Archive for April, 2007

Yesterday, I dropped by my local sandwich shop. I said to the owner, “I see you’ve gone all eco friendly.”

I was looking looking at his cardboard sandwich packaging. There was a sticker on it saying the pack is fully compostable and biodegradable.

To think. Once people used to be content with a simple entry in the Guinness Book of Records. There’s a positive stampede of good people who are trying to make a point by setting themselves unlikely attention-grabbing challenges. In recent weeks we’ve celebrated the following heroes of the modern age:

So that’s what I should have done to stop my bike from getting nicked.

Isn’t this genius? You thought it was one of those CD-RW containers? No, it’s tupaware for the digital age – the only thing to turn up to picnics with, these days. Ideal for bagels and ring doughnuts, obviously. This top recycling is brought to you by…

The only dent in an otherwise beautiful Easter weekend was someone nicking my bike from outside my flat.

Now, anyone who knows me knows I’m all in favour of recycling, but not that kind.

But even that was unable to dent my mood. Yesterday – on a borrowed bike…

I was at a local get-together for people involved in ethical businesses the other night and I met Justin Francis there – one of the co-founders of Responsible Travel. He spent an hour telling me how they do business there, which was a) very impressive, and b) really, really useful. The Ecostore is burgeoning, but it’s a very competitive …