Archive for the ‘Carbon footprints’ Category

I don’t know about you but I always struggle with what to get my mum for Mother’s Day, (22nd March this year in case you’d forgotten). Most years she gets a hasty card and sometimes flowers, but I always wish I could come up with something more original, and not just send something for the sake of it.

I heard the term Guerilla Gardening for the first time this afternoon. There are even websites dedicated to it. Well I guess there would be. It sounds a bit more political than I had in mind: we’ve got this great new product in, it’s basically a tree in a grow bag that you start off indoors, before planting out when it’s reached sapling size…

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about environmental issues, and I think most people at some point probably find it hard to sort out the greenwash from the green. As long as it suits, I expect some companies will always…

Not long ago - about four blog posts ago, in fact - I wrote about how painting your roof white could save one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions. I’ve just discovered that having a green roof could…

Guy Fawkes night is just around the corner and the kids have begun making plans for fireworks and bonfires.

I’ve been wondering whether there’s such a thing as eco friendly fireworks - I found a study from…

This week is Energy Saving Week. In an effort to save energy and reduce some of our bills I’ve been on even more of an energy saving mission myself over the last few weeks.

If you’re interested in driving greener, you could also consider eco friendly car insurance. Here’s links to companies that I know of that offer green policies…

After a slow start, the issue of greener computing is beginning to gather momentum. Read my five suggestions for using our computers more efficiently…

I just came across this world map by Worldmapper on the new BBC Green website. The map looks pretty distorted, because each country has been resized to show the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it is responsible for…

Did anyone notice that spot of good news last week? We’re so used to environmental news being relentlessly bad, but last week the UK government has calculated that British greenhouse emissions are down by 0.5%.