These cheeky monkeys were having fun promoting composting for Manchester Council last month. A home composting-themed float, festooned with giant worms and huge pieces of fruit and vegetables, was among the attractions at Manchester Pride – the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival which took place in August. Created by
Those EcoGeeks in the US have interviewed Karl Schroeder, a science fiction writer who also blogs for the climate change website, WorldChanging. Definitely worth a read, if only to hear his thoughts on technology, nuclear power and farming. Here’s an excerpt: EcoGeek: What new technologies do you think have
In the latest tit for tat between the two tech giants, Microsoft is rolling out a small fleet of buses to transport its workers to its offices in and around Redmond. Naturally they’re all wi-fi enabled, as one might expect. It’s fun to see the rivalry rolling on
Well we couldn’t find a picture of a model in green. Anyway, red is chic isn’t it? Greenbang has no flippin’ idea because he’s a bloke – at least tonight while there’s no one else writing here he is. Apparently though being able to show how green
As the world-famous journalist Borat once wisely said: “It’s nice.” And so is this. Google.org is offering $10 million for investment proposals to help bring greener cars to market. Those search dudes say: Since Google.org launched the RechargeIT initiative in June as part of our efforts to
Kyocera has recycled its old ads, which neatly made a point about green IT. The move comes as the company marks the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of its sustainable ECOSYS print technology. The print advert features visuals from the original Kyocera campaign, with the strapline: “1992: Kyocera pioneers sustainable
Meet Jim Balcom. <—– His company, PolyFuel, is making serious headway in the development of fuel cell membranes. These are essentially the technology that enables hydrogen fuel cells to work properly, but in the past have been troublesome to make work. PolyFuel says: “These technologies have the potential to change
Meet Laurence Harrison, the director of consumer electronics at a think tank called Intellect. Greenbang: Can the technology industry ever reach zero carbon status without offsetting? Laurence: As an industry we are reducing our carbon footprint in every aspect of our products and services lifecycles on a daily basis. There
Megabank Citigroup is greening up its massive property portfolio — totalling 92m square feet worldwide, including the bright building in the picture here — in a major plan that it reckons will chop up to $100m off its bills every year. A bunch of measures, from turning off escalators to using more
This site from Co-op America has a cool list of 21 items you didn’t know you could recycle, from appliances and oil to tennis shoes and toothbrushes. It’s all US-centric, so most of its advice gives helplines for there, but it still highlights the possibilities (and Greenbang makes
The friendly bunch that aims to befriend our nice green planet and save it from our worst excesses is seeking a campaign coordinator. The lucky person will help coordinate campaigns (duh) and policy, liaise with the organisation’s network and represent it regionally. It’s aimed at the Yorkshire and
Big American car-maker Ford has a very cool project up its sleeves: a means of turning the fumes from its paint shops and converting it –via some kind of weird magic — into a fuel cell. According to EcoGeek, the plant will cut CO2 emissions by 88% and eliminate all nitrous
