We’ve had a few exciting new developments at EcoStreet in the past few months that I’d like to tell you about. We completed the final phase of the move to our new look site with the directory during the past… Read More »What’s new at EcoStreet
It’s only been a few days since my last Eco-radar post, but there’s still plenty to tell you about. Get £20 off green breakdown cover with ETA. To qualify for the discount, phone 0800 212 810 and quote 7014! Carbon… Read More »EcoStreet’s Eco-radar
I’ve had a busy old week and so this edition of the Eco-radar is running a few days late. But here it is… Last Thursday saw the UK’s very first biodiesel-fuelled train take to the tracks. Virgin Trains launched biodiesel… Read More »EcoStreet’s Eco-radar
This week’s Carnival of the Green is at Groxie, and my pick of the posts has got to be the Recycling Guide at Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist. Honestly, even if you think you know it all about recycling, you… Read More »Carnival of the Green #80
Green fingers – What effect is climate change having on our gardens and what can we do about it? Greener battery options – We explore the alternatives to disposable batteries. Old fashioned household products are green and CHEAP! – Forget… Read More »May’s top eco-features at EcoStreet
Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has recorded an exclusive new track for Friends of the Earth’s campaign “The Big Ask”. The track “Funeral Blues” was recorded at Europes’s first solar-powered recording studio in London, and it’s free to download here. Get… Read More »On EcoStreet’s eco-radar this week
Just saw this amazing link over on Celsius blog. It’s called The Breathing Earth and it’s a real-time simulation of births and deaths on the planet, along with the amount of CO2 being emitted every second, minute, hour. Well worth… Read More »A time to be born, a time to die
Got an innovative solution that protects the environment while growing the economy? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring an exciting environmental design contest for undergraduate and graduate students – The P3 Award. Through this national design competition, students and their faculty advisors submit cutting-edge, sustainable solutions to environmental challenges and compete for $10,000 to develop their designs. Winners from the first phase of the competition advance to the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC, in the spring of 2008 where they compete for the chance to win up to $75,000 in funding to move their designs to the marketplace or implement them in the field.
The Environment Agency asks the nation to choose an icon to represent the British environment. Contenders for the honour include salmon, the Thames Barrier, the Eden Project, hedgerows and the bicycle. “Icons of the environment” is inviting nominations and votes… Read More »Icons of the environment