Archive for June, 2008

Bristol named first cycling city

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Bristol is a great city.
I lived and cycled there for a number of years.

You needed to utilise a certain amount of aggression however to survive as a cyclist ! !
I hope that this green initiative to double the number of cyclists over the next three years works
Source on BBC

Microgeneration – Power from the people !

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

“British buildings equipped with solar panels, mini wind turbines and other renewable energy sources could generate as much electricity a year as five nuclear power stations, a government-backed industry report has shown.”
Source

Environmentally Unfriendly Toys for Teenagers

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

We sell some brilliant ‘green’ toys for pre-schoolers at Great Green Toys but we’re wondering just how eco-friendly the toys our teenagers are playing with, are in 2008. Are the toys for big kids getting greener? Well, it seems not, as Greenpeace has said this month that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not doing enough [...]