#green (83 links)
- Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green bethmathews.substack.com
- Green property: How to insulate to avoid a draft telegraph.co.uk
We’re at the rotten end of winter: still dark by five, still brutally cold, no Christmas to look forward to, and spring, despite what Shelley said, still looks…
One of the movement's most fundamental ideas was to ask what the world might look like in the future "if we get it right" – then work out backwards how to get there. Generally speaking, the Transition vision is of a move towards self-sufficiency at the local level, in food, energy and much else, but the specifics of what "getting it right" might look like were never handed down from above.
- List of car-free places - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
- Cleanweb UK cleanweb.org.uk
- Could Solar Panels on Your Roof Power Your Home? | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com
My short piece for the Smithsonian Magazine has made it online: http://t.co/KNvQ5EIxvr
- The Future of Manufacturing is Local - NYTimes.com opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
"Mark Dwight, who started SFMade in 2010, explains, “For decades we have developed a culture of disposability — from consumer goods to medical instruments and machine tools. To fuel economic growth, marketers replaced longevity with planned obsolescence — and our mastery of technology has given birth to ever-accelerating unplanned obsolescence. I think there is increasing awareness that this is no longer sustainable on the scale we have developed.”
Via russelldavies.
- 1% for the Planet | Home onepercentfortheplanet.org
- Furniture Re-use Network frn.org.uk
The national body which supports, assists and develops charitable re-use organisations across the UK. We do this to reduce poverty by helping households in need access furniture, white goods and other household items at affordable prices.
- Uncommonly Beautiful uncommonlybeautiful.com
An anti landfill fashion accessory label
When taking part in a challenging event (anything from a marathon to a school scoot-athon), rather than inviting friends, family and work mates to sponsor you by donating money, through JustSaving you will be able to ask for sponsorship in the form of actions.
- Flightless Travel - Overland Travel, Real Travel, Alternative Travel, Slow Travel, Fear of Flying, Grounded Travel flightlesstravel.com
A unique social networking website dedicated to travel overland and water by any means possible.
- UK Indymedia - E-ON's YouTube propaganda indymedia.org.uk
"Let's ruin E-ON's pathetic online attempt to rescue their ailing brand." Oops.
The acrimonious split follows unsatisfactory negotiations which could have given Freecycle's UK moderators the ability to localise their web pages and allow them to serve the community better [...] The UK is probably the most enthusiastic Freecycling country in the world, hosting just 10% of all the branches but handling 27% of all Freecycling activities.
- Real Time Carbon realtimecarbon.org
Each unit of UK electricity is currently causing this much CO2...
A light, portable and eco friendly laptop stand.
- Seasons - For the iPhone seasonsapp.com
Seasons brings all the information you need to you to make the right decisions when choosing your food during shopping or at the restaurant. Live greener with buying local and seasonal products.
- Enjoymentland » Locavore enjoymentland.com
"Knowing what’s available in your area at a given time of year is often difficult to determine, so we’ve taken on the task of collecting data from a variety of sources and presenting it all in the most understandable of ways. The Locavore iPhone app will come in handy next time you’re at the market and want to know what’s actually being grown near you, and what is most likely to taste the best right now." US-only, mind.
- Recycle now - Furoshiki Japanese Wrapping recyclenow.com
More on Furoshiki from Recycle now.
- Energy Monitor comparison chart from Electricity-Monitor.com electricity-monitor.com
- Green Web UK | Google Groups groups.google.com
A mailing list for anyone in the UK who working on web technologies to promote green issues. Discussion, networking, jobs, whatever.
This historic, 1000-acre private estate on The Lizard peninsula has been transformed by restoring its environment and converting old or abandoned buildings to provide a real alternative to holiday inflation, based on green principles.
- Virtual Hosting Blog » GreenDev: 50 Environmentally Friendly Apps, Hosts and Resources virtualhosting.com
"Environmentally friendly" being a relative term when it comes to hardware and power.
