Everyone wants to be green these days, but there are some concepts it sits with more uneasily than others. Barbie's flirtation with the environment is one example that doesn't quite cut the mustard, and now another I'm finding trouble getting my head around is 'green online bingo'. We're a liberal-minded website though, so let's have a serious, unprejudiced look at why the game that's been re-branded more than any other is now taking on an environmental image. Read on after the jump to find out the deal...
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Sony Ericsson is getting environmentally friendly on us with their new super green concept handset. We love a good concept. It may very well just be someone's far fetched idea, but a concept gives us hope that one day in the distant future we may see that same concept again, but as an official product on the shelves of our local Dixons or Carphone Warehouse.
The GreenHeart phone is an eco-friendly gadget personified. It has bio-plastic casing, a recycled plastic keypad and a charger with 3.5mW standby power (The milliwatt is equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a watt).
Its eco-friendliness continues after the jump...
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'I'm sure they only send it abroad' is a common refrain I've heard when talking about council recycling schemes, and it's starting to look like this belief may be true in many cases. Some councils are happy to admit they send waste abroad, while others keeps schtum. But it's definitely going on, which raises the question is it better to recyle abroad than not recycle at all? I found that it's not nearly as straightforward a question as you might think...
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We all remember the Timotei ads of days gone by: only yesterday, a dark-haired colleague was heard to confess that she had thought as a child the shampoo would transform her short, dark, curly tresses to platinum blonde. But now Timotei's all grown up, and celebrating its 25th birthday with a more serious gesture towards nature and to helping our natural heritage. It's teamed up with The Woodland Trust to create a crop of 'forests of flowers'.
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Many of us make an effort to avoid mass-produced clothes and accessories; a life choice that would once have been seen as a major sacrifice. But now, the craft revolution is in full swing, meaning we can make a 'handmade choice' towards goods made on a smaller scale that are often of better quality than their high street equivalents. As someone who loves seeing hand-made items on show, I can't wait to feast my eyes on a wide range of crafty goodies at a forthcoming show in the stunning surroundings of Crowthorne.
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There are still relatively few truly stylish. eco-friendly labels making shoes at the moment (while there is still a staid, 'veggie shoes' image that WILL NOT DIE), so I was thrilled to hear that a new ethical footwear label has come on to the scene after a storming debut at London Fashion Week.
[Via the GIN lady]
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Not wasting food is a great habit for all of us to get into, but good habits are best learned young, which is why I'm totally behind a new scheme by Sky and its environment partner Global Action Plan that teaches schoolchildren how to reduce their own food waste. And targeting impressionable young minds is not the only good reason to focus on primary schools in the war against waste: research shows that the largest proportion of waste produced by a primary school is food.
Related: How not to contribute to the food waste mountain | Love food, hate waste?
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