Tracy Stokes is a mixed media artist living & working on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. She likes to paint on re-purposed surfaces and recycle creatively in all aspects of her life.
greengranny.org is a new blog, run by a granny who is trying to be green. She is protecting the planet for her grandchildren and for yours. Just when my generation thought we had earned our rest and some self-indulgence in… Read More »Life as a green granny
Discovery Health introduces its resident natural living expert, Sara Snow, who shows accessible ways to make healthy living everyday living by focusing on the small things you can do to create a healthier life for you, your family and for… Read More »Discovery Health presents Get Fresh with Sara Snow
As tour operators and travel agents begin to offer travellers the option to offset carbon emissions created by travelling, one online care hire company is also making a contribution to lessening the impact of travel on the planet. Carrentals.co.uk is… Read More »Care rental company tackles climate change
“The best indication of whether a person truly grasps the scale of the global climate crisis is not whether they drive a hybrid car or offset their flights, nor whether they subscribe to the Ecologist or plan to attach a… Read More »Support carbon rationing, petition the PM
I like this little list of questions that EnergyRefuge.com has put together to remind us that while we may be doing something for our environment, there’s probably a whole lot more that we could be doing. A reminder like this… Read More »Are you pulling your weight for the environment?
Ecorazzi reports that Prince Charles is building an eco-house on the England-Wales border. Will this be a wedding present for Prince William and Kate Middleton? The Sunday Mirror seems to think so. Apparently the young couple have been to visit… Read More »The house that Charles built (or is building)
The New York Times reports on a cutting-edge London architecture firm who have come up with a genius plan to harvest free green electricity from human footsteps: The average human being generates about eight watts of energy with each step,… Read More »Energy harvesting floors
Prince Charles continues to make changes to his lifestyle, making him the greenest royal in the UK. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services. Next week, he will take delivery of Jaguar… Read More »Prince Charles greens up his act
This is the sort of news story I’d like to be seeing more of… The BBC reports that a McDonald’s restaurant in Devon is closing because it’s can’t compete with the local Tavistock farmers’ market. “It just goes to show… Read More »I’m lovin’ it