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

To most people gardening is one of the most green, organic and environmentally friendly things you can do. How much harm can you do with a plant pot and some potting soil, right? In actual fact there are lots of ways in which you can make your gardening exploits more environmentally sound than they already are, and with a bit of work you’ll be one step closer to self-sustainability. Firstly, there’s the issue of compost. Everyone will have heard of a compost bin, and you might know of a huge brick one constructed at the bottom of ... Full Story

Recycling is something that we can all take part in, but do we all take that opportunity? Social studies into the subject have shown that those aged 55+ are more likely to do recycling than those aged 18 to 30, but what we want to explore is why that might be, and how we can get young people to take part in recycling just as much as their parents and grandparents. Recycling methods are taught in schools nowadays, which is a change from the middle aged and elderly generations in our society. It makes sense to expect ... Full Story

The Prawn - a Global Warming Monster! With all the headlines and conflicting information, you may think that either there is no point to you being more environmentally friendly or that the things that you could do are of so little value that they wouldn’t make any difference. Well, you’re wrong. Apart from the highly publicised actions of recycling and using less energy and water, there are other things that perhaps have not occurred to you that will make a difference to the health of our planet. If you’re planning to tie the knot this ... Full Story