http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs The Green Directory - Ethical Directory Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:02:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/online-shopping-more-envinronment-friendly-than-trip-to-shops/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/green-web-hosting-only-3-percent-of-hosting-company-are-green/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/green-budget-to-help-uk-out-of-recession/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/ethical-workwear/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/eco-friendly-childrens-birthday-parties-and-crafty-workshops/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/eskimo-fridge-environment-friendly/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/camping-a-green-alternative-to-holidaying-abroad/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/london-congestion-charge-zone-reduced/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/recycling-waste-problems-due-to-prices/ 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 ... http://www.ethicaldirectory.org/blogs/solar-dyes-multiple-solar-enegy-tenfold/