Archive | January, 2009
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If you’re trying to be more eco in your shopping greenzer.com can help you find greener clothing, electronics, detergents, personal care products. The list goes on. The US website also includes some articles related to green lifestyle.
Continue reading...Wedge Card Loyalty Scheme
16. January 2009
The Wedge Card Loyalty Scheme gives people the chance to support local shops and services that might otherwise disappear. It’s simple: you buy a Wedge card for £10 (£5 of which goes to local charities); in return you get special offers and discounts at over 800 shops, restaurants and museums across London. www.wedgecard.co.uk
Continue reading...Simple holidays
13. January 2009
It is possible to rent sparse stone cottages on unpopulated islands off the coast of Croatia. They have wells for water and gas lighting and are usually found on islands without shops, cars or ferry links. Minimum rental is usually one week. To find out more contact: Kornat Turist (Hrvatskih vladara 2, Murter, T+385 22 [...]
Continue reading...Here comes the Sun
9. January 2009
Crossing the Serpentine Lake in London’s Hyde Park in total silence is one of life’s more pleasant experiences. The fact that one is moving at only five miles per hour could, in theory, taint the experience, especially in the speed-driven society we live in, but somehow it doesn’t. After all, when have you ever been [...]
Continue reading...Polyethylene or polyethene or poly(methylene)
8. January 2009
Petrochemical used in production of plastic bags. HDPE (detergent bottles, rubbish containers, margarine containers), PEX (plumbing), MDPE (plastic bags, packaging film), LLDPE (toys, pipes), LDPE (plastic bags, film wrap) and VLDPE (frozen food packaging) are all polyethylenes. Not biodegradable.
Continue reading...Ethylene or Ethene
8. January 2009
Petrochemical used to ripen fruit and for welding. Is also used to create ethylene oxide used in detergents and polyethylene use to make bags for rubbish and plastic bags.
Continue reading...Petrochemicals
8. January 2009
Most petrochemicals are made from petroleum although some are made from natural gas or coal. Some are considered to be harmful both to humans and the environment. They are commonly found in soaps, detergents and cosmetics.
Continue reading...Guerrilla Gardening
8. January 2009
“Let’s fight the filth with forks and flowers” is the London-based Guerrilla Gardening rallying cry to action. GGers (guerrilla gardeners) locate neglected and dilapidated green spaces – from traffic islands to parks - and fill them with flower bulbs, seeds and plants. UK. www.guerrillagardening.org
Continue reading...UK Pesticides Campaign
8. January 2009
Georgina Downs runs the UK Pesticides Campaign to highlight the adverse health and environmental effects of pesticides. Downs has lived next to regularly sprayed fields for most of her life. For the last 7 years she has been making her case to the UK Government for a change in the regulations and legislation governing crop [...]
Continue reading...Ecoffins
8. January 2009
Bamboo coffins made in China get good eco-ratings as the material is sustainable and the shipping has a low carbon footprint. Ecoffins are the manufacturer of the bamboo coffins and were the first British company to get Fairtrade accreditation in China. UK. www.ecoffins.co.uk
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23. January 2009
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