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World without cars

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 by Nigel

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I just heard that Nigel’s Eco Store is being nominated for an Eco Award as Best Online Retailer by Real Homes magazine. That’s nice. I think I’m getting there. All feedback gratefully received.

I also just had as charming a comment as you can get from…


World without oil?

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 by Nigel

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Look out for an online alternate reality game with an ecological twist, World Without Oil, starting April 30th. Writerguy, who created the game says: “World Without Oil is the first major project to invite the Internet’s staggering collective intelligence and…


Fairtrade goes bananas

Saturday, March 17th, 2007 by Nigel

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Ben Clowney has completed his week as Fairtrade Man, consuming only Fairtrade food and drink for fourteen days straight. Lots of nuts. Lots of bananas. Quite a bit of coffee, I should imagine. It was a nice stunt, even if he was reduced - at one point - to eating muesli fried in red wine.


Car-less in LA

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 by Nigel

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Katie Rogers seems like a nice woman. She lives in LA. She decided to give up owning a car. Of course, this being LA, she also decided to make a movie about it, trading in her vehicle for a video camera. She completed the task early this year and is looking for ways to plug her movie. There’s a trailer on her site, Carless In LA.


Worryingly Eco

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 by Nigel

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I don’t know why I’ve always assumed that Eco Worrier is rather on the lightweight side of the ethical-living brouhaha. Since she started her blog on The Times website it sometimes seems like she’s been thrashing around in search of something to say, angsting about whether eco-friendly paint comes in the shades she requires and fretting about not being as committed as “Guardian greenies”.