Easy Ways to Save the World

February 16th, 2009

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 ...

June 15th, 2007

Lights Out London - June 21st

If I still lived in London I would be taking part in this. Although London looks amazing a night with all the lights on it would be great to see it for once with them all off. It would interesting to see how much money those big office buildings save on their leccy bills by turning all their lights off for one night. ...

April 30th, 2007

Local Cooling

Not sure how much this is set up to promote uniblue but if makes people more aware of the issue it seems OK. I have installed this at work - probably won't save much as I am using the machine here pretty much all the time and I turn it off when I go home. I am going to install it at home to. I think it ...

August 21st, 2006

Wind Weekend

I'm busy next weekend with various bit and bobs but if you are then why don't you embrace some wind. Wind farms across the country are opening their doors so you can see what makes them tick. There is also a competition where you can win a years supply of electricity by taking a picture of you or your family at a wind farm. I'm sure ideally most people ...

November 3rd, 2005

Region in energy waste epidemic

Region in energy waste epidemic – This article really makes you think about leaving stuff on standby! We have been turning most things off when not using them and I am pretty sure this quarters leccy bill has gone done quite significantly. If only people in the North West would do the same!

October 25th, 2005

Save your 20%

Save your 20% – apparently if we all saved 20% of the energy we use it will help prevent climate change – an added benefit of course is that your bill will be reduced as well. This site is quite interesting although the clearskies site that it points you to concerning getting grants for setting up renewable energy seems a bit out of date. It’s quite reassuring to ...

October 11th, 2005

SolarMAX PRO Sunshine Lighting Kit - sunshinesolar.co.uk

SolarMAX PRO Sunshine Lighting Kit - sunshinesolar.co.uk - I've mentioned a kit like this before but I think this one is the one that I might plump for. It includes a battery which the other one a mentioned didn't all for just over 100 quid. I just need to stop buying bits from my computer and start saving up ...

October 5th, 2005

Treehugger: Powergrid Fitness by Kilowatt

Treehugger: Powergrid Fitness by Kilowatt – Bring on human power stations!

September 30th, 2005

Good Energy

Good Energy – I should do this although I did try switching supplier once before and it was a nightmare. We started getting bils from two different suppliers – so I tend to approach this kind of thing with caution. I would far rather unplug my house completely and not have to rely on these companies at all.

September 30th, 2005

Human Power Generator MkIII

Human Power Generator MkIII – if it had a saddle, no wheels and had the word excercise in it’s name this thing would be selling like hot cakes. Keep fit and generate power – I have often said that gyms should actually generate their own power from their exercise bikes and treadmills. Perhaps the state could start building human power stations full of these things where people ...