Posted on 01 October 2007
Blogger brothers Joel and Adam over at Life Goggles have written a fantastic e-book, ’100 Ways to Save the Planet’. Going through the 100 ways you’ll see some of the more familiar mantras such as ‘use energy saving lightbulbs’ and ‘buy food that’s in season’. This definitely reinforces how easy it is to make those [...]
Tags: Media, Sustainability
Posted on 27 September 2007
this is a game where you can find out if you live a sustainable life – this is much fun and very reflective… now as a green girl I am not proud to say that I only scored 1,9… I would have love it to be around 0,8… room for more improvement… how much did [...]
Tags: consumerism, game, Sustainability
Posted on 20 July 2007
“My hope is that people will see that a little shift of habit can make a difference; And that small changes we make can add up to make a big impact. And most of all that you don’t have to give up a lot to make a difference. Try one less paper napkin a day. [...]
Tags: book review, Education, Sustainability
Posted on 04 July 2007
Nooo, not the political one – my birthday! This year for my birthday I had grand plans of holding a lovely summer barbeque birthday bash but those plans were thwarted this weekend by the relentless rain we’re having at the minute. Not that it mattered though, I had a fantastic time. Its been a while [...]
Tags: birthdays, food, party, Recycling, Sustainability, wildlife
Posted on 24 March 2007
I have created a ”green meme” to find out how people are acting green in their everyday life. Please take this, localise it and use it to make people reflecting on their green choices: What do you do in your everyday life, that you would consider green ? I read a lot about green issues [...]
Tags: Sustainability
Posted on 30 January 2007
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 [...]
Tags: food, Health
Posted on 24 January 2007
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 [...]
Tags: Media
Posted on 08 January 2007
I just had to tell you about a fantastic book I’ve found by Michael Norton called 365 Ways to Change the World. This book and its accompanying website www.365act.com provides easy, practical and wonderful ways to change the world in 365 days. I got the book on 6th January so I had a few days [...]
Tags: Media, Shopping, Sustainability
Posted on 28 November 2006
At Christmas time, it may be tempting to indulge and forget about the waste we create at such a festive time of year. In the US, the National Geographic points out that between Thanksgiving and New Year Americans throw away a million extra tons of garbage each week. I think it’s fair to say that [...]
Tags: Shopping