Britain Unplugged
Interesting idea for spreading the green message. They have groups on Facebook, flickr, YouTube and delicious. Surfing on the social networking wave to try and get people to sign up and tell other people. They publish a series of challenges which people can take and then show how they tacked the challenge using photos, videos or just writing it down. Seems a little bit like The Nag which I have mentioned before but a lot more social. I’m not sure it has quite taken off yet but maybe this post will help!
One of my favourite TV programmes recently has been Jimmy Dohertys Farming Heroes. You don't get many TV programmes 'bigging up' farmers. I really liked the positive approach of the programmes. Farmers in this country seem to get a rough deal and ...
I don't often get stuff that is this local. I received an email about it while ago and was hoping to go and visit the shop as it is so local. But due to a total lack of time I haven't managed to yet. It ...
Tap - is the new water brand. The good thing is the water is free and doesn't and you don't end with loads of plastic to dispose of. The bad thing is you need to stick the labels on the bottles yourself. I think ...
New research from Worcester, Bosch Group (leading manufacturer of sustainable high efficiency heating and hot water solutions) has found that almost 70% of Brits are calling for more education when it comes to things like saving energy, with the majority (85%) expecting the Government to keep ...
A bit late getting this post done. Was on holiday last week in sunny France. Spring into Action started on the 1st of May. It is being run by the BTCV. There are lots of events being run across the UK. All concerned with conserving ...
If you read this site regularly you will know that compost is one of my favourite subjects. Next week is compost awareness week running from the 4th to the 10th of May. There are events going on all over the country and it is ...
The World Development Movement is running a series of debates about how big business can influence climates change. The series is called Turning Up the Heat.
You can turn up in person to the events in ...
I planted my onions over the weekend. It was a strange day as in the morning it snowed and then the sun came out. It was a really nice day once the sun had come out and I spent about 3 happy hours pottering about ...
A few things I have seen of the past week or so to do with cars, traffic or roads:
Less speed more haste
I have notice a few articles about Active Traffic Management recently. Apparently part of the M42 has been modified so that drivers can ...