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.

Make Paper Work for Longer

I hate paperwork. Forms, Red Tape & the like. One of the reasons I am selling my car. Which will also be good for the environment!

Lots of Papery links for you today - Get your office recycling:

www.paper-round.co.uk
This office paper recycling company was formed by friends of the earth in 1989. It now averages 1200 paper collections across London. They reward certificates of recycling excellence to businesses each year.

www.wrap.co.uk
Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP)

www.thelaundry.biz

A not-for-profit paper recycling company which takes waste paper then sells it back to offices (once recycled of course!).

www.thefirstmile.co.uk
Daily paper collections in central London for offices.

For more info on London recycling visit www.londonremade.com.

Save Energy On Your Google Searches

Apparently Black takes up less energy than white on your monitor. You could just turn down your brightness settings or turn on other energy saving features if you were worried about energy consumption :)

I think its just an adsense money making site myself, but a clever one at that!

My Favourite Eco Warrior

My favorite eco warrior of all time has to be DAVE ANGEL, a character from the fast show.

Go Paperless - Save Paper!

I Got a superb email at work earlier:
"In that we are all “going green” these days, I was thinking of e-payslips – you would get your payslips via email. This could be to any email address so if people wanted them going to a personal email address rather than an office email address that would be possible. The other benefit would be that people would get them earlier."

Gold star to the accounts team!

Other areas I am going 'paperless':
-Credit Card Statements
-Bank Statements

Any other suggestions?

Smart Kitchen Recycling Bin

I just found thiis while surfing through some amazon homeware (im moving next week!)

Expensive but cool all the same:





It seems like more of these recycling bin products are becoming available, lets just hope they are environmentally friendly to produce in the first place!

Camp For Climate Action

The Camp for Climate Action 2007
Tuesday 14th August to Tuesday 21st August - Heathrow Airport

Eight days of low-impact living, debates, learning skills, and high-impact direct action tackling the root causes of climate change. Why?

The science is clear - we have 10 years to save the world from catastrophic climate change. We must act now to take action against the worst polluters and create real sustainable futures. The fate of life itself for generations to come is in our hands. The time to act is now.

Should be good - At an airport of all places!