Archive for February, 2012

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DM – James

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
– William James

February 29, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Walk The Walk For Safe, Clean Water

Easy to get, clean tap water and walking just for fun aren’t a luxury that we all enjoy. Many people [...]

February 29, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Grow More Than Just Flowers On Your Window Sill

Window farm is a great new product allowing you to grow your own fruit and vegetables at home even when [...]

February 28, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – living positively

Share your creativity with us by sending pictures of you living positively to livepositivelycollective@eur.ko.com

February 28, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

DM – light evenings

Make the most the lighter evenings by going for walk, run or cycle after work or volunteering for an outdoor [...]

February 27, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Rugby Starts Recycling

(Image: Touch)
Touch is a program in South Africa making upcycled rugby balls. Using materials such as where plastic bags and [...]

February 27, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

How To Recycle In The Shower

There are some mornings when, try as we might, that 30 second shower just eludes us. We put on the [...]

February 24, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – recycling

90% of all the products we consume become waste within 6 months. That makes recycling seem a lot more worthwhile, [...]

February 24, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

DM – doing good

“Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful.”
– Unknown

February 23, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Get Happier With A Houseplant

It might be cold and wintery outside but you can still grow some colour and happiness inside. Cheer up your [...]

February 23, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

WE'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY: Over the Road

Hamburg in Germany – European Green Capital 2011 – is pioneering a bold new way of bringing communities together and [...]

February 22, 2012 | Filed under Community, Environment, We've been inspired by and tagged with green transport, innovative ideas, open spaces. Tags: green transport, innovative ideas, open spaces

DM – song

Take some time out of your busy day to listen to your favourite song.

February 22, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Make Money By Doing Nothing

Any service enabling you to Drive the Good Drive is a keeper in our books. We have heard of car [...]

February 22, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Saving The Planet, One Stew At A Time

(Image: Wonderbag)
The Wonderbag is quite simply the best kitchen invention for third world countries we’ve seen in a long time. [...]

February 21, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – office oil

Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.

February 21, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Focus on Football

In the year that all of Europe’s football fans will be focusing on Poland for UEFA EURO 2012, the Coca-Cola [...]

February 20, 2012 | Filed under Workplace and tagged with Football, get active, supporting sport. Tags: Football, get active, supporting sport

What A Freightfully Good New Farming Idea

Buying local when you live in an urban environment can be pretty difficult. If you have no space of your [...]

February 20, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – car wash

Wash your car with a bucket. Using a hose to wash your car wastes up to 300 litres or 33 [...]

February 20, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

DM – Albright

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the [...]

February 17, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

Buy The Product, Not The Plastic

(Image: The Soap Dispensary)
The Soap Dispensary in Vancouver, Canada is a new shop filled with lovely soaps, shampoos, washing up [...]

February 16, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – vegan rider

A meat eater riding a bike has a larger carbon footprint than a vegan driving a fuel guzzling 4×4.

February 16, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

WE'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY: Plastic Makes Perfect

A couple living in North California have been collecting plastic debris from a beach near their home for over a [...]

February 15, 2012 | Filed under Environment, We've been inspired by and tagged with innovative ideas, oceans, recycling, upcycling. Tags: innovative ideas, oceans, recycling, upcycling

Plugged Out Speakers

(Image: Paul Cocksedge)
There is no faulting simple, energy free speakers. And ‘Change the Record’ are some of the trendiest ones [...]

February 15, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

DM – Churchill

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill.

February 15, 2012 | Filed under Thought for the day.

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