1. Green Day These A-list purveyors of college punk already commented on the difficulties of being citizens of the most contentious country on the planet with their hit ‘American Idiot’, though following the handling of the BP oil spill, that song could apply to many of the nation’s higher powers. 2. Al Green Reverend Al Green is so in love with nature he wrote a song about getting back to it. ‘Take me to the river / Drop me in the water / Take me to the river / Drop me in the water’, he sang. Quite. 3. Arctic Monkeys Nonsense indie band name or ... Full Story

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that occurred off the Gulf of Mexico in April this year was undoubtedly a tragedy. Killing eleven platform workers and injuring seventeen others, the spill did irreparable damage not only to marine life and the fishing industry but to BP as a company. The organisation immediately went into panic mode, with a promoted YouTube channel and numerous press conferences to tell us what they were doing to clean up the mess, but the damage was done. There was public outcry at the company for seemingly turning a blind eye to the circumstances that allowed such ... Full Story

Coldplay brought out the 'Solio', which is a solar powered Apple iPod charger. Chris Martin said "Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is really a few pebbles short of a beach, because everybody should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment: because we all live here." Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney supports the practice of vegetarianism because he believes that by not eating animals, it calls for less factory farms and the food given to the unhappy animals could be given to the people in developing countries. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke embarked on an 'eco-friendly' tour ... Full Story

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, plans to make the city of London the electric vehicle (EV) capital of Europe by increasing the number of them on London's roads and encouraging the development of the technology amongst car manufacturers. With this in mind, he has set a target of having 1,000 electric vehicles in the Greater London Authority (GLA) fleet by 2015, rising to 100,000 by 2020. The first, albeit small, step towards achieving this was the acquisition of four new Mitsubishi i-MiEVs, to be used by Transport for London. The i-MiEV is a fully electric city car with zero emissions ... Full Story

The recycling buzz has hit many people who go to festivals. Often the type of people who go to these events are open-minded and more than happy to connect with nature by sleeping in tents and such. Therefore it is no wonder why this target market has been a hit with the Eco festivals as well as the current undergoings at more mainstream festivals such as Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds. This year, the organisers of Glastonbury festival aimed to encourage around 40,000 people to head to the festival via public transport. Glastonbury also had 'Green Police' to look ... Full Story

Recycling old cloths is as easy as doing a weekly shop, you just have to take a few minutes out of your day. Charity shops and recycling bins are great places to dispose of old cloths. Even putting them into charity bags that get posted through your letterbox help will poorer children. When sorting out old clothes, keep in mind certain clothes are made of different materials. Items of clothing such as Jeans have zips and Bras have metal wires inside them - these will have to be recycled separately to, say, plain t-shirts. Not all cloths have to be recycled ... Full Story

The World Cup is due to kick off next week but the reality is that it is likely to generate a staggering 2.75 million tonnes in carbon emissions. A study has declared that it will have the biggest environmental impact of any sporting event, ever. In fact, this year's tournament has a carbon footprint eight times that of the 2006 World Cup in Germany before you even factor in the fans travelling to South Africa from their home nations. This is primarily because there are huge distances between the stadia being used for the tournament across South Africa, which is ... Full Story

The theme color of the new Lib-Con government could be green. The coalition of conservatives and liberal democrats has vowed that a center piece of all legislation will be the environment. The historical coming together of the parties has been founded around common ground that was put forth in a 30 page document written out by each party's leader (David Cameron for the Conservatives and Nick Clegg for the Liberal Democrats). 

The coalition may not be as strong as it passes from the heads to the rest of the members. Members of the European Parliament have pointed out that they do ... Full Story

Many people wonder if nuclear power is a safe alternative even as they confess that alternative forms of fuel are necessary to meet the increasing demand for power. For several years, nuclear power was the up and coming way to provide inexpensive energy to populations around the world. Popularity for nuclear power received crushing blows with disasters like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Today the world holds around 436 nuclear power plants in about 30 countries that provide around 15% of the world's electricity. The reliability of the nuclear plants as well as their efficiency are increasing, ... Full Story

Over the years people have bought many variations of the mobile phone. Some people may still have old mobiles stashed away in a cupboard or drawer. So what happens to these unused and old mobiles? Some people sell them to raise some money, some simply throw them in the bin. But in the past few years there have been companies like Envirofone and Mazuma who, after filling in details about your phone, will give you a price and send you a cheque. One of the more serious issues of non-recycling of old phones is ... Full Story