Posted on 21 December 2007
Good Magazine has a great graphic depicting the economic implications of leaving appliances plugged in for an entire year. We all know that a minuscule amount of energy is being consumed just by leaving a device plugged in – but, an average consumer with a reasonable electronics collection will waste around $300 leaving all those [...]
Tags: Climate change, Education, energy, Sustainability
Posted on 20 December 2007
Details of the open day provided by Simon Laman from Earthwatch: Date: Saturday 12th January, 10am – 1pm Venue: Earthwatch Oxford Offices, Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HT, UK This is intended for those of you who are new to Earthwatch, and/or have never been on an Earthwatch project before. You will be [...]
Tags: News & Events, volunteering
Posted on 20 December 2007
Ever asked yourself why what you can call ‘green aesthetics’ are so unimaginative? Best case in point is energy-efficient light bulbs – why are they so generically bad looking? Well, not any more thanks to Hulger Design that decided to marry beauty, personality and low-energy light bulbs in their Plumen Project. And the result is [...]
Tags: design, energy, light bulbs
Posted on 13 December 2007
Recently I had been sent a e-mail with a link to this wonderful video that explained that as consumers most of us don’t see or see too little of what the big picture has to tell us about what the real cost of what it takes to produce a product in terms of money, content [...]
Tags: consumerism, Education, Employment, Pollution, Shopping
Posted on 12 December 2007
Here at e-photoframes, UK photo frame retailer with an ethical twist, we recently produced a shocking report on the response of the worlds airlines to climate change. They have a penchant for big boys’ toys jammed packed with high tech gadgets; They’re a by-word for safe travel and their concern for your well being is [...]
Tags: airlines, Climate change, Pollution, Transport, travel
Posted on 12 December 2007
This is a bit off the classic green campaign (more of an ethical/charity campaign) but i find it brilliant nevertheless. We all do it every now and then: forget to lock our phone’s keypad and accidentally call the first person on our contact list. Usually some unlucky person by the name of Asi or Abigail [...]
Tags: campaign, charity
Posted on 07 December 2007
Innocent is a brand that ‘gets it’ for so long now that we at the marketing planning/strategy community almost hate them for being so good…(na…we’re just jealous we really love them so very much). Unlike so many others that jump on the greenwagon, sustainability is ‘built into’ Innocent products and brand since day one and [...]
Tags: campaign, marketing, trees
Posted on 06 December 2007
GreenGirlsGlobal have written about the free 100 Ways to Save The Planet eBook which was written by Adam over at our usual website. As not everyone likes to read we’ve turned it into a video. It’s (hopefully) a reasonably short, nice, relaxing watch and another way to get the message out there. Please feel free [...]
Tags: Climate change, energy, Recycling, Sustainability