Posted in Kitchen & Dining, Lounging, Outdoors, Office, Eco Living, Bed & Bath, Style Ideas, Trends, Events, News, Celebrity, Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
Have you been to Goop.com yet? Gwyneth’s website has caused a massive stir among environmentalists and journalists alike. The websites aim - to encourage sustainability, good health and an eco-friendly lifestyle. Surprisingly enough, Gwyneth’s tips aren’t so friendly to the purse strings! But are we surprised? Well some people are…
Gwyneth leads a Hollywood lifestyle so her idea of ‘green […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2009
The 2012 Olympic Games is only three years away and while everyone is worrying about it not being finished on time, it seems to be running on schedule! Better yet the build is focusing on sustainability throughout the design to construction, from the use of energy to waste recycling.
The London Organising Commitee of the Olympic Games […]
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Leeds Metropolitan University student wowed the crowds at the New Designers Exhibition last week with his innovative product, the solar oven. Invented by David Coakley while volunteering in Gambia as part of his university degree.
Students at Leeds Met Uni travelled to Africa to work on an eco-design project with the help of his lecturers. Working […]
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Well think again!
This amazing new concept is designed by product design graduate Chris Chapman and I spotted his ‘Roll-out Vegetable Patch’ at the New Designers Exhibition last week and fell in love with the idea!
Gardening isn’t for everybody, we either don’t have the time or the weather to get excited about it! This product is created specifically for those people, unconfident, busy and lazy […]
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Last Tuesday Oliver Heath, Kevin McCloud and a whole bunch of MP’s spent the morning insulating a mini house to raise awareness for the Great British Refurb campaign, asking the goverment to make insulation, and other green home measures, more accessible for the average home owner.
Part of the issue, Oliver says, is that the talk […]
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Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 14th, 2009
Tomorrow government is expected to announce White Paper on carbon reduction strategy. To coincide with this, on Thursday Kevin McCloud will hand in a petition to Downing Street asking for more accisibilty of funding for making green improvements to the UK’s homes. So far over 5,000 people have signed the petition - but there is […]
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Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 13th, 2009
Kevin McCloud, presenter of the popular TV show, Grand Designs, launched Grand Designs’ first-ever campaign – The Grand Designs Great British Refurb campaign – in April at the Grand Designs Live exhibition. The campaign asks Government to make it easier and more affordable to turn Britain’s 26 million existing houses into greener and more energy-efficient […]
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Take a look at this car, now imagine it in black and white…Remind you of something? The police cars driven by Sandra Bullock and Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man perhaps?
Well soon these bizarre little motors will be driving around London by our own police officers to reduce pollution and emissions. Scotland Yard has approached the […]
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Posted in Eco Living, Style Ideas, Celebrity on Jul 3rd, 2009
Hollywood stars are embracing the eco-chic mantra in their homes. Actress Jesica Alba has created an eco friendly home - her young child will now grow up in a home free from toxins that regular paints and materials give off.
Follow these tips to get Jessica’s eco-chic style at home:
- Go for wood floors and rugs […]
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