You never can quite tell how good free stuff will be until it’s in your hands. But you can get tons of it locally with Freecycle.org. It’s basically an online noticeboard advertsing stuff people want rid of. The nice thing about Freecycle.org is that it runs
Hello and welcome to Greenbang.com I’ve talked and talked about this for so long, but we’re officially launching today and from now on will be tracking the news on the business of environment and technology. Greenbang is a place for everyone to chip in and debate about
Me old mate Andy McCue, silicon.com journalist, writes that companies now want more green things out of their IT suppliers. The research, which comes from analyst Forrester, suggests their could even be a carbon tax in the future. Check out the story… Environmental concerns are rising up the corporate
PR Teresa Horcroft from Eureka Communications just sent this in – remember the 4% that reject companies on ethical grounds could indicate 96% don’t give a monkey’s: Out of 10,000 British consumers, 4% said they would actively reject purchasing a brand as a result of poor corporate ethics
Cyclists across the world made a rude, nude green protest at the weekend. My lunch on Saturday just off London’s Tottenham Court Road was somewhat disturbed by an alarming spectacle. Hundreds of naked cyclists, blowing whistles, waving flags and shouting, zoomed past, putting me right off my sushi. While
And this press release just in folks – four Indian mobile phone base stations are being powered with biodiesel. Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular and the GSMA said the move ensures rural India more network coverage. The fuel is produced from local restaurants’ cooking waste, the group claimed. Tom Phillips, chief
Xinhua is the Chinese government’s news agency – the official line of the country, so to speak. It says via the People’s Daily newspaper that China is mimicking the EU’s move to impose more regulations on pollution. China is expected to issue six more regulations in the second
We’ve seen attempts to gain turf on the green front from a number of banks – perhaps most notably HSBC’s environmental donation campaign it started earlier this year. Apparently this muhaha is actually taking off though – as the London Stock Exchange reports… Experts at Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) state
Oil reserves are set to run dry faster than thought, a group of scientists has claimed. The Independent covers this story today, which if true could signal a call for much faster action on alternative energies. This puts pressure on companies such as BP and Shell, whose business models for
Yes – we have a writer in sunny Beijing joining the Greenbang team. I can’t say anything more yet 😉 D
I’ve been learning about the eco-housing market today. Turns out, all the major developers are turning their attention to green houses, following a decision by the government to encourage the development of environmentally friendly homes. But some companies have been in this space for years. Although they’ve struggled
Ok – so printing doesn’t exactly have an environmental legacy, but every major printing firm is talking the talk on green street. But can they walk the walk? Mike Dinsdale, Brother’s director for this sort of stuff explains: Greenbang: What kind of car do you drive: Mike Dinsdale: : The