Eco-Worrier puts me in mind of Thurber’s grandmother who “lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house,” and went round placing electric plugs in empty sockets…
I read this on Grist. A reader of the American environment news site watches British sit coms like As Time Goes By and Keeping Up Appearances. He has noticed how small British fridges are compared to US ones…
Great headline, eh? I wish I’d thought of it. It’s actually the title of a new report by the Energy Savings Trust on the proliferation of new home entertainment devices and the way they eat electricity…
There is so much information coming at us now on how to save energy in the home. The Energy Saving Trust have a great site…
I was just trying to use DEFRA’s new online carbon calculator. I’d answered most of the “Your Appliances” questions, trying really hard not to cheat about the number of devices I leave on standby…
I know people who love to drive. I can understand that. That sense of power and motion, of eating up the miles, of seeing new landscapes from behind glass while some track plays on the stereo…
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.
At Festival time, Brighton is known for its Open Houses, selling art. Some of it’s great. Some of it’s… ah… interesting. Mostly everyone goes around to check out their neighbour’s kitchen extensions and tut at the wallpaper.
Ten top energy saving tips from the book Energy: Use Less - Save More: 100 Energy saving-tips for the home by Jon Clift & Amanda Cuthbert (only GBP 4.95 from my store by the way.)
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…
