Easy Ways to Save the World

May 29th, 2008

Brits urge Government to make us greener

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 us informed. One in five of us are even in favour of fining people who don't use green methods. This is ...

November 10th, 2005

How to make a solar power generator

How to make a solar power generator – Something I need to remember for future reference – it can’t possibly be this easy? Mind you I guess that lighting kit I mentiond somewhere is probably very similar to this you just get it all in a nice package rather than having to buy all the bits.

November 6th, 2005

Sussex, the woodmans cottage

Sussex, the woodmans cottage – I watched this on TV a couple of weeks ago – I think it was Grand Designs: Revisited. On a bit eairler was this – How to Rescue a House. I found myself thinking that my ideal house would be somewhere between the two. A nice Victorian refurbishment – but with a green attitude. It seems very difficult and expensive to do though. ...

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 ...

September 30th, 2005

DIY Solar

DIY Solar – details and information on adding solar power to stuff. Something I might try at somepoint – something for charging my phone would be quite handy – and perhaps even my laptop.

July 11th, 2005

SolarMate Lighting Kits

SolarMate Lighting Kits – at some point one of these is going in our shed or something along these lines. I have investigated solar power and none of it seems particularly easy or cheap. This looks like a good starting point to me. Hopefully it should give me a good idea of how it all works before I move on to a bigger project.