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Wood Burning Boilers: A cheap, carbon neutral heating source

When you think about renewable energy, what exactly enters your mind? If you’re like most people, you would probably answer either: solar power, wind power or maybe even hydroelectric. However, there’s a good chance you won’t have even clocked wood burning boilers as an option, but they are one of the easiest ways of managing [...]

The Dutch Greenhouse – Case Study

Super Efficient Home Saves Thousands Thanks to MEGAMAN® Well established in the commercial sector for its highly successful range of LED and CFL lamps, MEGAMAN, which leads the way in energy-saving lighting, has helped a Dutch deluxe private housing project save thousands of pounds. Over a process of two years, the Soestduinen home, in Holland, [...]

Get Blown-Away By Wind Power!

There are many ways to take advantage of renewable energy sources, and wind power has to be one of the most pervasive in our society, and has been for decades. Man first harnessed the power of wind millennia ago, when learning to sail the seas. These days, we have a more technological use for it, [...]

Facebook Goes Green? Greenpeace complains

Corporations often times leave us all thinking that they are the titans that will rule our world if we are not careful. In the case of Facebook, it has not been much of a target except for fears about its use of subscriber data. In a recent move the company announced that, inspired by the [...]

Recycling – A Beginners Insight

A guest post from Sims Recycling. By Thomas O’Rourke. For many of us, recycling is fast becoming an inherent part of our lives. For some it’s an absolute necessity – for others, a pointless exercise. But why should we recycle and what are the ideal ways in which to do so? Almost anything can now [...]

The Emerging Green Car Rental Market

There are at least four types of people interested in these cars: people genuinely concerned for the environment, people that see it as a status symbol, those that are test driving for a possible purchase, and those that are seeking to benefit from improved fuel economy.

Trewin Restorick – Global Action Plan

   Since 1993, Global Action Plan has contributed to greater environmental awareness. We have taken a practical approach to help communities reduce their carbon emissions and impacts. Our initiatives work with people across society, at every point in their life.  EcoTeams is one of our most successful campaigns, and focuses on you and your friends, [...]

With love from Norway – Eco living as an ex-pat

Life as an expat has some disadvantages in terms of environmental responsibility, however as much as I’m doing in my new day to day life. I can’t reconcile the fact that my carbon footprint will increase by a huge amount because of flights home to friends and family.

Bumi Tak Romantis Bagi Pernikahan di Indonesia?

Belum lama ini saya mengunjungi sebuah wedding fair di kota tempat
saya tinggal, Pontianak. Seperti yang sudah saya duga, di sana saya
(hanya) melihat serbuan industri pernikahan ‘konvensional’. Tak ada
yang benar-benar baru dan menggebrak di wedding fair tersebut. Semua
dengan misi yang sama: “pick my service, pick my service” semata,
tanpa ada misi yang lebih unik (produk/jasa yang agak/lebih ramah
lingkungan, misalnya).