#sustainability (48 links)
<blockquote>One of the movement's most fundamental ideas was to ask what the world might look like in the future "if we get it right" – then work out backwards how to get there. Generally speaking, the Transition vision is of a move towards self-sufficiency at the local level, in food, energy and much else, but the specifics of what "getting it right" might look like were never handed down from above.</blockquote>
Possibly the world's only cardboard office furniture manufacturer, but still.
- Cleanweb UK cleanweb.org.uk
- Good Fish Guide | The consumer guide to sustainable seafood goodfishguide.co.uk
- Wooden Toys from Holz Toys Cornwall holz-toys.co.uk
- BLDGBLOG: Comparative Planetology: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson bldgblog.blogspot.com
Let’s rate our technologies for how much they help us as primates, rather than how they can put us further into this dream of being powerful gods who stalk around on a planet that doesn’t really matter to us.
- The Future of Manufacturing is Local - NYTimes.com opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
"Mark Dwight, who started SFMade in 2010, explains, “For decades we have developed a culture of disposability — from consumer goods to medical instruments and machine tools. To fuel economic growth, marketers replaced longevity with planned obsolescence — and our mastery of technology has given birth to ever-accelerating unplanned obsolescence. I think there is increasing awareness that this is no longer sustainable on the scale we have developed.”
- The Oikos Project oikosproject.com
This summer, on a Southwark playground in the heart of London, award-winning Berlin-based architects Köbberling and Kaltwasser will work alongside volunteers to create The Jellyfish Theatre, London’s first fully-functioning theatre made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials.
- Julie's Bicycle juliesbicycle.com
A not-for-profit company helping the music industry cut its greenhouse gas emissions and create a low carbon creative future.
- MAKE: Blog: HOW TO - Use "Furoshiki" (cloth gift wrapping) blog.makezine.com
"The Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan has a guide (PDF) on using cloth as opposed to paper for wrapping gifts to cut down on the wasted paper usually used in gift wrap." Next year.
- Howies - HAND-ME-DOWN hmd.howies.co.uk
"These products have been made to last. So that one day you can hand them down to someone else. And they can carry on their little journeys." Lovely.
- Landshare - What is Landshare landshare.channel4.com
Linking people who want to grow their own food to space where they can grow it
- The Man in Seat Sixty-One... seat61.com
The Man in Seat Sixty-One will tell you how to travel overland comfortably & affordably where you might think that air was now the only option.
- Energy Monitor comparison chart from Electricity-Monitor.com electricity-monitor.com
- AMEE - The world’s energy meter amee.cc
AMEE is designed as a neutral platform to aggregate and distribute all the CO2 data in the world. It combines measurement, profiling and transactional systems to enable this.
- The Corporation Film: Welcome thecorporation.com
- russell davies: applied green russelldavies.typepad.com
Can we encourage and direct desire in a way that satisfies people's desire to consume (and therefore allows businesses to charge them money for something and keep the wheels of capitalism turning) without creating endless torrents of new stuff.
- Do The Green Thing dothegreenthing.com
Green Thing is a community that makes it easy and enjoyable to be a bit greener. Every month you’ll get a different Green Thing to do. All you have to do is do it.
- Not-Just-For-Profit notjustforprofit.org
The design firm DIY Kyoto (as in Kyoto Protocol) recently began selling a device called the Wattson, which not only shows your energy usage but can also transmit the data to a Web site, letting you compare yourself with other Wattson users worldwide.
- The Nag thenag.net
one thing a month. sign up to get nagged each month about one easy thing you can do to be greener, cleaner and, if you're not careful, a tiny bit smug.
- Zerofootprint zerofootprint.net
"a not-for-profit that combines the best financial engineering, environmental engineering, social networking tools and business intelligence to create products and services that help large corporations, organizations and individuals significantly reduce t
- Change Your World changeyourworld.org.uk
Change Your World is asking you to swap just one car trip from 1-7 July and choose something that's better for the planet instead.
- Citizen21: Saving Water: Collecting A Definitive HowTo citizen21.blogspot.com
There are too many ways to reduce water use to reduce to a throw-away top ten. I'd like to maintain this list, so that it hopefully become a definitive water saving guide
- greenormal: New Article for Mediacat greenormal.blogspot.com
"If the world falls apart then there is no market. And if a much greener substitute is brought out by a competitor, there is a good chance you will lose a lot of business too. Not to mention the risk if Greenpeace attacks you. Many companies have accepted
- Green Mobile - Home greenmobile.co.uk
Phone contract from Friends of the Earth and Woodland Trust.
- Applying for Citizenship in the 21st Century citizen21.blogspot.com
Hurrah, James is blogging again!
- Global warming: the final verdict | Climate change | Guardian Unlimited Environment environment.guardian.co.uk
A study by the world's leading experts says global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought
- Aida Edemariam talks to Barbara Hadrill on travelling the green way | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited guardian.co.uk
Barbara Hadrill [...] is the bridesmaid so perturbed by our wrecking of the planet that instead of flying to Brisbane for her friend's wedding, she quit her job and set off by land and sea instead.
- Main Page - TipThePlanet tiptheplanet.com
A project to create a green wiki website that encourages discussion and the generation of tips that benefit you and the planet
It's no longer enough for a restaurant to flag up its organic credentials. Now chefs are trying to make sure that every part of their operation is eco-friendly - even if that means employing worms to help with the rubbish.
WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected.
- Find recycling sites in the UK wasteconnect.co.uk
UK Public Recycling Database
- Sustrans Home sustrans.org.uk
The UK's leading sustainable transport charity
- How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It. fastcompany.com
For years, compact fluorescent bulbs have promised dramatic energy savings--yet they remain a mere curiosity. That's about to change.
- Main Page - gWiki wiki.greenmarketdata.com
A source for people well versed in environmental information as well as those beginning to explore this important issue.
- Bamboo Clothing: Clothing made from bamboo bambooclothing.co.uk
- Branch: Sustainable Design for Living branchhome.com
- Ban the Bulb banthebulb.org
A campaign to save money and help the environment by using energy efficient light bulbs.
- Natural Collection naturalcollection.com
- Treehugger treehugger.com
...the definitive, modern yet green lifestyle filter.