Archive for February, 2009
Freshfetch: greener and healthier food
A new food company Freshfetch has just been launched, they are a custom pet foods company that create and distribute natural, fresh and ready to eat food. The companies main selling point is that they use only fresh ingredients and they say that their food is metabolically measured which is better for the animals and [...]
The Cardboard PC
Just when you thought they had it all concerning the environment. From recycling bins to eco friendly items. There has been a new technological development for the environment. Brenden Macaluso has worked on a new invention, the ‘RECOMPUTE’. What is this you say? A computer that has been re-designed having a cardboard layout. Yes that’s [...]
Save the whales
It was announced recently that Governments are planning to legalise the commercial killing of whales in Japan for the first time in more than twenty years. These plans will be presented to a special meeting of the official International Whaling Commission (IWC) early March 2009. Whaling is the hunting and killing of whales for commercial [...]
Vauxhall release new eco friendly Zafria
Vauxhall are to release a new car in their Zafira range which will produce lower carbon emissions. (http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Resources/Daily-news/Cleaner-Vehicles/Vauxhall-launches-eco-friendly-model) The new car will have carbon emissions of 139g/km. It will also reduce fuel consumption with the vehicle able to do 53.3 miles per gallon. The Zafira Ecoflex has a 1.7 litre advanced diesel engine which will [...]
Birmingham recycling, is it on the increase?
Recycling is on the increase as the door step collection service has reached over 20,000 homes in Birmingham. The city council are encouraging locals to start taking care of the environment and have suggested that almost all housing in Birmingham will be provided with the service by the end of the year. Recycling is one [...]
Recycle and composting in Birmingham!
People often underestimate how important it is to recycle in a big city, and in Birmingham there is no excuse not to when there are four hundred local recycling centres available for us to use. As well as this there are also smaller recycling banks that can be found in car parks or by your [...]
Eco friendly housing
An Energetic Rethink… Energy – cheap, eco-friendly and essential. I don’t think so. Not only are energy bills at an all time high, but it would seem that we are relatively reluctant to do anything about it. Electricity dominates the majority of homes within the UK. From plugging in your cooker to heating your hair [...]
Simple and efficient energy conservation in Germany, Heureka!
German Bright spark Heinrich Frühauf had a lightbulb moment recently, pioneering a new energy saving technology, using mobile phones to alert street lamps when they are needed by residents of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz in the Erzegebirge region of Germany. Frühauf, resident of Doblitz, a nearby town who has been successfully using a similar scheme for over a [...]