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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Bicycle repair shops on the move
With cycling gaining ground as a regular mode of transportation, flat tires and broken chains are on the up, too. Which creates an opportunity for bike-loving entrepreneurs: mobile bike repair shops. In the Netherlands, for example, we’ve spotted companies like … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, sustainable transport
Tagged cycling, cycling innovation, sustainable transport, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Summer nights on the patio
Did you know gas patio heaters can produce a whopping 35kg of carbon dioxide emissions before the canister runs out? Keep guests warm the green way with a brazier fuelled with carbon neutral, locally sourced wood or even better wrap … Continue reading
Posted in carbon dioxide, climate change, top tips
Tagged climate change, CO2 emissions, patio gas heaters, top tips, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Keeping chickens – the basics
Farmer and naturalist Johnny Scott explains how to start a home-reared flock. The flavour of the eggs and meat from a home-reared bird bears no relation to any mass-produced specimen. http://www.theecologist.org/
Posted in the ecologist
Tagged home reared chickens, keeping chickens, the ecologist, www.csrplus.co.uk
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The BUDD rule
In these tough economic times more and more peeps are deciding to renovate rather than move house, so if you’re renovating your house, building a garden shed or simply any other DIY, you can go green by following the simple … Continue reading
Cyclists, what’s in your bag?
As a nosy child, I was notorious for asking ladies what was in their handbags. Sometimes I tried to get them to empty them out. I didn’t think it gave me an insight into what kind of person they were, … Continue reading
Posted in cycling
Tagged cycle bags, cycle kit, cycling, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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What’s behind the rise in bicycle mutilation?
Barry Neild wonders why he’s encountering an increasing number of bikes with vandalised wheels and slashed tyres. Having lived overseas for a few years, it struck me on my return that Britain seemed to be facing a marked increase in … Continue reading
Posted in The guardian newspaper, cycling
Tagged bicycle mutilation, bike theft, cycling, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Creative agencies embrace charity work
Creative agencies seem to have embraced corporate generosity with open arms, if a few recent initiatives are anything to go by. Much the way Bushfire Housing and SmallCanBeBig were donated by the Sputnik Agency and the Boathouse Group, respectively, so … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, communications
Tagged creative agencies, guerrilla campaign, salvation army, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Give a day, get a night
Hotel group Sage Hospitality has come up with a novel idea to promote both their hotels and volunteerism: it’s offering half-price rooms for those who have completed a day of charity work. A limited number of free nights are also … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Volunteering
Tagged Charity, give a day and get a night, Volunteering, www.csrplus.co.uk
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UN panel to study impact of climate change on poor countries
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body of scientists drawn from around the world, will use its next assessment due in 2014 to look at how the impact of global warming is falling unequally on the poorest … Continue reading
Posted in climate change
Tagged climate change, developing countries, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Seeing red: share your bike rage experiences
Sooner or later most cyclists encounter bike rage, but staying safe isn’t always about following the rules of the road http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/17/bike-rage-london
Posted in The guardian newspaper, cycle safety, cycling
Tagged bike rage, cycling, danger for cyclists, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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The Good Wood Guide
Make the best environmental choice when buying or using wood for DIY jobs around the home and garden. Find out more from Friends of the Earth at http://www.goodwoodguide.com
Posted in top tips
Tagged environment and sustainability, The good wood guide, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.goodwoodguide.com
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Bicycle Stations and Green Pods
Numerous bicycle stations have appeared on our pages before, including Cycle Center in Chicago, Bikestation in California, Bike Central in New Zealand and Cycle2City in Australia. Adding to Australia’s bike station innovation comes the Green Pod, a modular facility from … Continue reading
Posted in innovation
Tagged cycling innovation, cyclist showers, green pod, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Save your logo
From the Lacoste crocodile to Charlie the Tuna, countless brands around the globe use animals and plants to personify and represent them. After years of profiting from those species’ images, such companies and organisations can now help preserve and protect … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, consumerism
Tagged brands and logos, endangered species, save your logo, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.springwise.com
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More on how we might handle bars and bicycling…
The statistics on deaths and injuries are no accident, but will they make you reconsider your views? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/jul/14/alcohol-cycling-statistics
Posted in cycle safety, cycling
Tagged cycling and alcohol, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Spent tents and festival fun
Instead of dumping an unwanted tent after going to a festival, consider donating it to a project like the Give Me Shelter scheme (www.globalhand.org), so homeless people in other parts of the world can put it to good use.
Posted in Charity, top tips
Tagged Charity, donating, give me shelter scheme, unwanted tents, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.globalhand.org
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Give your fridge a hand to be cool again
Hot stuff! Fridges are energy-hungry appliances, so why not make their job easier? Try to avoid putting your fridge near cookers or windows that admit lots of sunlight. The fridge will work more efficiently in cooler corners, saving you … Continue reading
Posted in top tips
Tagged energy efficiency, fridge and cooling efficiency, top tips, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Behind the label: orange juice
Is orange juice as healthy and natural as it claims to be? Can it ever be ‘eco’? Pat Thomas reports on the health and environmental impacts of the UK’s favourite juice http://www.theecologist.org/
Posted in Ethical living, the ecologist
Tagged eco orange juice, health and enviromental impacts, the ecologist, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Saddle up to beat climate change
Using a bike instead of a car for short journeys can save around 2 kg in carbon emissions every trip. Find safe, traffic-free routes to work and shops in your area at www.cycle-routes.org
Posted in climate change, cycling
Tagged climate change, cut carbon emissions, cycling, exercise, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.cycle-routes.org
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G8 action without China and India would be pointless
Developing countries will not surrender trump card for a handshake – they want hard cash and firm commitments. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/09/copenhagen-g8 Members of Oxfam wearing masks of G8 leaders and dressed up as chefs Photograph: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images
Posted in The guardian newspaper, climate change
Tagged emission cuts, G8 summit, global temperature rises, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Greenpeace activists hijack Italian power stations
Protestors climb chimney and occupy conveyor belt at country’s biggest coal-burning power station http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/08/greenpeace-g8-protest-coal-italy
Posted in GREENPEACE, protest
Tagged ENEL, G8 leaders, GREENPEACE, Oxfam International, protest, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Campaigners hold amnesty for ‘toxic pants’ to lobby pesticide producers
Pants to Poverty raises awareness of how endosulfan – a pesticide which is banned in the EU – harms farmers who supply cotton to make clothing http://www.pantstopoverty.com/
Posted in campaigning
Tagged campaigning, endosulfan, pants to poverty, pesticide use and residue, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.pantstopoverty.com/
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Ditch disposable batteries
Disposable batteries are so yesterday! I think we’ve all been fooled by those bunny adverts claiming that they last longer than other batteries, but in fact tell us nothing about what to do with the batteries when they have lost … Continue reading
Posted in renewable energy, top tips
Tagged battery life, disposable batteries, renewable, solar powered gadgets, top tips, www.csrplus.co.uk
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A dolphin superpod spotted off Wales
If like me you managed to see Flipper in the 1970′s then you gotta admit that we all love dolphins right! Heard of a “superpod” before? Huh! Well a “superpod” of thousands of dolphins has been captured on film off … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity
Tagged conservation, dolphins, flipper, Pembrokeshire, Sea Trust, superpod, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Seasonal foods in July
Globe artichokes, broad beans and cucumbers are all tasty seasonal treats this month. On the sweet front, there’s cherries, strawberries and blueberries – why not pick-your-own and make a summer pudding.
Posted in eat the season, top tips
Tagged eat the seasons, seasonal foods in july, top tips, www.csrplus.co.uk
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