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Needless to say, I’m very much in favour of eco shopping! But what about shopping offline, leaving your house to buy stuff. We all need to do it, but how do we do it in the right way? Rachael from moneysupermarket.com has a few handy tips to help you be an eco shopper.
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…
I’m 100% behind Sustrans’ Change Your World Campaign, now in its second and last week. Sustrans aims to help us enjoy the benefits of cycling, walking or taking public transport…
Christmas is fast approaching and I am looking back at 2009, at whether I can be more planet friendly, reduce my carbon footprint and be more sustainable in my living. This year I’ve been pretty good: shopping locally, cutting back on things like meat, walking more, and switching off as much as possible at home and at work.
The odd holiday splurge is the one thing that leaves a nasty
This summer, everyone seems to have been talking about “hypermiling” - the American name given to the practice of managing to squeeze the maximum MPGs out of a tank of petrol by changing your driving habits…
There I was wishing Brighton would copy Paris in their public bike-hire scheme… It looks like London is already copying the French initiative…
Isn’t that fabulous? The ultimate surf-hippie icon, re-imagined for a low energy world. It was conceived a couple of years by the Canadian industriall designer Alexandre Verdier, but I only just came across it.
This story in The Guardian tickled my fancy. Andy Pag, a 24-year-old Londoner, is planning to drive from the UK to Mali in a lorry powered… by chocolate.
This is the kind of story that appeals to the short-trousered boy in me.
A solar-powered plane has just broken the record for solar-powered flight, albeit unofficially, staying aloft for 54 hours.
I had a great comment a few days ago from Claire, who had set up the car-sharing site Freewheelers with her partner about 15 years ago, and I thought it worth turning some of her comment into a post.
