Archive for the ‘It ain't easy being green’ Category

The message of World Car Free Day (22nd September) is go car free, and don’t stop. But how easy it is to go car free? Let’s take a look at the facts…

The other day we received the above letter from Kellogg’s threatening ‘further steps’ if we continued to sell a recycled milk bottle jug with their logo on it….

For the past few months I’ve been thinking about coming out more strongly on climate change. Some of my colleagues say don’t. That it will scare people off. But I’m starting to feel that I can’t keep my mouth shut whilst the threat of global warming and climate change escalates. Earlier this month an ice bridge in Antartica linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica snapped, a pretty significant indicator of…

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.

It’s starting to get festive in our household. I’m a bit like a child when it comes to Christmas - I love all the lights, trees, log fires, decorations, and being cosy indoors with the family playing games and watching too much TV

Tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day, which on the face of it may seem an odd thing for a shop owner to be talking about. I think it is vital to find the balance between being kind to the planet and having a good quality…

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…

It seems to be summer in the middle of October and the economy is crumbling round our ears. But there is some good stuff going on, if you look closely. Here’s three excellent things that make us happy here at Nigel’s Eco Store…

I’ve just come back from an annual family gathering. My grandfather was one of five brothers, so there are a lot of relatives: fifty of us turn up at the local tennis club and there is lots of energy in the room. Buffet style food, kids running round, faces new and old, and co-operative good will over clearing up. Lots of chit chat about

What are your favourite songs about the environment?

I can think of a few:

“Vampire Blues” by Neil Young… about our love of oil.
“Cuyahago” by R.E.M. - about the Cuyahago Indians of Ohio.
“The Earth Dies Screaming” by UB40… about, er, the earth dying.
“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Marvin Gaye… see above.
“Never Turn Your Back On Planet Earth” by Sparks… ditto.