Within weeks, plastic bag use dropped 94 percent. Plastic bags were not outlawed, but carrying them became socially unacceptable — on a par with wearing a fur coat or not cleaning up after one’s dog.
- Conveniently Reduce Energy Consumption With Belkin’s Conserve Surge Protector belkin.com · Archived on
"Lets you easily power off devices when not in use, saving both energy and money" Like this idea. Bit manual, mind. Wouldn't have expected it from Belkin.
- Lovefoodhatewaste.com - Tips and recipes to reduce food waste lovefoodhatewaste.com
- russell davies: applied green russelldavies.typepad.com
Can we encourage and direct desire in a way that satisfies people's desire to consume (and therefore allows businesses to charge them money for something and keep the wheels of capitalism turning) without creating endless torrents of new stuff.
- Do The Green Thing dothegreenthing.com
Green Thing is a community that makes it easy and enjoyable to be a bit greener. Every month you’ll get a different Green Thing to do. All you have to do is do it.
- greenormal: Mesage from the Green Thing Founders greenormal.blogspot.com
"Green Thing is a not-for-profit online community that makes it easy and enjoyable to be a bit greener." Press release listing involvement: Pete Fowler, John Hegley, Howie B, Mother, Agency.com, Glue, AKQA, Agency Republic, LBi etc etc
Npower have been dumping slurry into the Radley Lakes - once one of the largest wetland areas and the richest site for breeding birds in the entire county of Oxfordshire - for the past 20 years. Only two of the original 12 lakes remain.
The design firm DIY Kyoto (as in Kyoto Protocol) recently began selling a device called the Wattson, which not only shows your energy usage but can also transmit the data to a Web site, letting you compare yourself with other Wattson users worldwide.
- greenormal: 21st Century Survival Manual greenormal.blogspot.com
"I think the reason he included this in his book, and the reason I think it is a seriously good idea to actually execute, is that as a green propaganda project is it will force people to confront the very real possibility of catastrophe before it happens.
- Zerofootprint zerofootprint.net
"a not-for-profit that combines the best financial engineering, environmental engineering, social networking tools and business intelligence to create products and services that help large corporations, organizations and individuals significantly reduce t
Change Your World is asking you to swap just one car trip from 1-7 July and choose something that's better for the planet instead.
- greenormal: Looking Good vs Ethical Velocity greenormal.blogspot.com
I have done a bit of digging and I have to say the more you look at Mc Donalds, the better it gets.
- Citizen21: Saving Water: Collecting A Definitive HowTo citizen21.blogspot.com
There are too many ways to reduce water use to reduce to a throw-away top ten. I'd like to maintain this list, so that it hopefully become a definitive water saving guide
- YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. youtube.com
Video from Energy Saving Trust.
- greenormal: New Article for Mediacat greenormal.blogspot.com
"If the world falls apart then there is no market. And if a much greener substitute is brought out by a competitor, there is a good chance you will lose a lot of business too. Not to mention the risk if Greenpeace attacks you. Many companies have accepted
- Online Audit green-office.org.uk
Every day at Friends of the Earth Scotland we receive calls asking us about environmentally friendly products: whether it is really worth recycling and how to go about greening the office. Our Online Audit is designed to answer these questions.
- Build a Green PC extremetech.com
Building a green PC means you can be part of the solution by using all lead-free parts that are also more energy-efficient.
Have you ever wondered how much it's costing you to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
- The Aerogarden. How noisy? How hackable? Alternatives? | Ask MetaFilter ask.metafilter.com
The Aerogarden. How noisy? How hackable? Any alternatives that are also "easy" enough for my non-specialist friends?
- Really Wild Flowers - British wildflower seed, plants, bulbs & orchids for your garden reallywildflowers.co.uk
We provide everything you’ll need to plan and create a beautiful wild flower garden or meadow.
Phone contract from Friends of the Earth and Woodland Trust.