The lines are closed, the votes have been counted and I can now reveal that the winners of the British Environment and Media Awards 2007 are: Award for Best Television News and Current Affairs Coverage – BBC1 Ten O’Clock News – Climate Change Best Television Documentary – Granada and KQED Public Television – China – …
Today is World Vegan Day 2007 and this year the Vegan Society is asking “Is it green to eat meat?”. The answer that they’ve come up with is a resounding NO. Here’s why. You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, …
We’re giving you a whole month’s notice to prepare for this year’s Buy Nothing Day. In case you’re new to it, Buy Nothing Day is one day out of the 365 days of the year when you challenge yourself, and your family and your mates to stop shopping for a whole 24 hours. That’s right, …
Today’s the day when thousands of bloggers from around the world who don’t usually blog about the environment are joining forces to do just that, blog about the environment. Because here at EcoStreet the environment is just about all we ever blog about, I’m going to use this post to tell you about some of …
Musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash announced today a new campaign to stop US Congress from bailing out the nuclear power industry. They launched the campaign with the release of a YouTube video and national petition effort all available at www.nukefree.org. The artists will deliver the petitions to Congress at a press conference …
You may recall a post here a while ago about a group in Sweden who call themselves The Indians of the Concrete Jungle. Their campaign involves deflating tyres on 4-wheel drive vehicles and is spreading across Sweden like wildfire, stirring up a national debate and bringing out the worst in 4×4 drivers. Here is a …
Our government supports the building of new nuclear power stations across the UK as a means of securing a future energy supply. But instead of “bridging the power gap” between fossil fuels and renewables, this means we’ll be creating tens of thousands of tonnes of hazardous radioactive waste which will remain dangerous for a million …
“The youth of this country have been working hard for change. We’ve read the writing on the wall and will not let our leaders fail us on addressing global warming. And what have we already done about it? A hell of a lot.” So say the youth of America in the Power Shift 2007 blog. …
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Liz Wicksteed wrote to us about her problem of trying to reduce her carbon footprint while she is legally prevented from hanging her washing outside. Because it is an issue that faces thousands of people living in the UK, she has agreed to me sharing her query with the readers of this blog, so that …
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