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.
gWiki (think quickie with a “g”) is the Green Wiki. gWiki is newly launched and a great source to both the green guru and those who are just starting out on the path of environmentalism and needing to know more.… Read More »gWiki is the Green Wiki
Friends of the Earth are asking us to lobby our MPs to support a Climate Change Bill to be included in the 2006 Queen’s Speech as part of The Big Ask campaign. Big Ask. Big Month. Big Lobby runs from… Read More »Big Ask – Big Month – Big Lobby
We’ve taken our own advice and moved over to ThinkHost’s socially responsible, earth-friendly hosting powered by 100% renewable energy. Hooray! Apologies to anyone who has experienced our directory, blog and forums being down in the past 24 hours while our… Read More »Eco Street migrates to 100% renewable hosting
The first annual Energy-Saving Video Competition at YouTube.com has started, sponsored by Sneakyuses.com. So, videomakers, use your creativity to help save the planet and win prizes to boot. You can enter by uploading a short video clip at YouTube.com.
Check out nine conservation how-to videos and competition details here.
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Train Chartering has published research showing that trains are almost always less damaging to the environment than planes and cars. A train uses up to 70% less energy and causes up to 85% less air pollution than a jet aircraft. Short 1 hour flights have the greatest environmental impact, and intercity trains are easiest on the environment for the equivalent journey.Read More »Train travel almost always better for the environment
Currys and Dixons electical retailers were selling a flat-screen television every 15 seconds in the build-up to the Football World Cup, and have subsequently dropped prices to maintain this selling rate. But scientist Dr Joseph Reger, chief technology officer at Fujitsu Siemens Computers in Munich, now warns that the British desire to see the big picture is threatening the planet. In fact, if half of British homes bought a plasma-screen TV, two nuclear power stations would have to be built to meet the extra energy demand.Read More »Plasma screens use four times more electricity
The 2006 Delabole Wind Fair is being held on Saturday 26th August (Bank Holiday weekend) at the Delabole Windfarm, near Camelford in Cornwall.
Doors open at 2pm and entrance if free.
This is something that has worried me for some time, it does seem that our remaining wildernesses are shrinking. Now a report from the Green Party is confirming my worst fears. Here is what Caroline Lucas’ office is saying:
COUNCILS in the South-East are authorizing development on green belt sites
in a bid to meet ambitious targets for new homes in the region.Milton Keynes Council has been named by countryside campaign group the CPRE as one of the worst-performing councils in the country at recycling land.
According to the study, which was published this week, just 13 per cent of
new developments in the councils area were built on brownfield sites
the rest were on green land.
Oil giant Shell is offering a cash boost to small businesses who are responding to the challenge of climate change. If you see climate change as a business opportunity and think that your product or service can help reduce greenhouse… Read More »Cash for small companies with big green ideas