following meihua's useful infomation about changing energy suppliers in a comment on a previous post, i've got slightly lost/distracted online lookign at these matters... and stumbled upon ebico - a small not-for-profit energy supplier.i have no idea whether i will save or pay more money if i transfer to them, but i am tempted to because they sound ( Read more... )

i just found the answer to one of my questions within a question at the bottom of a webpage[0][1]:

Did you know that flying produces 36 times more carbon dioxide per passenger-mile than sea travel?

[0] as opposed to the bottom of a glass...?
[1] the webpage: http://members.aol

a friend sent me info on a bbc newsclip viewable (for i don't know how long) here about the impact of climate change, and rising sea levels, on tuvalu - present and predicted ( Read more... )

information about the london councils consultation on whether there should there be a London-wide levy on shopping bags, or even an outright ban is here

"...for the purposes of this consultation, throw away shopping bags means all types of bags that are given away free and have a very limited intended and actual lifespan."

you can submit your ( Read more... )

my back neighbour just beckoned me out while i was in the kitchen looking for breakfast[0][1 ( Read more... )

if you're in receupt of certain benefits/credits, scottish power might send you some(4) energy saving light bulbs ( Read more... )

i am so impressed by silentmiaow's video "in my language" ( Read more... )

following queerpuppyboy's example, i took the ecological footprint quiz
( and here are my results )

i've just found this, '59 minutes to save the world', scribbled on a piece of paper here, and below it 'do it in 58 & 3/4'.

it refers back to a conversation scousecat and i had some months ago, i think sparked by a film we were watching... how there's only the length of the film in which this great disaster can maybe be averted, and how it generally is a ( Read more... )