A recent research by Logistic Research Centre at Heriot Watt University in Scotland on the impact of shopping online and having items you bought delivered to your home compared with you making a trip to the high street to buy the items yourself found that online shopping is significantly more environment friendly than making your own trip to the supermarket or high street. The research team compared environment impact in terms of carbon footprint of online and regular shopping for items such as CDs, books, cameras and household goods. It was found that a... 

Recently is was claimed that    two searched on the Internet  performed using Google emits as much CO2 as boiling a kettle. Though the  scientieswho make that claim has subsequently issues  some clarifications. Whether CO2 produced from two search on Google equals the same CO2 when a kettle is boiled for tea or now, the fact is that datacenters on our fragile planet Earth use about 4% of the world’s electricity. Its true folks! It takes a lot of power to run servers, to cool them with energy hungry air conditioners. Most web hosting companies are... 

Gordon Brown is promising this month’s Budget will plot a “green” route to economic recovery. Part of the eco measure the prime minister hope will boost the economy includes Trials of electric cars, a roadside network of vehicle-charging points and incentives for environmentally friendly carmakers.  The prime minister who was trying to drum up support for another rounds cash injection into the economy before the G20 submit seem to have headed the bank of England governor’s warning that another injection of  of fiscal stimulus into... 

Ethical workwear is  the safety and work wear arm of a family business based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire., they  have provided industrial and environmental solutions for the last decade. With an existing policy of sourcing work wear and safety clothing from a moral and low eco impact supply chain we were happy we were doing “our bit” The events that took place in July 2007 (Tewkesbury Floods) changed our lives for ever and we realise doing “a bit” is not enough. With out a big change in how we live, consume, emit and waste, this unprecedented... 

Eco Friendly Creative and Imaginative Children’s Birthday Parties in the comfort of your own home or at a venue of your choice. Eco Bugs will come and decorate your party venue with balloons and buntings and even clean up the mess afterwards, leaving the venue exactly as we find it. For parties of up to 12 children one adult plus one eco bugs organizer will need to be present on the day. Creative arts, crafts, messy painting parties, eco instruments and traditional parties with music and games parties tailored to suit the age and needs of... 

Fridge manufacturers have been doing battle with technology to counter the claims of environment activist that their manufacturing process including the gases used in to cool the fridges damage the ozone layer. Different cooling gases has been introduce into fridge making, some are said to do not damage to the ozone layer, other are said to be more environment friendly than the CFC gases used in fridges before the damage it does to the environment was known. A new fridge specifically designed for camping and other outdoor uses went on sale recently, the Eskimo... 

As the battle for Heathrow’s third runway rages, the two camps; those in favour and those against are invoking environment concerns to make their case. Groups opposed to the third run way such as Greenpeace argued that aviation in general and the third runway in particular will make matters worst for the environment.  Those in favour argue that having a third runway is good for the environment in the long run, it connects Heathrow with the rest of Europe more efficiently hence reducing carbon footprint that are generated by other methods of undertaking... 

he London congestion charge zone will be halved in size after a decision by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, to abolish the western extension introduced last year by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone. Transport for London will lose £70million per year in income from the scheme. All profits were invested in the transport network and fares are likely to rise to pay for the shortfall. The extension, covering Kensington and Chelsea and part of Westminster, will not be removed until Spring 2010 while Mr Johnson undertakes the legal process of rescinding the... 

Thousands of tonnes of rubbish collected from household recycling bins may have to be stored in warehouses and former military bases to save them from being dumped after a collapse in prices. Collection companies and councils are running out of space to store paper, plastic bottles and steel cans because prices are so low that the materials cannot be shifted. Collections of mixed plastics, mixed paper and steel reached record levels in the summer but the “bottom fell out of the market” and they are now worthless. The plunge in prices was caused by a sudden... 

American scientist has demonstrated a new way to capture energy from the sun, the method increases the the power generated by solar panel tenfold. The new technique involves coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame.It was outlined in the journal Science. This technology which is expected to  be in production withing about three years can turn glass buildings into huge renewable energy plants.  Read More →