Archive for the ‘Environment and eco-friendliness’ Category
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
..About how you wrap your presents and about sending out cards! the lazily smart folk amongst us know that we could save ourselves time - and as Leighton points out - trees this xmas - by wrapping presents in old magazines/newspapers etc. and sending e-cards. 50,000 trees apparently..
Posted in Christmas, Environment and eco-friendliness, News & info | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Ha good. Today's Guardian is running a story on how the Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science - has ticked off ExxonMobil for their dodgy dealings regarding climate change and have demanded:
" that the company withdraws support for dozens of groups that have "misrepresented the science of ...
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Monday, July 31st, 2006
epolitix had this little excerpt today:
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes guidance for councils on how to tackle fly-tipping by householders. "Councils have tended to concentrate on clearance. That is vital, but there needs to be more emphasis on preventing fly-tipping happening in the first place," said ...
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
“The ‘Merton Rule' is the groundbreaking planning policy, pioneered by the London Borough of Merton, which requires the use of renewable energy onsite to reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the built environment. Hundreds of local authorities look set to follow Merton’s lead, which will impact all new major ...
Posted in Environment and eco-friendliness, Merton Rule, Sustainability, Sustainable Architecture, UK, climate change, renewable energy | 6 Comments »
Friday, May 12th, 2006
the main galleries of the dulwich picture gallery are open this sunday for free! as part of the dulwich arts festival from 10 to 5 p.m.
contemporary art: another interesting event that is part of the festival is 'eco-vandalism' in Sydenham Hill Woods ( the wood is located between Dulwich, Sydenham ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
MOVIMIENTOS @ The Salmon and Compass -Thursday 4th May (7pm -2am)
"A politically inspired night of Latin boogie & documentary films on Latin America.
The finest in Afro-Latin, Boogaloo, Brazilian, Funk, Ska, Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Salsa, Cumbia, Bachata, Manguebeat, Tango, Drum and Bass, Broken Beats, Rhumba House, Electronica etc.....Music hosted by ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
Activists have set up a blockade of Kimberly-Clark's factory in Canada. * the folks who make Kleenex* They're stopping all shipments of ancient forest products in or out of the factory, and they've hung a large banner that reads, "Kimberly-Clark & Kleenex: Stop destroying the Boreal Forest."
Please help Greenpeace spread ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2006
It 's estimated that London produced around 375,000 tonnes of rubbish last Christmas - that's the equivalent weight of 50,000 double-decker buses.
also - a massive one billion Christmas cards are sent out every year and if they're not recycled - what then? WHSmith and Tesco stores are collecting Christmas ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2005
After two years of research the new version of the Guide Guide Online Database is now available at www.greenguide.co.uk
The Green Guide is a comprehensive directory of eco-friendly, natural, ethical and organic goods and services, containing all sorts of things the consumer & business user needs for a sustainable lifestyle ...
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