Environmental Article Portal
Is Rackspace managed green hosting worth the money? EcoSwitch Review
For those of you who may not know, Rackspace is an international web hosting company, with offices across the globe ...READ MOREAuthor: William Worthington | Date: February 2, 2012
B&Q – Green DIY store? EcoSwitch Review
Part of Kingfisher PLC, B&Q have trained staff members to be in-store ‘Eco-advisors’, have launched in store ‘Energy-Saving Centres’ whilst sourcing 100% of their timber from ...READ MOREAuthor: Bip Dadra | Date: January 27, 2012
What is the best espresso machine for the environment? Portable Handpresso?
What is the best way of making an espresso on the go? Your portable Handpresso machine. Easy as ABC! A – pump up ...READ MOREAuthor: Bip Dadra | Date: December 17, 2011
Reducing waste to landfill – can reducing food waste help combat global warming?
Under the EU directive on landfill, Britain must bring the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill to 50% of ...READ MOREAuthor: Daisy Forbes | Date: November 21, 2011
The OWL® Wireless Electricity Monitor
Looking for a wireless solution to your electricity and energy consumption? Look no further that the OWL® Wireless Electricity Monitor, a cunning device designed to show ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: June 2, 2011
The Freeloader Globetrotter Solar Energy Charger Kit
People have started mentioning solar chargers for mobile phones and iPods almost everywhere you go, or so it seems like. And, of course, everyone has had it happen to them. ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: May 18, 2011
The SMJ Energy Saving Transmitter and Remote Control
When thinking about the SMJ Energy Saving Transmitter and Remote Control, the first thing that comes to mind it "everyone wants to save money" – anyone ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: April 20, 2011
Fracking – Not Just A Sci-Fi Swear Word
WHAT IS IT? What is 'fracking'? It sounds like a word made up by scriptwriters to get around TV ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: April 19, 2011
Amyris Biotech – Making Our Atmosphere Just That Little Bit Cleaner
Founded in 2003, Amyris Biotech is a company dedicated to bringing renewable diesel fuel to the public. Hoping to go ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: April 11, 2011
UK AWARE 2011 EXHIBITION – The Best Two Days of Your Year!
Two days of fun, information and more exhibitors than you can shake an eco-friendly stick at! The UK AWARE ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: March 23, 2011
THE IDEAL HOME SHOW 2011 – BRITAIN’S BEST LOVED HOME SHOW
It is vibrant and exciting. Jam-packed with must-see stands and must-attend seminars. And it's back. First founded in 1908 by the ...READ MOREAuthor: Katherine Quinn | Date: March 22, 2011
London Mayor Calls For Urgent Action To Tackle Air Pollution
Airborne pollution may not be at the top of everyone's concerns right not but it is a killer that sits just under our noses. A recent report has recently revealed that air pollution in the country's capital is killing over ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: June 30, 2010
Heating, Energy and Emission Problems? Ground Source Heat Pumps a Solution Found in your Backgarden
Statistically, throughout the UK, heating and cooling domestic and commercial buildings has become a major drain on our finances. Reports indicate that almost 50% of UK carbon emissions are produced from the energy we use to heat our buildings. That's ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: June 29, 2010
Ecological Validity: Looking at Britain through a Definition
"Everybody’s a critic!" It might seem like an indeclinable form these days but criticism certainly comes with its inflections. Indeed, the various shades and application of criticism should be more than apparent to anybody who has a general outlook that ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date:
Summer Time And The Livin’s Eco-Friendly
It’s that time of year again. Summer’s in full swing, the sunscreen has taken its trophy spot back in the bathroom, light lingers long into the evening, and, it seems – that everyone’s got Festival Fever! That’s right, about this ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: June 28, 2010
Microgrids – a small plan to tackle the big problem
Over the last couple of years, the latest energy policies to face the world’s growing number of ecological problems have all stressed the need to increase the weighting of renewable energy sources in energy generation. However, despite technological and logistical ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date:
Tesla Teams Up with Toyota for Development of Environmentally Friendly Cars
Tesla, whose production of slick and sexy electric cars has earned them a name as an emerging power in the motoring industry, have seen that growing reputation rewarded with news ...READ MOREAuthor: Chris Woolfrey | Date: June 24, 2010
Invest Sustainably with Investing Ethically Ltd.
