“Normal people can change the world”. What is more inspiring than that? This is the first sentence on the Climate Rush website for a very positive event happening soon.
Following in the footsteps of the suffragettes and remembering their bravery and determination of a hundred years ago, women and men will be gathering at Parliament on [...]

Glam green brides have long been able to get their eco chic wedding fix online but now Ethical Weddings is joining forces with Green Guide to bring our top ethical knot tying tips to a wider audience at The National Wedding Show this Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September at Earls Court in [...]

Book Review and Interview with Author Tracey Smith
As I took an over-ripe pepper and nearly full bag of mushrooms out of the fridge and set them aside for the compost bin I thought about the first few pages from Tracey Smith’s Book of Rubbish Ideas. I don’t feel good about wasting this food but at [...]

I haven’t seen this before - but it’s scaring me that this video is 16 years old and still as relevant as it was back then, if not more. I think the message in this video is so strong that it gives me goosebumps - and I am ashamed that we still ain’t fixin it. [...]

The other day when I was downtown Copenhagen I saw this :

it’s a transparent container. I think it would rock if we could actually see our trash at all times, so it isn’t hidden away somewhere in the supply chain of the world.
I found something similar in a blogpost today which is a rubbish around [...]

I’ve just read an item of news on the New Consumer website which is something we may already be aware of but is such an important issue to raise again and again. That is the additional effects that climate change has on women and girls in developing countries like Kenya.
The news item ‘Climate Change Devastating [...]

Yesterday saw the start of London Fashion Week and I am oh so sad not to be going. For now I have to be content with keeping up to date with things online at www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
If you are going though be sure to check out estethica, the green fashion exhibition now in its fifth season.
It’s really [...]

If like me you spend a lot of time worrying about climate change, species extinction, violence, poverty and all of the negative things happening in the world then this movie might give you some hope.

Grand Designs LIVE
The Grand Designs LIVE event in Birmingham (UK) this year will be featuring several seminars focusing on environmentally friendly building and design.
Running from 10th to 12th October these seminars will include talks on reducing the negative environmental impact on self-builds, the eco credentials of prefabricated houses and furnishing your home with eco interiors.
In [...]

At the moment we can’t seem to escape the doom and gloom of the economic downturn and predicted recession. With soaring oil and food prices one positive that may well come out of the situation is that people will curb their spending which will in turn lead to a cut in consumption and less wastage [...]