Easy Ways to Save the World

May 31st, 2006

Bumblebees

There was an article in The Independant about bumblebees and the problems they are having. Apparently 3 UK species have become extinct and 5 and getting there. You can't actually read the whole article without paying so I will kind of summarise here from what I can remember and what I have found out. You can support the Bumblebee Conservation Trust by joining it here. If you join you ...

May 22nd, 2006

Water butts and compost bins

If you live in the Bournemouth area and want to get a water butt or compost bin buy them from here. They don't seem to be doing the smaller version of the water butt as described here but you can definitely save a bit of money as you get all the required bits for one price. There does seem to be a longer wait for the water butts ...

May 10th, 2006

Parking on the pavement

I walk to work most days and something that annoys me cars half parked on the on the road and half parked on the pavement. It seems worse when the vehicle in question is a van or some kind of massive suv or 4x4. I took the picture on the left the other day on the way to work. This shows a classic example ...