Why do we all hate plastic bags?(Feb08)

“Why do we all hate plastic bags?” I ask in The New Green Consumer Guide. [...]

28
Feb
Changing lightbulbs (Feb08)

First a confession. I have spotlights in both my kitchen and living room, which are [...]

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24
Feb
Bottled Water – Eau No! (Feb08)

“I’ve been drinking bottled water for 30 years and I’ll go on doing it until [...]

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19
Feb
Street light rant (Feb08)

There’s been some discussion recently about councils turning off lights between midnight and dawn. Hooray. [...]

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17
Feb
Unwanted phone directories 50 times as high as Everest! (Feb08)

I don’t use phone directories any more – I always look up numbers on the [...]

11
Feb
Shell International (Feb08)

“We were surprised and delighted at the detailed depth of knowledge that Julia Hailes had [...]

01
Feb
Energy Monitoring Gizmos (Jan08)

TRIED AND TESTED – ENERGY MONITORS Energy Monitors don’t directly save you energy – but [...]

27
Jan
Carbon Trust Winter Lecture (Jan08)

Putin apparently joked that ‘climate change is good for Russians because they won’t have to [...]

20
Jan
Christmas waste (Jan08)

One of the most striking things about Christmas is the amount of waste we all [...]

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03
Jan
How green is the London Eye? (Oct07)

Much as I love having my children at home, a two week half term at [...]

23
Oct