During this economic crisis and continued global warming, the need for sustainable development has become a now issue instead of a later issue. Here’s a quick list of 10 items I’ve discovered that can make a world of a difference.

1. Heat-energy recovery system
Sensible Heat Energy Recovery System (SHERS) uses heat generated from an air-conditioner or [...]

A funny video by The Energy Savings Trust and comedian Marcus Brigstocke, spoofing MTV cribs eco-styleee

If I am distracted from the environment I stop caring. I have recently moved into a new flat, a stressful enough task, especially when you are moving in with your girlfriend for the first time. Biodiversity loss, ice caps melting, or encroaching desertification seem like nothing compared to who waters the flaccid basil plants or [...]

Every year more than 450 million square feet of toxic, non-biodegradable billboard vinyl is tossed into landfills.  For the past four years Eco-LogicalART, a small non-profit based in Los Angeles, has been salvaging vinyl, stretching it and offering the canvases to artists for free in exchange for exposure on the exterior of the gallery.  This [...]

Swaptree is a unique website that allows users to trade books, textbooks, CDs, DVDs and video games with other users for free.  Members simply list the items that they are trading and the items they want, and Swaptree’s two and three-way trade algorithms instantly find all of the items that they can receive for the [...]

Has your kettle run out of steam? Got any old electricals lying around at home? From laptops to cameras, from battery-operated toys to toasters, from power drills to mobile phones, you can recycle the lot.
Recycle Now has launched a new campaign ‘Don’t bin it bring it‘ designed to highlight the need and facilities for recycling [...]

One day, an adorable elderly couple, sitting in their cosy allotment, starts to wonder: “Where does all our stuff originally come from?”

Our Little World – The Climate Movie from Josef Buchner on Vimeo.

It was with surprise that I looked out of my central London window a few weeks ago to see a pair of blackbirds making a nest on my balcony.  Whether it was years of London blindness to nature or a sudden jolt from a distant memory of a childhood in the countryside, this was not [...]

The average victim of the economic crisis will find it difficult to train up for a job in renewable energy
President Obama’s plan to turn around the US economy includes $150bn of investment in green energy over the next 10 years, driving America towards energy independence whilst creating five million ‘green collar’ jobs.
Nobody can question the [...]

Take a ‘Staycation’ – help the economy, save money and reduce CO2.
Flying is one of the biggest contributors to the UK’s CO2 emissions; somewhere around 6% of the UK’s CO2 came from air travel in 2008 and this is predicted to rise to 10-16% if we don’t do anything to slow it down. As a [...]