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 2008 in the UK an new eco-driving test to improve fuel efficiency will be included when you take your driving test. The Dutch already have this test in place with their “New Driving” programme, and estimate that fuel usage… Read More »Are You a Green Driver?
We’ve all heard about global warming, and it is a real concern for many of us. But how much do you really know about it? Enviromental Defense has put together a 10-question quiz about global warming for you to test… Read More »How Much Do You Know About Global Warming?
The Guardian is compiling a Good Food Guide covering as many good food sources in the British Isles that they can find, and to make the guide as comprehensive as possible, is asking for tips from readers. To get involved,… Read More »Working Together to Compile a Good Food Guide
Organic and fairtrade clothing retailer, People Tree, have a concession in Topshop, Oxford Street in London until mid-June 2006. They’ve reworked some of the People Tree archive for their exclusive Topshop collection, and you can also buy their current catalogue… Read More »People Tree in Topshop
Seven Baka pygmies, who form the musical group Baka Gbine (pronounced “bee-nay”), have arrived in the UK to bring awareness to the plight of their rainforest in Cameroon. They will be giving live performances of their album Gati Bongo, recorded… Read More »The Sounds of the Rainforest
I believe this to be the first of its kind, an environmentally friendly FREE online email service, powered by green energy. Communitymail.net is a ThinkHost socially responsible project, offering FREE webmail. Choose from yourname@communitymail.net, yourname@activist.cc, yourname@hippiemail.com or yourname@globaluprising.com and email… Read More »Eco-Friendly Email
BP Solar and Spanish bank, Santander, are joining forces to launch a project that will involve the building of 278 small power plants throughout Spain that will be able to power 12,500 homes. To read more, see this Guardian article.… Read More »Massive Solar Energy Project in Spain
We are facing the dryest summer in the South East of England for 100 years, so what are we doing to help the situation as individuals? The hosepipe ban is leading us to devise new ways to save water while… Read More »Surviving the Hosepipe Ban
Bloganic.net – The Organic Blog brings us a new series of posts entitled “Before It Gets To Your Fridge” that will be looking at the origins of our food and the essential differences between organic and non-organic. And while we’re… Read More »Before It Gets To Your Fridge