Bye Bye to Standby

Some good stats on digital direct's website about the wastage of standby buttons on electronic equipment.

Estimated annual CO2 emissions from devices left on standby:
Stereos - 1,600,000 tonnes
Videos - 960,000 tonnes
TVs - 480,000 tonnes
Consoles - 390,000 tonnes
DVD players - 100,000 tonnes
Set-top boxes - 60,000 tonnes
(Source: Energy Saving Trust)

Turn it off at the wall!

Globally Aware Mugs

As I sit here writing this I am currently drinking tea from the mug as seen here. "Only boil enough water for the cups you're making!" What a nice idea eh? A mug that actually makes you think during your tea break!

Here's another cool little 'environmentally aware' mug, which shows the effect of polar ice-cap melting when hot liquid is added. Add in the hot water and watch the coast line recede! It may just make you think about how you can lessen your carbon footprint during your working day.

I Want One of Those are selling them for £6.95!

Turn it Off!

If every London household turned their appliances off standby, we could save 465,000 tonnes of CO2 and £115M per year!
-Energy Saving Trust

Sun Jar - Cool Solar Light

The Sun Jar, made by Suck UK can store the Sun's energy during the day and then give it out at night.

Perfect for mood lighting for either your garden or in a room, if placed near the window.

The jar also has an override switch so you can turn off the light, which usually automatically lights up when the jar's sensors detects it is dark out.

I like these Solar Sun Jars, I might dish a few out at Christmas time as they use solar power in an interesting and artistic way.

Each Jar costs £19.95 from the Gadget Shop

You can also get light bricks which have a bulb design, here is a pic of a blue glow brick:



The glow brick is also available from gadget shop, and is priced at £19.95 each.

Green Fact ofThe Day

If Every London Household Washed It's Clothes At 30 Degrees, we could save 98,000 tonnes of CO2 and £23.5m per Year - Energy Saving Trust

Planet Repairs: DIY

Got the Green STUFF from that old geezer Ken Livingstone.

A badge! Stickers!

The mug is the best though, as I can use it at work. Handy as in the office there is sometimes a mug shortage. A strange thing is the Shower timer to help you save water. Not to be confused with a 3-minute egg timer, with this gadget you should be able to have 4 minute showers! I should try this out, might make me less late for work each day :)

A 5 minute shower uses 35 litres of water. A 4 minute shower uses less water than a bath. Showering also saves money as it uses less hot water.

Dumped: Landfill Residents

An interesting bus-stop poster I spotted on the way to the gym at lunchtime.

Check out the forthcoming C4 show 'Dumped'. Some volunteers try and live off a landfill waste for 3 weeks.

GreenParty Bulletin

I just got a link packed email fromt he green party: Check out some of these links!

GREEN BULLETIN AUGUST 2007

1 HELP THE CENSUS CAMPAIGN
2 SIĀN BERRY ON RADIO 4's BROADCASTING HOUSE SUNDAY MORNING
2 GREEN LEADERSHIP DEBATE ON RADIO 4 ON SUNDAY
3 NEW ONLINE VIDEO
4 NEW FACEBOOK PAGES
5 MORE NEWS


1 HELP THE CAMPAIGN TO KEEP AN AMERICAN ARMS COMPANY FROM RUNNING THE CENSUS
Join the campaign to keep Lockheed Martin from running the 2011 Census. View Siān Berry's video here:
http://censusalert.org.uk/video.html

Sign the petition here:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/census-alert/


2 SIĀN BERRY ON RADIO 4's BROADCASTING HOUSE SUNDAY MORNING
Green Mayoral candidate Siān Berry will be appearing on Radio 4's Broadcasting House on Sunday 19 August at 9am. You can also listen again for a week at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/


3 GREEN LEADER / CO LEADER POSTS TO BE DEBATED ON RADIO 4 THIS SUNDAY
Caroline Lucas MEP for the Yes to Leadership campaign, and Green Party Principal Speaker Derek Wall, for the No Campaign, Green Empowerment, will be debating the question of whether to have an elected leader and deputy / co-leaders in the Green Party.

They will appear on Radio 4's Westminster Hour this Sunday 19 August
at 10pm.

You can listen again for a week at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/westminsterhour/

The campaigns have websites at
http://www.greenyes.org/
http://www.greenempowerment.org.uk/


4 NEW ONLINE VIDEO CHANNELS
The Green Party has launched a Youtube video channel. Videos by Principal Speakers Derek Wall and Siān Berry, Caroline Lucas MEP and our councillors. Find it at:
http://www.youtube.com/greenpartyew

We are also partnering a channel with public.tv here:
http://www.public.tv/owners_list.php?OID=147


5 NEW GREEN PARTY FACEBOOK PAGES
You can meet Green Party members and supporters on Facebook, at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2538880044

and join Siān Berry campaign to be London Mayor here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4305641550

6 MORE GREEN PARTY NEWS
Tory tax plans 'an eco disaster'
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3119

Green Principal Speaker joins the Heathrow Camp for Climate Action
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3119

Failure to meet EU renewables target is no suprise
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3113

Get Green Energy!

Are you thinking about changing your energy supplier for a greener alternative but don't know where to look? Well you could do worse than check out Powergen which has a Go Green Option.


100% renewable electricity and carbon dioxide offsetting! There are other incentives such as extra Tesco Clubpoints as well. I'm not sure if these guys are the best for green energy, but it's nice to see the bigger companies stepping up to the plate and offering these new alternatives!

- Jimmy

London Aquarium

Last week I popped into the London Aquarium on a sweltering day in London. I really enjoyed it!

It had some great stories about pollution in London's river Thames, and about ocean over-fishing, waste management and also the unusual items fished out of the capital's river!

I was also pleased to find out that 42.5p of every ticket will go directly to conservation & research initiatives.