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04.01.10 | Tarzan
While we [you the members] support registered charity Cool Earth via our shopping at smartlygreen.com, there are other good resources out there about the challenge of climate change and particularly the importance of the global rainforests.
The Prince of Wales has been a forthright supporter of the...
The Prince of Wales has been a forthright supporter of the...
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24.12.09 | Jena
Hey if you guys are not aware on Tropicana products there is a code you can put in a website [www.tropicanarainforest.com]. When you put this code in 100 feet of the rainforest is saved! Now I know 100 feet is not much alone, but every little entry counts adding up to thousands or millions feet of the...
28.10.09 | skincare
As the environmental trend is growing in popularity, many businesses are beginning to slap the word “organic” on many of their products. Since there’s no law from preventing businesses to use the organic label, many consumers are often misled.
When one purchases an authentic organic...
When one purchases an authentic organic...
28.10.09 | seocan
Trash in landfills is accumulating at astonishing rates. Much of this garbage is junk and scrap that will never decompose. However, a great deal of the refuse that is currently sitting in landfills is litter that could have been recycled. Perhaps more of this trash would have been recycled if more...
03.07.09 | walterdesilva
Competitive Altruism - that's the phrase coined by evolutionary psychologists to explain why people do things that are perceived by others to be good and positive. In this context you can guess the sort of thing that is meant; buying green or ethical products, using energy saving appliances or even buying...
13.02.09 | walterdesilva
A range of turbines which have been available at your local DIY store since 2006 have just been withdrawn from sale as tests have shown that they are not quite as effecitive as was first thought. In fact, far from generating the claimed 1kw of electricity, research showed that they actually produced...
03.02.09 | Vixster
Love food hate waste are asking the nation to think positively about food and get into new habbits following the them loving food and wasting less!!
Planning ahead, making a shopping list, keeping an eye on portions, using the freezer more and getting creative with leftovers could not only help reduce...
Planning ahead, making a shopping list, keeping an eye on portions, using the freezer more and getting creative with leftovers could not only help reduce...
19.12.08 | walterdesilva
In these strained times the state of the motor industry is under close scrutiny. From the perspective of sheer commercial survival President Bush has been forced into announcing a $17.4bn bailout package for US car makers whilst in the UK Prime Minister Brown is considering a rescue plan for Jaguar.
Hard...
Hard...
20.11.08 | CaesarSalad
The RSBP have claimed that Gardens are the Richest Wildlife Habitat on Earth. That is quite a claim but perhaps if it received greater publicity and was generally better understood then some of our native bird life would not be placed on the endangered list.
For example sparrow numbers have declined...
For example sparrow numbers have declined...
20.10.08 | ChrisBristow
Do what I tell you!! While our government resets climate change targets to a long-distant date, and tells us what we should be doing to improve our carbon efficiency, central government organisations seem to work to their own rules.
If a Display Energy Certificates (DEC) was applied to their offices,...
If a Display Energy Certificates (DEC) was applied to their offices,...
20.10.08 | ChrisBristow
This week the Energy Savings Trust will be promoting energy saving tips you can make at home to keep yourself warmer or save money.
It will be reinforcing the simple tips like switching off the lights when leaving a room, as well as turning down the thermostat by 1°C, which would result in a savings...
It will be reinforcing the simple tips like switching off the lights when leaving a room, as well as turning down the thermostat by 1°C, which would result in a savings...
03.10.08 | Cocklecarrot
In terms of the carbon footprint involved, how do you think physical, High Street shopping compares to on-line shopping? Well I saw some figures the other day that were quite alarming.
It has been calculated that for High Street shopping to equate to on-line shopping, in terms of the carbon cost...
It has been calculated that for High Street shopping to equate to on-line shopping, in terms of the carbon cost...
23.09.08 | ChrisBristow
I guess you have to be of a particular age to remember. Middle age!
I remember as a young boy growing up in London going to Saturday morning pictures to see all manner of exciting short films ranging from The Lone Ranger to Flash Gordon. The good guy onhis trusty steed was easy to understand. The future...
I remember as a young boy growing up in London going to Saturday morning pictures to see all manner of exciting short films ranging from The Lone Ranger to Flash Gordon. The good guy onhis trusty steed was easy to understand. The future...
22.09.08 | PersonalTrainer
If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock stock one year ago, it would be worth £4.95 today.
With HBOS, you would have £16.50 left of the original £1000.
With XL Leisure, you would have less than a fiver.
And if you had purchased £1000 of Seguro Air Lines stock, you would have a measly...
With HBOS, you would have £16.50 left of the original £1000.
With XL Leisure, you would have less than a fiver.
And if you had purchased £1000 of Seguro Air Lines stock, you would have a measly...
13.09.08 | Megan
I love freebies - OK, so maybe they're just rewarding me for my loyalty, but none the less I love them anyway! There's nothing like the feel of getting something extra when shopping. This weeks goodies came from the Body Shop, and I thought they were so good I'd share...
12.09.08 | walterdesilva
I've just read something that claimed that without fossil fuels the earth can only support 2 billion people. I thought that was odd as we seem to have slightly more than that. In fact as the population of the world currently stands at 6 billion people then we appear to have an excess of 4 billion...
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