The Sunday Times are currently collating entries for their Best Green Companies Awards.
The project is designed acknowledge and so publicise businesses and organisation who are trying to better their impact on the environment.
Anyone can nominate a company or organisation, from within the ranks or as an admiring outsider. If there’s someone you’d like to nominate, visit The Times Online.
Did you know… that based on the average 2 year lifespan your mobile will produce on average 6kgs of CO2 during manufacturing, and approx 99kgs of CO2 while charging the phone over 2 years! That’s quite a bit of CO2, so the least you can do is recycle your old phone, and possibly even pick up a few quid in the process! There are quite a few companies offering to buy your old phone from you, including envirofone. They are one of the top mobile phone recycling sites in the UK and last year alone paid out over £1.5 million pounds for old phones.
We just got sent a link from one of our Project Partners, Tree Flights, about their new promotional video. So if you wonder what goes into planting trees for carbon offsetting, or want some questions answered - take a look here!
Walking past neighbours bins yesterday I couldn’t help but notice all the packaging from Christmas presents - juice makers and the such that come in big boxes. So if your bin day has been postponed until next week because of Bank Holidays, then you’ve still got time to retrieve all your cardboard from the binliners and head down to your nearest household waste recycling centre.
I know those of us in cities may not have one on our doorstep - or at the other end of the scale those of us out in the sticks may have a trek too - but if you could bring yourself to pop out on Saturday morning you can spend the rest of the weekend feeling happy that you made an effort for the Environment!
What you do leave out for the bin men, put in eco friendly bags - such as these.
Hot on Earth have just heard about a very exciting new project being organised in part by Flying Forest.
Zero Rally Africa is a 10 day, 4,000km carbon-neutral car rally crossing Zambia, Namibia and South Africa, in January 2009.
We’ll keep you posted as we hear more, but in the mean time you can visit their website at: www.zerorallyafrica.com.
Tefal have introduced their ‘Quick Cup’. By heating just the right amount of water on demand in 3 seconds, it claims to save 65% of the energy traditional kettles use. It also acts as a filter for cold water. The tap on it means no lifting is required. Web Exclusive - £49.99. Buy it here.
Save electricity and the environmental waste - the Roberts Wanderer (R9957) is taking wind up radios to a new level! You can buy it through Hot on Earth by clicking here and visiting Currys.
I love these batteries! Recharge your ordinary AA Batteries - but from the USB port on your computer! They an be recharged hundreds of times - saving you money and helping reduce environmental waste. Click here to find them on Play.com.
Check out this list of fantastic environmentally aware products compiled by The Guardian. And remember - anything you buy, get it through Hot on Earth and make double the green effort!
Browsing the Guardian archives this morning, I have just seen an article written 10 days ago about the Greenpeace demonstration outside Woolworths’ headoffice, attacking their reluctance to stop selling inefficient incandescent lightbulbs and stock only compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs instead.
