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« Previous EntriesUK Government Will Pay You To Buy a Green Car
Friday, April 17th, 2009Motorists will be offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to encourage them to buy electric or plug-in hybrid cars under plans announced by the UK government. It is part of the government’s £250m plan to promote low carbon transport over the next five years.
Potatoes Hold The Answer to Plastic Bags
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Environmental havoc is continuing with the pressing issue of discarded plastic carrier bags not being recycled. A sea of plastic is still clogging landfill, tangling up animals and blowing into the oceans as marine litter, fatally disturbing aquatic life. Biopac, based in Pershore, Worcestershire, is a leading developer of eco-friendly packaging materials and has created [...]
Quick Clicks to Save the Planet
Monday, October 6th, 2008Care2.com is superb website that invites you to make a difference to our planet. The online community encourages everyone to step up and support their causes. One of the largest online communities dedicated to making a difference, Care2 offers everyone a chance to help out.
Eco-friendly Solid Inks
Monday, September 29th, 2008A new ink technology has arrived by Xerox which is a much more environmentally friendly printing option that may well be the start of something big for the print industry.
27 Green and Eco-Friendly Search Engines
Thursday, August 21st, 2008The following green search engines are divided into those that search the green web and those that simply search the internet at large but also otherwise contribute to the green cause in some way, whether carbon offsetting or planting trees in the Amazon. Change the way you search today and know that every click will [...]
Too much illegal wood in EU markets
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Illegal logging contributes heavily to the destruction of biodiversity and the impoverishment of millions of people that depend on forests for food and income. This comes from a report based on a study related to the German market Illegaler Holzeinschlag und die EU carried out by WWF Germany.
Free Energy Solution
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to [...]