World Fair Trade Day
Ethical Superstore: You initiated World Fair Trade Day – what is it for? Safia Minney: It’s actually a huge celebration! World Fair Trade Day isn’t simply about consumers in the so-called North, but about...
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Our disposable culture continues…
German firm DVD-D have launched ‘Einmal’, a disposable DVD format which is designed to facilitate DVD ‘rental’ from coffee shops, service stations and other such locations where movie rental was not previously possible. Retailing...
Earth Hour
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. Cities around the world,...
Are they taking the…
No, actually, they’re not. Sevin Coskun’s entry to Treehugger’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition is remarkable in both it’s simplicity, fuctionality and message, but you have to wonder what would motivate someone to install a...
Green and Blacks the acceptable face of Cadburys?
The acquisition of Green & Black's by Cadbury-Schweppes in 2005 was, and still is, a tricky question for all of us who want to do the right thing in what we buy. On the...
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...
Fair Trade Furniture launch in the UK
Come and celebrate the official launch of the UK’s newest Fair Trade products in Manchester, Edinburgh or London. The Fair Trade Furniture Company are holding special Fair Trade receptions to mark the arrival of...
Black Gold – UK TV Premiere, Tonight, More4
It is now impossible to walk down the high street or through a shopping mall without seeing the mark made by multinational coffee companies, which have in recent years made coffee the most valuable...
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...