Here are the upcoming dates for your diary from Sat 3rd Feb to Fri 9th Feb.
Please let us know about any other events happening in the world and we’ll post them here on GGG!
04/02/07 - Seedy Sunday
A market to swap organic vegetable, herb & flower seeds
The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, UK
06/02/07 - Greener Streets
A [...]

I just wanted quickly to draw everyone’s attention to Organic Life, a great magazine that’s been around for just over a year now.
The Organic Life team is based just down the road from me in Lewes, East Sussex and the magazine (printed on 100% recycled paper - of course!) is crammed full of interesting articles, discussion and debate.
What [...]

In a follow up to my recent entry - Scotland’s Global Footprint, some of the results of the pilot project have been released.
The North-east Scotland Global Footprint Reduction Report will be unveiled at a special event in Ellon on 2nd February, which is being held to mark the completion of detailed research into the region’s [...]

I recently discovered the benefits of aromatherapy. It’s not as though I’d previously dismissed it, it just hadn’t really occurred to me to use it for anything other than helping to relax. After visiting the doctor for a couple of years with the same ailment and just being given stronger and stronger antibiotics I decided [...]

Over at the Sierra Club Radio there is a great podcast on Victoria’s Secret: dirty little secret!  They’ve interviewed Kristi Chester Vance from Forest Ethics which has just won a huge campaign to get V.S. to transform their naughty ways!
I had no idea Victoria’s Secret mailed out a million catalogs a DAY!  They are largely [...]

The Scottish Executive has, for a number of years, run the Do a Little Change a Lot campaign.
Offering advice on energy efficiency in your home, work place, school, neighbourhood,  garden and transport.
Helping Scotland’s environment could be easier than you think.

Scotland’s Global Footprint is a partnership between WWF Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and North Lanarkshire Councils for a three year project which is due to end in trunning to June 2007 will:

Measure the footprint of each local authority area
Develop a software tool for policy-making
Develop a strategy and projects to reduce the footprint
Produce education materials for schools [...]

My pet hate is needless waste so I was pleased to see the Independent’s campaign to stop unnecessary packaging especially that of the plastic kind. I came across a great website the other day called Bring your own It has a host of amazing statistics and frightening information relating to plastic pollution but also offers advice for everyone [...]

Here are the upcoming dates for your diary from Sat 27th Jan to Fri 2nd Feb.
Please let us know if you know of any other events happening in the world!
27/01/07 - Fair Trade Scotland Conference
A conference open to all committed FT activists and enthusiasts focussing on making Scotland a Fair Trade nation.
Venue: Dewar’s Centre, Perth, [...]

I’m interested in knowing whether most people think celebrity involvement is good or bad for the environment (or for that matter any other cause they may get involved in).
I tend to think that as long as celebrities are sincere about their cause (e.g. Bono, Al Gore), their high profile can be instrumental in creating change. [...]