Posted on 07 April 2008
For the past couple of weeks I have been busy organising my second green fair. I loved organising the green Christmas fair in December so much so that I decided to dive head long into the preparations of a ‘Spring Green Eco Fair’ this month Now whilst the emphasis of the Christmas fair had been [...]
Tags: Shopping, Warwick, UK
Posted on 06 April 2008
Walking into your bedroom should make your heart rate slow down. It should be the place where you sigh deeply and your whole body relaxes. The bedroom is your nest. A singular space that both regenerates you on a cellular level every night as you sleep and provides the environment and impetus for physical intimacy. [...]
Tags: Sustainability
Posted on 03 April 2008
Attention all East Midlands (UK) based GGG readers! You are cordially invited to an East Midlands Day of Action on the Climate Change Bill outside East Midlands Airport on Saturday April 12th from 1.30 until 3 p.m. What’s it all about? Since Friends of the Earth launched the Big Ask campaign in June 2005 we’ve [...]
Tags: Climate Change, East Midlands, Politics, Transport, travel
Posted on 03 April 2008
From the age of 12 when I decided to become a vegetarian I understood and felt very strongly about the power of the consumer. Back then it was more about boycotting things (well asking my mum not to put meat in my dinner) rather than using my pocket money to protest because, really, how much [...]
Tags: book review, Families, Gardening, Pollution, Shopping, Sustainability
Posted on 02 April 2008
It’s not hard to see why college students are notorious for accumulating tons of trash both in and out of their dorm rooms. There wasn’t a week that went by when I was in college that I didn’t see fast-food containers, packets of ketchup, empty paper towel rolls, soda cans, half-empty bags of Doritos, plastic [...]
Tags: college, Education, Recycling, waste
Posted on 01 April 2008
It’s 1st April, which means all of you pranksters have been working hard at making fools out of friends and family. But did you pull a prank that really packs a punch? One network of environmental organisations did! Today ‘International Rising Tide’ (a network of groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action and building [...]
Tags: april fool, Pollution
Posted on 01 April 2008
E.on is delighted to announce the discovery of a new form of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Burning coal to generate electricity produces Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a green house gas that contributes to climate change. However by capturing the CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere and piping it through natural spring water we [...]
Tags: Climate Change, water