Calling all eco-conscious couples, CENTRAL NEWS are looking for a couple to feature in a report about eco-weddings to be broadcast this summer.
There should be some sort of connection to the East Midlands, UK - Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire or Northamptonshire - either getting married there, or an East Midlands couple who now live elsewhere, [...]

I saw on Treehugger the other day that a zero carbon house has been built in Scotland, and on closer inspection it appears that it’s in Shetland.  Based on a standard timber kit frame house, it’s made from renewable materials and has two wind turbines.
The post on Treehugger asks why the design is so boring.  [...]

Following on nicely from Andy’s article below about getting a career in the environment sector here’s a thought about environment in the classroom.
Lead by our good friend Tracey Smith from National Downshifting Week is a petition to the Prime Minister asking for lessons on how to lead a green and sustainable lifestyle to be incorporated into the national curriculum.
Here’s what she [...]

Being green or working in the environmental profession has made huge steps during the past decade. ‘Tree Huggers’ have been joined by environmental professionals who are just as comfortable wearing designer brogues as they are ‘clay caked’ all terrain boots. But finding a job in the environmental sectors can be a frustrating process.
“Id like a [...]

I have been a quiet little green girl for the last few weeks as I’ve been busily working away on the launch of the 2007 Responsible Tourism Awards, this year with a new headline sponsor, Virgin Holidays.
The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest of their kind in the world.
They are a collaboration between our team at online [...]

Let’s hear it for the Biodiesel ladies!  Biofuel Oasis is an all female co-operative that values sustainability, local production, and community.  In our quest to find alternative energy sources, especially clean ones, these ladies have set up shop in Berkeley, California (just a stone’s throw from San Francisco) and specialize in a high quality grade of [...]

Over a large piece of particularly decadent dark chocolate cake yesterday, a friend mentioned casually a downgrade in federal standards for chocolate. Or rather, what can be legally be called “chocolate.”
I did a little digging, and she was right: a petition currently before the FDA is asking them to allow choco-products that substitute veggie and [...]

yey !- im glad we’re still with dreamhost and it’s where we have all our domains…
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No, I haven’t moved from Sheffield but I was a student there and stayed on to work for a couple of years afterwards.  I saw in Hippy Shopper this week that 47 eco-homes are being constructed in the Norfolk Park area.  Residents will have great access to the tram system and spectacular views across the [...]

For those of you in the midlands you may like to know there are two upcoming events which you might be interested in.
Firstly Ragley Hall in Warwickshire is holding it’s first green fair over the May bank holiday.The Ragley Green Experience will take place in beautiful parkland and aims to raise environmental awareness and promote [...]