Hi, welcome to Nigel’s Eco Store eco blog. Running Nigel’s Eco Store is an amazing opportunity to explore all things environmentally friendly. Find out more about our business, new products we come across, and the environmental issues I think about. I will be writing fairly regularly on all sorts of environmentally friendly (and other) topics. Please add a comment if you feel the urge - all feedback welcome!

The odd thing is, even in our varied modern 21st century culture, Christmas is the single most important date in the year. No other day comes close. There are good reasons for that, only in all the madness,

A friend who lives in Wales is telling me about Freeganism, which involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket bins. It reminds me of the time I visited a different friend who used to live on a houseboat on the Thames. One of her neighbours, ‘Mad’ Pierre, who rumour had it…

Just found this great video ‘One Minute Recipe for Success at Copenhagen’ at…

Christmas is fast approaching and I am looking back at 2009, at whether I can be more planet friendly, reduce my carbon footprint and be more sustainable in my living. This year I’ve been pretty good: shopping locally, cutting back on things like meat, walking more, and switching off as much as possible at home and at work.

The odd holiday splurge is the one thing that leaves a nasty

We’ve just launched our second Green Web Awards, celebrating the best green websites, blogs and social media. This year, following some great feedback on this blog, we’ve made the awards a tad more democratic!

You asked for it. You’ll be deciding. So start nominating!

It’s Energy Saving Week - one of the biggest UK energy awareness campaigns.

This year, the theme is Waste. Melting ice caps and polar bears aside, wasting

Turns out one of the recycled Milk Bottle Milk Jugs that we

Last week, the Isles of Scilly held a world first community effort to save energy. Over a 24-hour period - on Energy Saving Day (E-Day) - the island’s residents switched off all non-essential electrical items in homes, schools and workplaces, and took live online measurements of the results. By the close of play at midnight, the islanders had achieved

Last night I went to the Climate Clinic at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton - as part of the Labour Party Conference. Green Party candidates Caroline Lucas and Tony Juniper, and