifestyles, and money/energy saving devices, I came across this great tool for armchair activists from Troika. In the modern age...
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,...
2008’s Coolest Travel Gadgets
Well, it’s supposedly summer time which means that the majority of people are off on their holidays sometime soon! And we all know that style and convenience can’t afford to play second fiddle 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...
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...
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...
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...
The Register Green Computing Debate
The traditionally incompatible worlds of computing and the green movement have, in recent years slowly started to sidle up to each other, and are set to become quite keen bedfellows. With everyone from IBM...
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