February 2007
Green websites: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg interview (28 February 2007)
In a break between writing on Sustainablog, The Green Blogosphere and Green Options, Jeff McIntire-Strasburg told Real Life News what got him into environmental blogging.
Is burning wood at home good or bad? (27 February 2007)
Wood has a reputation as a 'dirty' fuel as it produces smoke, but in the broader environmental context, is it the best home-heating fuel?
Risk is Part of the Job (27 February 2007)
Is the CIO a manager or a leader? Remember, managers optimize existing processes, and leaders invent new ones. Seems like most think that CIO are mostly managers because they don't take risk. I'm not surprised; no CIO got fired for...
Low energy light bulbs for dimmer switches (26 February 2007)
Low energy light bulbs are a simple way to reduce your energy usage. But what it you have dimmer switches?
Smack climate change deniers on the head (25 February 2007)
The Stern Report Smack'em game gives you the opportunity to whack the climate change deniers - but watch out for our hero - David Attenborough.
Global warming hits ice hockey fan (24 February 2007)
Be Sustainable has a video of a good Friends of the Earth advert about the impact of global warming. I know how this bloke who can't play ice hockey on the pond feels. We went skiing in Bulgaria earlier this...
We Are Dealing With Addicts Here (22 February 2007)
Addiction is not a pretty word. It's onomatopoeic in that its pronunciation, like 'sizzle' or 'zip', reflects its underlying meaning. And yet it appears that every day we are dealing with more and technology addicts.Who are these people? Well, they...
Green websites: Tiptheplanet (21 February 2007)
A new WIKI dedicated to helping us help our planet.
Even The Archers get climate change (20 February 2007)
Even BBC Radio 4's The Archers are debating global warming.
UK wind power doubles (19 February 2007)
The UK has joined only six other countries as a producer of 2 gigawatts of electricity from wind power.
Euro car proposals right idea (19 February 2007)
The European Commission have compromised over car emissions plans following pressure from car makers, but the plans are a big step in the right direction.
The Six Percent Solution (18 February 2007)
Did you know that 94 percent of all email is spam? Let's do a little math; 100 percent minus 94 percent... that leaves only 6 percent of this data stream as legitimate. Spam increased 147 percent in 2006, and caused...
Running on biodiesel at last! (17 February 2007)
After taking months changing from a petrol car to a diesel one and finding a good supplier of biodiesel, I have finally made my first visit to the environmentally friendly pump.
Green websites: Action Aid Recycling (13 February 2007)
ActionAid Recycling will take your old phones, PDAs and ink cartidges and sell them on to raise money for chrity. The scheme makes it simple to donate and is well thought out.
Everybody Wants a Piece of eWaste ( 9 February 2007)
There's been lots of movement on the eWaste front, as ruling body after ruling body starts getting serious about the issue. Oregon is trying for the third time (the charm) to get an electronics recycling bill in place, with obvious...
Australians and Canadians worse polluters than Americans? ( 9 February 2007)
Scott Burgess at The Adam Smith Institute refutes the claim that America is the worst polluter.
Sky encouraging customers to go green ( 7 February 2007)
Sky are offering customers 10% off gofts and household products at The Carbon neutral company.
Biodiesel disappointment ( 5 February 2007)
Moving to biodiesel in my car has taken time but I've now found a supplier and should be using it within a week.
England's kids to see Inconvenient Truth ( 3 February 2007)
An Inconvenient Truth is to be shown in all secondary schools in England.
It's all our fault - official ( 2 February 2007)
The IPCC report - the most authorative to date - confirms that global warming is "very likely" to be caused by humans, and could raise temperatures by up to 4C.
Now's Your Chance ( 2 February 2007)
If you are worried about the massive surge in eWaste that upgrading to Vista will produce, you're not alone. One study found that 50 percent of all business computers cannot run Vista Basic, and 94 percent can't run Vista Premium.What...
It's a Breeze to Go Virtual ( 2 February 2007)
with VMWare's Converter, that is. This handy tool will convert your Microsoft server into image files that work with VMWare. Also converts other formats like Virtual PC, Live State Recovery, and Ghost. Two editions available, one free and one not.Now...
Green websites: Ecorazzi ( 1 February 2007)
Ecorazzi will keep you up-to-date on all the environmental news about celebrities, whose doing their bit to save the planet and who's not.
