Archive for November, 2007

Greenpeace asked the internet public to name a whale, to publicise its Great Whale Trail, following the migration of the magnificent humpback whales.

Read why it’s not going well…

Last week the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called again for a “green revolution” and suggested that the UK could be aiming for an 80% cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Hurrah. That sounds promising.

Or does it?

Stephen Fry has been enthusing wildy in his Guardian column “Dork Talk” about the Eco Player, comparing it favourably to the Phillips Streamium:

I realise that there’s already a generation younger than myself who wouldn’t have a clue where that headline was culled from. For them, that’s David Bellamy visiting Nigel’s Eco Store when I was running a stand at The Sustainability Show last month.

I was pleased to see nigelsecostore.com getting a mention for this one in yesterday’s Observer. I started out by stocking the kind of items that appealed to me. As time’s gone on, I’m trying to add more items for the whole family – like the Paperpod Rocket.

This story in The Guardian tickled my fancy. Andy Pag, a 24-year-old Londoner, is planning to drive from the UK to Mali in a lorry powered… by chocolate.