Shows & events
For the ticket's price of one measly quid, you can enter the Friends of the Earth Scotland raffle to potentially win your very own rooftop wind turbine, valued at £1500. Other prizes include a year's supply of product from Ecover, return train tickets from Virgin, £150 from Natural Collection, and more. Plus, your pound goes to support FOE and their good works in the new year, so it sets you off in 2007 on the right foot. Hurry though; tickets must be in by 23 December, so you'll likely want to buy by credit card over the phone. [GT]
Friends of the Earth Scotland - Prize Draw 2006 [via GreenGirlsGlobal]
Related stories: Calling stage 3 pupils to shout about FOE! | How to save £50 a month on petrol | Buy book, save planet and pennies
Shows & events
More Christmas shopping help for those bereft of ideas for green presents is on its way in the form of a 'green Christmas bazaar' taking place at the Science Museum's excellent Dana Centre on the evening of 6th December.
It's all part of a night of discussion and debate called 'Dreaming of a Green Christmas?' where a leading waste and recycling expert will give an overview of the complexity of being eco-friendly, before product designers and manufacturers explain why their products are worthy of being considered a green purchase.
The event gets all interactive and Pop Idol after that, when the audience gets to vote on what they think is the most green product by using eco-criteria including energy efficiency, re-use, recycled materials and sustainability.
Continue reading >>
Shows & events
October's nearly over, but there's still five days left of Oxjam! Oxjam is the biggest, hottest, longest, most diverse music event in Oxfam history, going all month, across the entire kingdom, to rock out and raise heaps of cash to fight poverty. It's also an opportunity to get your music on MTV: put on an Oxjam gig, film it, upload it to MTV Flux, and you'll be considered for the big gig in April. Drop by the Oxjam MySpace page to get a list of events going on in your area. [GT]
Oxjam
Related stories: Rally at the US Embassy, London, 4 November | Soil Association Organic Food Fest in Scotland, 4 & 5 November | ITV Granada Big Cleanup campaign
Shows & events
As part of the Campaign Against Climate Change, on 4 November - that's the Saturday before the UN Climate Talks in Nairobi - all are called on to join the National Climate March past the ExxonMobil offices, Australian Embassy and Downing Street to arrive at US embasy at 11.30 am. Speakers include George Monbiot, Colin Challen MP, Caroline Lucas MEP, Norman Baker MP, Zac Goldsmith. Then there's a lovely stroll down to Trafalgar Square for 1pm where the March joins the I-Count at 1.45pm. The March is in solidarity with thousands of other marches worldwide - as it should be, since everybody should have a say in how the planet turns out. [GT]
Campaign Against Climate Change
Related stories: Soil Association Organic Food Fest in Scotland, 4 & 5 November | ITV Granada Big Cleanup campaign | Join the Big Noise
Shows & events
More and more, the ideal home has heavy green components, and the Autumn Ideal Home Show 2006 reflects this with some great green exhibitors. 6 - 15 October at Earls Court in London, you can visit booths ranging from Dr. Energy energy savers, to Dryerballs non-toxic anti-static balls, to Energy Saving Trust, and others starting with an even greater range of letters from the alphabet. Weekday tickets are £8 adults, £7 seniors; weekend tickets £10, £9 seniors; admission only £5 after 5pm any day. [GT]
Autumn Ideal Home Show 2006
Related stories: Soil Association Organic Food Festival - 4 & 5 November 2006: 10am-6pm Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday | More Design and furniture at Hippyshopper
Shows & events
A whole slew of green groups have gotten under the ITV Granada umbrella to help green up its viewership. The campaign has daily eco-tips, a free 'green guide' in a reusable keepsake box, and a freephone response line you can call to find out how to get greener. As part of the campaign, you can get a hand cranked mobile charger for only £5 after P + P. 3 minutes' crank = 3 minutes' talk time. Adapters available for a wide variety of mobiles for only an extra 24p. [GT]
ITV Granada Big Cleanup campaign | ITV Big Cleanup Mobile Charger
Related stories: Back in black - the Solio solar charger | V.posh wind-up torch | Sunlinq Folding Solar Power Panel
digg this
Stumble It!
