This Wednesday (tomorrow) Sainsbury’s is giving away 2-packs of Super Soft FSC approved toilet rolls to its customers to highlight their new FSC approved range of toilet paper, kitchen roll and tissue. Online customers who shop on Wednesday 27th June… Read More »Sainsbury’s eco-friendly loo roll giveaway
The green book is exactly what is says on the cover. It’s green in colour, green in composition, and green in content. Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen have gathered together the most comprehensive list of green tips that I’ve… Read More »The green book
Here’s a blast from the past for American readers. What a great ad, it still speaks volumes.
I love the idea that there are ordinary folks out there thinking of inventive ways to get conservation messages across. After all, that’s how EcoStreet got started.
Travel & Transport You may remember that some time ago I posted up a casting call from MSN for their Live Spaces Eco Trip. Well, they’re now on the road and you can keep up with their progress at Windows… Read More »EcoStreet’s Eco-radar
Summer is the season to get outdoors and commune with nature. There are barbecues, days out and picnics too. Here’s how to keep it green. Barbecues Some say it’s best to grill over gas, and others say that FSC-certified charcoal… Read More »Have some green summer fun
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
Freecycle: a site for trash to treasure
Freecycle is a website where people give away their used possessions for free instead of putting them out at the curb. This site is truly about someone’s trash, is someone else’s treasure. Freecycle was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona to help reduce the waste in Tucson’s downtown as well as to help save the desert landscape from becoming mountains of landfills. Watch their video at http://www.freecycle.org/video.html. It pretty much sums up what Freecycle is about. According to their website as of today, they have 4041 community groups with an international presence in many countries including UK, Australia, Germany, and Canada. I joined my local county group last year, which consists of over 5500 members. The listings were voluminous. Freecycle helps you start your own community group if there is not one already started. Sign up and take a look at what is being offered.
UsedFurnitureFindex: online sale of loved possessions
Groovy Green’s Michael d’Estries’ recent article about UsedFurnitureFindex.com caught my eye. (Visit Groovy Green. It is a fun green website.) Interior Designer Denise Cooperman started this website as a resource for people to sell their loved possessions. She found that her clients did not know how to dispose of their old furniture. Many did not want to sell their furniture through newspapers or consign their pieces.
This book would not be out of place on the coffee table. In fact, if you’re one of those people who are best inspired by visual stimulus, then Sheherazade Goldsmith’s book A slice of organic life, will be just up… Read More »A slice of organic life