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Archive for December, 2007

Happy Christmas Eco people

Friday, December 21st, 2007 by Nigel

What a year, eh? I’m exhausted, I don’t know about you.

Nigel’s Eco Store has been flat out for weeks; I have never known it so hectic. We’ve been careering around for what seems like forever getting the last orders out but we’ve finally got there. So thanks from everyone here for all the extraordinary support you’ve given Nigel’s Eco Store.


Santa’s Footprints…

Monday, December 17th, 2007 by Nigel

I’ve already given you my tips for a green Christmas, but here are comedian Ed Byrne’s opinions on how to recycle bottles without embarrassment after Christmas, where to put the blue ones from Bombay Sapphire Gin, and Santa’s carbon footprint - a special video recorded for recycle.com:

Ed Byrne- Recycle Now! - video powered by Metacafe


Rewired

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 by Nigel

Trawling the web, I see The Daily Green suggests we all switch back to corded phones… remember them? Cordless phones, they say, are energy vampires. Plus there’s nothing more frustrating than being in a house on fire and discovering your DECT phone battery has gone flat…

Read more old-fashioned phones and new-fangled eco ideas…


The new look, part 2…

Monday, December 10th, 2007 by Nigel

It seems to be working nicely, don’t you think.

Of course I could always try this site’s approach. I wonder what would nightmare world could be created if Nigel’s Eco Store behaved like that


The bear necessities

Saturday, December 8th, 2007 by Nigel

What is it with bears? There have been a lot around recently. In Sudan there was the teddy bear teacher, while at the Tate Liverpool Mark Wallinger won the Turner Prize by dressing up as a bear - though actually he won it for his installation Sleeper, a recreation of Brian Haw’s one man protest against the Iraq war in Parliament Square.

Read on about George Monbiot’s bear protest…