I’m back in the saddle after spending 3 days up ‘in the smoke’ (that’s London to you missus) attending www.ukaware.com.
I was helping Dave Hampton (the Carbon Coach) to host the speaker panels that were on Friday and Saturday and sat on a panel too on Saturday afternoon.
It was an amazing event – Mr OOFFOO himself, [...]
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A Very Social Solution to Killing Off the Plastic Bag!
Posted in Plastic rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, tagged cloth bags, guerrilla bagging, Morsbags, plastic bags, Rubbish activism, sewing, The Book of Rubbish Ideas Bag Pod on 5 February 2009 | 4 Comments »
I came across an incredibly inspirational company last week called Morsbags, with a delightful strapline of ‘Sociable, Guerrilla, Bagging’.
‘What are you on about now, you crazy woman’, I can hear you from here you know!
I’ll tell you, I haven’t felt this excited and sane about a project in a long time…
Perhaps the story is best [...]
How Do You Ban the Dreaded Plastic Bag?
Posted in Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, tagged Ban The Plastic Bag, Fragile Earth Books, Marks and Spencer, Modbury, Morsbags, Pip Richards, Reinventing Rubbish, Sawdays, The Arts Council, The Sustainable Trust on 2 February 2009 | 8 Comments »
Ban the Plastic Bag is a small but very evocative read from the green shelf of Fragile Earth Books and essentially, it sets out a community action plan for a carrier bag-free world.
Every year 17 billion carrier bags are given away free in the UK; that means an average of 300 carrier bags for every [...]
Each One Really Does Count!
Posted in Electric rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, tagged Climate Change, Landfill, NACOA, Recycling on 25 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m heading up to the big smoke on Monday, by train of course, to meet the guys at Each One Counts.
They run an on-line collection programme for mobile phones and ink jet cartridges and re-manufacture new cartridges for resale.
They also work in conjunction with a collective of charities including Battersea Dog and Cats Home, Cambodia [...]
Got the Sniffles? Ditch a’Tissue….(bless you)…
Posted in Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish products, tagged handkerchief, money saving tips, organic cotton, Organic-ally, Sustainable Living, the common cold, tissues on 19 January 2009 | 16 Comments »
It’s that time of year again.
Actually, in my house, it’s been ‘that’ time of year since the kids broke up for their Christmas holidays!
There have been more coughs and colds going around the village than you could shake a snotty stick at and I’ve been rather dismayed to see one too many empty plastic wrappers [...]
Rubbish on the Radio – 17th December 10am-1pm
Posted in General rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish Media, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged Apple AM, Coldplay, Oasis, radio, The Killers, Tracey Smith, Van Morrison on 17 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘Tis midweek again – yippee!
My regular rubbish readers will know I broadcast a radio show called ‘Slow Down and Green Up’ on Apple every Wednesday, between 10am and 1pm (GMT).
Rubbish Interview: With Danny Carnegie, creator of UK Aware
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, tagged arctic explorer, Centre for Food Policy, Centre for Sustainable Design, Climate Change, COIN, Forum for the Future, Friends of the Earth, Futerra, Green Grants Machine, Greenpeace, London 21, Nathan Allen, Olympia, People and Planet, The Age of Stupid, The Energy Saving Trust, The Fairtrade Foundation, The Green Party, The Vegan Society, The Vegetarian Society, Together, Transition Town, Trevor Baylis, UK Aware, UKSIF, wind up radio, WWF, WWOOF on 16 December 2008 | 6 Comments »
As the founder of UK AWARE, 33-year old Danny Carnegie takes comfort in his perception that he’s just an average Joe. He plays football once a week, he loves snowboarding, he never wears matching socks, he doesn’t enjoy going to weddings, he comes from a one parent family, he lives in a three bed semi [...]
Your Rubbish Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it…
Posted in Electric rubbish, Food rubbish, General rubbish, Household rubbish, Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish activism, tagged carbon footprint, composting, eco-education, gardening, Get Started with Compost, Landfill, Leftovers, Love Food Hate Waste, Plastic, Zero Waste Week on 12 December 2008 | 3 Comments »
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