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.
From The Independent: It is not just the state of California that is bypassing the authority of the US government to take action on global warming. The mayors of more than 300 cities across the country have signed a Climate… Read More »US direct action: How American cities have bypassed Bush on Kyoto
Friends and colleagues of Rebecca Rotzler have set up a ‘Draft Rebecca Rotzler for President’ website. Rebecca is Deputy Mayor of the Village of New Paltz, and is also a Co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States (GP-US)… Read More »Rebecca Rotzler for president
These guys are the very latest green directory listing at Eco Street, and an environmentally-minded camping enthusiasts dream. Huttopia (a eco-friendly cross between huts and utopia) is a French eco-tourism company with two beautiful campsites, one in Rille and one… Read More »Rediscovering the camping spirit with Huttopia
Amazon.com are offering the Sunforce 12Volt 400Watt wind generator for US$799.99 with free shipping. Apparently it requires no maintenance and is easy to install with just two moving parts. It is labelled as ideal for cottages, charging 12volt batteries, remote… Read More »Wind turbine for sale on Amazon.com
During Organic Fortnight (2-17 September 2006) Sainsburys are giving away an environmentally friendly jute bag when you buy 5 items from their SO organic fresh fruit, vegetable and salad range. It is the first jute product to achieve Soil Association… Read More »Free jute shopping bag from Sainsburys
The BBC’s Good Food magazine has had a makeover with improvements to their in-season and local food coverage. For a special, free, sneak digital preview of the October issue before it goes on sale, click here. The issue includes an… Read More »New look Good Food
You can expect the amount of “unaddressed” junk mail coming through your letter-box to increase dramatically with an agreement expected this week to scrap the Royal Mail’s current three-items-a-week limit. These are the mailings addressed to “the occupier” that the… Read More »Oh no! Not more junk mail
There was a time when flowers and plants were used to colour our fabrics, paints and make-up, before the time of man-made chemicals. Now it seems, with concerns about the environment, our reliance on oil, and the effect that chemicals are having on our health, it may be time to go back to using these colour-producing plants. In the southern French town of Lauris, in Europe’s only conservatory garden of such plants, Garance association botanists are working away at reviving this ancient art.
South Africa is being urged by the World Bank to follow Germany’s example of making the next World Cup as green as possible, with the promise of a US$11million grant for transport and waste management. The Global Environment Facility, a… Read More »South Africa will be given US$11million to make 2010 World Cup “green”