Archive for the ‘Eco products’ Category

This recycled razor that I stock just got a nice little mention in The Observer:

EcoBalls have been a revelation. They remain one of my most solid sellers and are really popular with the people who use them. I use them myself, in fact. But now there’s an alternative…

Recently the pop singer Sheryl Crow was mocked globally for suggesting that toilet visits could be made more ecological if we only used one square of toilet paper.

Later she explained this was supposed to be “a joke”…

This time of year, an extraordinary fog descends on Hove seafront, south of the Nigel’s Ecostore nerve centre. In the evenings, if you walk along the beach, the sun descends behind a thin, smoggy haze.

This is the season of the barbecue…

The Green Guy wrote a nice piece for The Guardian last week on using “smart meters” to shave un-needed watts off your electricity use.

Here in relatively eco-conscious Brighton, the smart meter seems to have created a whole new fun-for-all-the-family type game…

We’ve just got this great solar gadget in stock. As featured in The Independent this weekend, the FreeLoader Solar Charger is “a smart eco-friendly device that soaks up the power of the sun and stores it for up to three months, meaning you can use it to charge your electronic gadgets” such as mobiles, mp3 players, pdas and more. It can also be charged from a USB port on your PC or laptop.

In the Independent it came in the top 10 best camping gear.

It compares favourably with the Solio solar charger, but costs quite a bit less.

Get yours now from Nigel’s Eco Store.

Sigh. If only being green was simple.

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In the tech world, people regularly bandy around the phrase “early adopter”. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, here’s a quick definition:

If you’re the first person to buy the first ludicrously overpriced piece of electronic equipment, you justify the shocking price to your partner/housemate/mum by calling yourself “an early adopter”…

It being Easter, the topic is eggs.

This morning I boiled myself one using the low-energy technique I discovered on The Yellow House’s site.

To whit: Place egg in cold water. Bring pan to the boil. The moment it boils…

Things I crave. A foofbag for my iBook…