Blogposts tagged 'Green Living'

Green Living: leave it off

Posted by tracy - 26 February 2008 at 1:46pm - 2 Comments

Tomorrow night is the start of E-day. This isn't a drug fuelled dance party in east London, but a chance to show what we do together, no matter how small, can make a big difference.

E-day, or Energy Saving Day, is an experimental action by an independent organisation that aims to tackle climate change in a "fun, positive, evidence-based and inclusive" manner. It is made up of many familiar groups, businesses and individuals including Christain Aid, City of London, National Trust, National Grid, Tesco, us and, oddly, power companies.

Article tagged as: e-day, energy efficiency, green living, save energy

Green living weekly: clean, renewable human power!

Posted by tracy - 18 February 2008 at 12:32pm - 2 Comments

Not willing to be outdone by Bex and Jamie with their new weekly columns, I've decided to start my own. Every Monday (hopefully I haven't already set myself a standard I can't keep up) I will bring some interesting, some useful, some purely insane ideas and tips for a greener lifestyle.

Article tagged as: energy use, green living, green living weekly, nanotechnology

Nothing says I love you like loving the planet

Posted by tracy - 13 February 2008 at 12:45pm - 6 Comments

A Greenpeace climate-friendly Valentines Guide (mostly)

My friend Hugo recently noted "it's Valentine's Day, and the very idea of the depressingly rampant commercialism around it all makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon...". And he used to work in advertising. So this got me thinking about all the red and/or fluffy tat currently littering the high street. Not that I have ever been showered with such absurd gifts - no man would dare. But someone out there must be buying this stuff, and it needn't be that way.

If you are staring down the next 24 hours without a clue what to do for your lover on Valentine's day, I'm offering up some guidance that is loving towards the planet, and will put a spark in your day - the rest of the year is up to you.

Article tagged as: climate-friendly, green living, valentines day

Queen Elizabeth goes green for Christmas

Posted by jamie - 8 December 2006 at 8:00am - 2 Comments

Queen E goes green for Christmas

It's the same every year - each time Christmas comes around, your shelves become littered with cards featuring bedraggled robins and mawkish fireside scenes until they go into the recycling bin. But not this year, because we've cooked up something a little bit different.

Article tagged as: christmas, christmas card, e-card, green living, queen, queen's alternative christmas speech
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