I recently came across a great series of photographs by John Lodei, who spent years travelling around Britian photographing small shops. He’s published the results in a new book called ShuttingUp Shop, about the decline of small shops in the UK. ..
I’ve just realised that all the stuff I wrote before we switched over to this all-singing all-dancing Wordpress blogging site seems to have disappeared off the face of the web. I know this because I was trying to find something I wrote in it ages ago about my carbon footprint, for something I’m looking to write about carbon footprint calculators…
I’ve been trying the navy shower technique.
There’s a flaw. The trouble is, I’ve got a demand water heater.
I see that readers of Lucy Siegle’s article “Is this the end of the milk bottle” have reacted pretty much the same way as I did. Returnable glass bottles are by far the least wasteful way to go.
Until the 1970s, pretty much all bottles were recyclable…
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.
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.)
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”…
