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.
Australian web designer Patrick Bonello decided that he was going to do something about the slaughter of whales in the Southern Ocean. He’s making use of viral marketing to raise awareness by designing an online game called The Whales Revenge,… Read More »Having a Whale of a Time Saving the Whales
Here’s a new way to freecycle. On Green Gonzo you can search for what you need where and when you need it. It’s a bit like eBay, except everything is being given away for free. The aim of the game… Read More »Green Gonzo
It may actually be feeling pretty cold right now, but the results are in and 2005 is the hottest year on record, with the Top 5 hottest years all occurring in the last eight years. Whew! This century could see… Read More »Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Christmas is over and what are you going to be doing with all of those old Christmas cards? According to recycle now 1 in 5 people just throw their Christmas cards in the bin. This year you can help the… Read More »The Ghosts of Christmas Past
I’ve been invited to a baby shower on Saturday and been told that the parents-to-be really don’t need any more clothes for the soon expected bundle of joy. So while thinking through practical alternative options for gifts I hit on… Read More »Eco-Friendly Baby Sample Packs
Our old kettle packed up last week and we’ve got ourselves a new kettle. The marvellous Eco Kettle. It is estimated that on average we boil twice as much water as we need when we’re making ourselves a cup of… Read More »Cuppa Tea Anyone?
I feel very uncomfortable with our generation leaving tons of dangerous waste products for our children’s generation to deal with because we didn’t have the imagination to look to renewable sources of energy now? Tony Blair’s blinkered view that nuclear… Read More »Say No To Nuclear!
So you’ve had one child and there’s another one on the way. You decide to move to the suburbs to be a stay-at-home-mother while your partner commutes to the city. You start house-hunting in earnest, your head filled with ideas… Read More »Retrofitting Suburbia
During this past weekend The Guardian has reported that UK schools are now able to draw on a number of grant resources to help them become more eco-friendly and to save money and the environment by generating their own energy.… Read More »Green Energy Grants for UK Schools