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.
The Hayes fire station in West London is the first in the UK to install a wind turbine, which will supply around 8% of the station’s annual electricity needs. The way that the rooftop wind turbine can be connected to… Read More »Hayes fire station gets wind turbine
Last week a reporter from The Mirror walked up to an unattended nuclear waste train in a NorthWest London depot and planted a fake bomb on the train.
“The gate was open, there were no security guards… I walked up to the train and planted my bomb.”
Tom Parry, reporter
“I’m appalled. Every one of these trains would be a potential target for terrorists. If you had an incident in London, I estimate that 190,000 people would have to be evacuated. Those flasks were designed to counter accidents. But they weren’t designed to counter the likes of al-Qaeda.”
Dr John Large, nuclear transport expert
Via: Daily Kos
The Co-operative Bank has launched a new product, ecoinsurance, to help make driving greener. This is the first of its kind in the UK, and works by offsetting some of your carbon emissions caused by driving, but without any additional… Read More »Green motor insurance launched in UK
A solar powered shuttle boat has been launched on the Serpentine Lake in London’s Hyde Park, and will be open to the public from tomorrow. Thought to be the biggest of its kind in the UK, the 48ft Solarshuttle will… Read More »Launch of the Solarshuttle
I’m confused when I hear people say they’re saving water by washing their dishes by hand because when I bought my first dishwasher two years ago, I did my research and found that by buying a AAA-rated machine I would be saving not only time, but water and electricity too. Still, the myth that dishwashers are water-gobbling evils prevails, and so I was grateful and relieved to read in The Guardian that it’s now official, get a dishwasher and save water.
A study by Waterwise, an NGO dedicated to reducing water wastage, shows that washing dishes by hand is wasting millions of litres of water every day in the UK. This supports research at the University of Bonn that shows that by using a dishwasher, households could save up to 11,000 litres of water annually. That’s a lot of water!
While dishwashers back in the 1970’s used on average 50 litres per wash, modern appliances use as little as 9 litres per cycle. I’m guessing the average sink holds around 20 litres at least, and that’s not taking into account changing the water when it gets greasy, or rinsing dishes.
Read More »Washing dishes by hand wastes water
EPEAT can help you identify high performance, environmentally friendly computer equipment via their searchable online database. The database will be available to the public from Monday, 24th July 2006, listing products that meet the tough new green computer standard for… Read More »Can you EPEAT that?
Kirklees Council have announced plans to install two wind turbines on Civic Centre III in the centre of Huddersfield. The plans are part of an effort to cut rising fuel costs for the council, and to contribute towards tackling global… Read More »West Yorkshire council plans wind turbines on council buildings
I was so pleased to read this piece in the Daily Record, that I’m quoting it, in its entirety for your reading pleasure. It’s simple, straightforward and to the point. AROUND 20 per cent of the world’s energy comes from… Read More »Positive figures for the future