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Get Ethical with Colin Firth this Christmas Want to know what Colin Firth is getting for Christmas this year? The British actor's new eco shop in Chiswick ECO AGE is offering a 'his & hers' Christmas gift bag service with BAGS OF CHANGE, the only bag which is also an ethical shopping loyalty scheme: www.bagsofchange.co.uk Christmas orders can be customised by filling one of the stylish Bags of Change bags with a selection of gifts from Eco Age. Prices start at 21 for the organic hemp-cotton bag and 40 for the wild rubber - bag plus gift contents. 'His' sample bag is shown, with a Bags of Change wild rubber bag. This Christmas Bags of Change is also collaborating with a number of UK designers-makers and small green companies who have joined together to open a pop-up shop in Notting Hill with a superb selection of Fairtrade, ethical, organic, and eco -friendly products. OUR ECO SHOP brings together the cream of British eco-chic designers under one roof, and anyo

Solar panels, hyper-efficient boilers, green cars that let you drive round with a big, smug smile because you are keeping your pollution to a minimum – they all have their appeal. Article published by www.express.co.uk September 26th 2008

Donald Trump has been given the freedom of Scotland. Permission to build a minor new town among the sand dunes north of Aberdeen.Licensed to kill the planning system that once prevented development in sensitive and protected habitats. Article published on www.guardian.co.uk November 4th 2008

Britons still consume 3bn litres of bottled water a year, and there lies the ecological rub, which starts with packaging, of 13bn plastic bottles sold in the UK last year, just 3bn were recycled. Article published in The Observer February 10th 2008

The tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea (above) – in the top ten of the world's most biodiverse hotspots – are disappearing faster than anyone realised, according to a new report. Published by www.newscientist.com June 2nd 2008

Drivers of eco-friendly cars can save hundreds of pounds on city centre parking under a pioneering green scheme . Article published by www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk July 10th 2007

It's not often you find someone from the Green Party opposing something with the prefix "eco-", but Gordon Brown's " eco-towns " scheme is very far from deserving this badge. Article published by www.telegraph.co.uk July 4th 2008

The Seat Ibiza, 1.4 TDI (above) is both cheap to buy and cheap to run. One of the few good green things to come out of Alistair Darling's Budget was his shake-up of vehicle excise duty - better known as road tax - to penalise gas guzzling cars.Obviously the way to beat the budget is to buy a greener car . Article published by www.telegraph.co.uk March 19th 2008

Going green could save individuals thousands of pounds as well as helping to tackle climate change , according to a new guide published by Friends of the Earth and Collins. Article published by Friends Of The Earth 7 March 2005

Toni Vernelli was steralised at age 27 to reduce her carbon footprint .While some might think it strange to celebrate the reversal of nature and denial of motherhood, Toni relishes her decision with an almost religious zeal. Article appeared in the Daily Mail 21 November 2007

Human-waste disposal is an increasingly urgent but still taboo topic.The toilets are one of the main gripes among attendees at 'green' gatherings because organisers go to all the effort of setting up a green-themed shindig then wheel in noxious chemical loos . Article appeared in The Observer Sunday October 5 2008

BBC Scotland has a quiz to help schoolchildren discover how eco friendly they are.

So the bold statements of action and treaties that were signed up to have in effect meant nothing as the targets missed and commitments wriggled out of. Not the best result for the environment .

China urges U.S. to stabilize dollar Chinese ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Sun Zhenyu expressed on Monday serious concerns about the continuous depreciation of the U.S. dollar and urged the United States to stabilize the currency. China warns of threat of U.S. protectionism

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Forget Go Eco Go it was no go eco for a propsed eco town when nearby eco haters in Leicestershire hated on the poor eco people at the eco town!

By caring for the environment and being more eco friendly BT managed to save £365.3 million last year. It has also announced it plans to source 1/4 of it's energy from wind farms by 2016.

The price of oil climbed to a new high today at $139 per barrel in New York. The cost of energy is predicted to continue rising. Oil has been predicted to reach a possible $200 per barrel by this time next year. There has never been a better time to reduce your energy consumption with energy efficient products! One of the biggest savings can be made with a more energy efficient boiler .

If you don't want trouble don't beef with South Korean people who are likely to attack you. Good for them, would you really want to eat a poor old, and dead, animal that has been pumped full of growth hormones and all kinds of other crazy crap.

If you would like to know more about carbon trading then take a look at this article on Yahoo News

Will Mr Brown be forced to delay the forthcoming increase in fuel duty faced with rising crude oil prices and some angry mother truckers? Who knows? Mr Sarkozy is appealing to the EU to drop VAT on fuel placing the blame in Brussels . Perhaps the blame should be attributed to Tony Blair or George Bush in relation to the effect of the Iraq war and the resultant repercussions on supply? Having either served their time in the case of Tone or beyond reproach with the home stretch insight it wouldn't matter if he did. Go on Mr Sarkozy chin them for les people.

MPs have voted in favour of a scheme to ration carbon emissions . What do you think about the scheme as a way of cutting green house gas emissions and helping in the fight against global warming?

Latest estimates predict sea levels will rise by 1.5m in the next 90 - 100 years as a result of gloabl warming.

The final version of the Chinese plastic bag regulation has been released and it goes a long way further than any Western Government have, as yet, dared to. It will be illegal in China for retailers to subsidise the cost of plastic bags, punishable by a fine of about £700, and all plastic bags must meet quality standards. China has also closed the largest plastic bag producing factory in the world that was producing a quarter of a million tons of plastic bags annually. Well done China!

The mere fact Tommy Lee is having a shower is going to help the environment no end! Sharing it with a rapper? That's just Ludacris!

According to the latest statistics the World's wildlife population has decreased by nearly 30% in the last 40 years and is decreasing at a rate of 1% per year. Good job they made the film Lion King in 1994 or it would have to be called "Simba the lonely lion who would have been King if there were any animals left to rule over" and that would have wasted a lot of paper when it came to printing the 30ft long promotional posters that would still only just fit the title on.

If the furore over plastic bags were to be believed the world can be saved from climate change by us all stopping using plastic bags. That's all we have to do, drive to the shops in our gas guzzlers and use a slightly thicker bag. Let's ignore the fact the overuse of plastic bags is a litter issue. Let's ignore the superflous packaging surrounding all the items in the bags and just focus on the bag. Let's get the government to stick a tax on said plackie bags and proclaim they have solved all our problems whilst using the extra cash to fund some Nuclear Power! At least it is easier for us to use a cloth bag for our shopping than to say, walk to the shops or actually do anything significant that might give us a shot of saving our sorry souls!

The credit crunch is crunchier than a crunchy, on Fridays but thanks to The Sun , the crap newspaper not the bright shiny thing , you can save some cash with their go green guide .

Get back in your Range Rover, well if you're thin you can anyway. Scientists have discovered fat people are to blame for global warming .