Things Are Good

We looked at the Plastiki before when it set sail and now, a few months later the ship has completed its voyage.
The boat, carrying six crew, travelled through a waste-strewn area of the north Pacific and made stops in the Line Islands, Western Samoa and the French territory of New Caledonia before leaving for [...]

Some research that was released late last year found that people in the UK really like caring for the environment with recycling being the most popular green practice.
Green behaviours costing the least money and effort are currently the most popular with the British public, despite the fact that 59 per cent of people think that [...]

The USA branch of Greenpeace have turned their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide and turned it into an iPhone app. I hope that other Greenpeace regions do the same thing as I find myself carrying my iPhone around but carrying around an extra booklet all the time can get really annoying. If you’re in [...]

First of all, happy Earth Day!
Here’s a neat idea for Canadians: have manufactures pay for waste management of their products. To our European (and some other) readers, this is not a new or crazy idea, but here in Canada this concept is revolutionary. For Earth day The Toronto Star has examined how Ontario can get [...]

Eight ways to be more environmentally friendly with your paper use.
4. Print Double-Sided
Computer paper has two sides; how many are you printing on? If you have a laser printer at home, you can change the setting to double-sided printing and copying. Otherwise, consider printing documents one page at a time and printing the second page [...]

Do you have a lot of books around your house that you no longer read? If you do and you have no idea what to do with them, the Daily Green has 11 ideas on how to recycle your books.
1. Throw a book swap party. Get in a few bottles of wine (organic and fair [...]