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Guerrilla Gardening
“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
Continue reading...Natural Death Centre
8. January 2009
The Natural Death Centre offers free, independent advice about death and funerals (regular as well as green). The Centre publishes The Natural Death Handbook containing tips, legal advice and case studies on how to arrange a “dignified death in harmony with nature” and hosts annual Green Funeral Exhibitions in London. www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Continue reading...A-bike
8. January 2009
Always have a bike handy. The world’s smallest folding bike reduces to just 66 cm high and 15 cm wide. Weighing only 5.5kg, it will be ready to use in 10 seconds. UK. www.a-bike.co.uk
Continue reading...Pedibus
8. January 2009
In the good old days kids used to walk to school. They can start doing it again by joining the local Pedibus. Children walk to school together with two adults (the driver and conductor). There are set routes, stops and times. Find out how to start one of your own at www.iwalktoschool.org or www.pedibus.it. Italy.
Continue reading...Mobility Switzerland
8. January 2009
Mobility Switzerland is the biggest car-sharing company in Europe. Cars can either be booked ahead or you can go to one of the 1,000 parking stations and see if any are free (membership cards held to the windscreen will cause the doors to open if the car is free). www.mobility.ch
Continue reading...Vélib’
8. January 2009
Paris’s Vélib’, or “freedom bike” scheme, was launched in July 2007 and has turned the city cycling mad. You simply pick up a bike from one of the ubiquitous stands, ride it and drop it back at any random stand at your destination. The self-service “bike hire” system is available 24 hours a day, 7 [...]
Continue reading...L’Artisan Parfumeur
8. January 2009
Each of L’Artisan Parfumeur’s luxury scents is created to evoke a season, a memory of a journey, or a special celebration. The Paris-based perfumery has applied its olfactory savvy to an organic skincare range and a fragrance called L’Eau de Jatamansi. The range contains the wild Himalayan Jatamansi plant harvested at altitudes of 3,000 metres. www.artisanparfumeur.com
Continue reading...Natural Candles
8. January 2009
Forget the black smoke, nasty carcinogens and fake aromas of most scented candles, Neom Organics, founded by Nicola Elliott in 2005 these candles are made out of vegetable waxes (soy, rapeseed and beeswax) and organic aromatherapy oils. The brand’s signature three-wick treatment candles come in eleven different fragrance combinations and burn for 55 hours. www.neomorganics.com
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8. January 2009
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