September 2006
Write about the environment (29 September 2006)
In case you missed the post on the homepage, I'm looking for people who are passionate and insightful to join me writing on the environment blog. We've had a lot of success with the football blog and have a great...
Future London at the Science Museum (28 September 2006)
I'd seen posters for Future London on the underground and have finally got round to checking the website. Unfortunately the posters suggest you can get involved but the website is pretty awful. There isn't really that much content on each...
An Inconvenient Truth (22 September 2006)
Last night I watched Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth. I was expecting to be disappointed after having seen so much hype for it and not having been impressed by Gore in the interview he did a week or so...
Toxic technology (20 September 2006)
Although the growth in electronic communications, online shopping and so on can have beneficial environmental effects, one of the big drawbacks is the toxicity of computer equipment. Greenpeace yesterday published results of a study of the toxic materials in laptops...
Funny parody of Gore's Inconvenient Truth (19 September 2006)
I really enjoyed this. A very funny sketch parodying Al Gore and his documentary - An Inconvenient Truth. Although it's a mickey-take, it reinforces the key points nicely. The Convenientest Truth Enjoy....
Composter's in (18 September 2006)
Having finally got my hands on the compost bin it took me 15 minutes yesterday to dig up a small patch of turf and install the composter in the garden. Having turned over the earth and spread our collection of...
McDonalds hummer comments (13 September 2006)
Following my post about the McDonalds Hummer promotion, BNET has written about McDonalds' response on their own corporate social responisbility blog. Basically they have responded to lots of comments they have received by saying they don't think it's an issue...
Big Barn - local producers in the UK (12 September 2006)
There aren't an abundance of good UK-based websites helping you make the most of local farmers and producers so I was pleased to come across BigBarn. The idea is simple. You register and tell others to register, all giving your...
Supermarkets vying for green supremacy ( 9 September 2006)
The news that Sainsbury's is to sell over 500 of it's own-brand products in compostable packaging is the latest in a PR battle between the UK's large supermarkets. Tesco's have introduced rewards for customers who don't take plastic bags and...
Al Gore bandwagon comes to town ( 8 September 2006)
After reading so much about Al Gore and his new movie/book/lecture tour in the US, the UK is about to see it all first hand. An Inconvenient Truth opens in cinemas here on 15th September. The posters are going up...
Scotty solar charger ( 5 September 2006)
I recently took delivery of a Scotty solar charger - an neat device that charges mobile phones, PDAs and MP3 players using solar energy. I checked it out on the Green Shop and although I didn't see a definitive list...
Compost bin arrives - after 4 months! ( 3 September 2006)
At last, the composting bin I ordered (and paid for) in April has arrived. I can now reduce the amount of food, paper and grass cuttings I throw out and have free compost ready for the spring vegetable patch planting....