Speak the words 'mortgages’,’ insurance', 'pensions' or 'investments', and most won't readily jump for the anchor of 'ethical'; for many years now, we've generally come to accept that anyone looking ...READ MOREAuthor: Chris Woolfrey | Date:
eco-eclipse: Who they are? And What they do?
First established in 1998 as Energy & Environmental to design, manufacture and install specialised "SMART" energy management systems to control boiler systems providing heat and hot water. Now, nearly twelve years on from their official inception, the modern maintenance company ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: April 29, 2010
Renewable Energy in the Great British Countryside
It is a typically sunny, long afternoon in the English countryside. Bees are buzzing, hedge rows dip and turn, and the slow curvature of the rolling hillsides drop off towards the horizon line. In fact, we could be plotted anywhere ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date:
Tamsin Omond & The Commons – The Climate “Rushes” for Government
How Tamsin Omond first caught our eco-eye was way back before discovering her book, film, academic success or even, to be honest, her name. It was, instead, The Climate Rush group that initially introduced us to the young eco-warrior: a ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: April 28, 2010
Business Opportunities from climate change & a low carbon economy – FREE event from betre
That’s right, you heard it “FREE”. The guys at betre have organised an up-and-coming management day event that will help tighten, polish and give your business model the good old Green once over maintenance check...Read on to find out more.READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date:
betre – helping business in the South East of England help their own Environments
As much as we don't like to admit these things but it's all very well saying that you will commit to a carbon cutting program, but in the light of day actually doing it is another thing entirely. Many of ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: April 26, 2010
Ethical Easter Eggs: What To Hunt For This Easter
Now, it seems to be a tradition for most eco-friendly sites to see a national holiday on the horizon and begin deriding it with consumerist attacks and facts about how Christmas will one day end the world. So, for a ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: March 31, 2010
Green Energy Tariffs: the Quick Questions
Switching to a green energy tariff is something entirely for us to decide. Whether your options include a package from one of the 'Big Six' British energy companies or something specialised from a tailored utility provider that suits your needs ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: March 30, 2010
Environmental Impact Assessment – A Tool For The Eco-Friendly
If someone turned around in the middle of the street and proclaimed "I can predict the future!" it wouldn't be too strange to see the majority of people desperately avoiding eye-contact, and moving along. It's also pretty fair to say ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date:
Population and the Environment: Does Having Kids Really Undermine Our Green Credentials?
In the age of contraception, child birth has a taken on a moral angle that existed far less acutely in the past: the question around having children now represents ...READ MOREAuthor: Chris Woolfrey | Date: March 29, 2010
Think The UK’s Getting a Bit Wet These Days? Try Britain in the Middle Ages
Over the last six months weather in Britain has been a little bit freaky. From several bouts of snow - the heaviest and most frequent to have fallen ...READ MOREAuthor: Chris Woolfrey | Date: March 27, 2010
Compare Green Energy Suppliers – Find an Electricity and Gas Company with a Green Philosophy
At the heart of our problem of global warming is CO2 emissions, and the root cause of that issue can be boiled down to the mining and use of ...READ MOREAuthor: Chris Woolfrey | Date: March 23, 2010
Greenpeace Take On Nestle In Advertising Battle
Palm oil harvesting is one the major contributors to the degeneration of rain forests worldwide. The orang-utan and hundreds of other wild species are being put under threat because of this unethical business venture. Greenpeace's impact has stirred global appeal ...READ MOREAuthor: Ryan Whatley | Date: March 22, 2010
