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Green light: Oil in Nigeria, Climate Camp and nature prints
Written on 25 Aug, 2010 at 5:05 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
This is a weekly email briefing from environmentguardian.co.uk, bringing you the best news, analysis and debate Oil • Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta • Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell... (Continue reading)
Aviva fails to peddle bike insurance with bungled PR stunt
Written on 25 Aug, 2010 at 4:02 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Insurance company planted bikes in well-known theft hotspots across London, but the thieves didn't turn up A PR stunt on behalf of an insurance company in which bicycles were left around London to be stolen has backfired after the... (Continue reading)
Green light: Urban bees, bird hotels and sexist idiots exposed online
Written on 18 Aug, 2010 at 6:46 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
This is a weekly email briefing from environmentguardian.co.uk, bringing you the best news, analysis and debate Biodiversity • Protect nature for world economic security, warns UN biodiversity chief • Protect nature for world economic security, warns UN biodiversity chief... (Continue reading)
Electric car charging network expected to survive cuts
Written on 18 Aug, 2010 at 5:17 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Whitehall spending review expected to approve multimillion-pound scheme to accelerate rollout of 'Plugged-in places' electric car recharging infrastructure The government's upcoming spending review is expected to save the high-profile Plugged-in Places scheme, paving the way for the accelerated rollout... (Continue reading)
‘Zombie ants’ controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years
Written on 17 Aug, 2010 at 18:01 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists.... (Continue reading)
Green living: tapping geothermal energy for a home HVAC system – Christian…
Written on 7 Aug, 2010 at 13:36 in Geothermal | viewed times | 0 Comments
Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Green living in Oklahoma: This family taps geothermal energy straight from the earth for it's HVAC system. By Kari Lydersen, Contributor / August 7, ... Christian Science Monitor... (Continue reading)
British mange tout goes on sale for the first time
Written on 25 Jul, 2010 at 14:04 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
The vegetable, typically grown in Kenya, is expected to attract shoppers keen to avoid produce that has racked up air miles British-grown mange tout will go on sale on the UK high street for the first time this week... (Continue reading)
Why mini cows could save the planet
Written on 25 Jul, 2010 at 14:00 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Farmers in the US are getting excited about miniature cattle that are less than a metre tall – and may be the future of sustainable beef farming When you hear the words "mini cows" they sound as if they... (Continue reading)
Green light: Chinese oil spill, British seas and BP’s Photoshop faux pas
Written on 21 Jul, 2010 at 6:59 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
This is a weekly email briefing from environmentguardian.co.uk, bringing you the best news, analysis and debate Sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Oil spills • Sign up here to get the briefing delivered to... (Continue reading)
Soapdodgers of the world, unite
Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 9:04 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
The Moneyless Man says you don't need to pay out for expensive, polluting products to stay clean and well-groomed You're ugly, you smell and you need our help. They may not say it so explicitly, but that's what the... (Continue reading)
