Several years ago a friend of mine built his own house as part of a self-build project. For about a year, together with his then girlfriend and about 20 other people, they all helped each other... 
If you have Solar PV panels installed in your home, then you know about generating free electricity. Some times you're generating more electricity than you're using, and at other times, you're using more than you generate... 
Seems like every where I go, everyone is talking about dating!
Finding love, or even a date, can be a tricky project. It's hard enough without any extra boxes to tick, but when you're looking for chemistry, physical attraction, love... and someone with shared ethical and environmental values, it can be a tall order 
Espresso has been around for nearly a century and requires two very important things to extract a great drink: pressure, and water that is around 90 degrees centigrade.
If the water is boiling then the coffee will taste bitter.
The Rok Espresso Maker is different to conventional espresso makers, in that it only uses... 
Hard to believe that Christmas is only 49 days away.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without crackers. Make sure your Christmas meal goes with a bang...
Hard to believe that Christmas is only 49 days away.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without crackers. Make sure your Christmas meal goes with a bang...
Hard to believe that Christmas is only 49 days away.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without crackers. Make sure your Christmas meal goes with a bang... 
Next week - from the 25th to the 28th October - twenty houses across Brighton and Hove will be open to the public as part of an Eco Open House project, to showcase how you can be more energy efficient in your own home...
If you've got solar panels, you'll know that the way to get maximum savings is to use electricity when you are generating it yourself, and cut down on what you use when you're consuming power from the grid. However, in practical terms, that's not always easy... 
It's been chucking it down with rain in the UK these last few weeks. Ironically it doesn't seem to have stopped since the water companies imposed hosepipe bans at the start of April.
The water shortage won't be cured by this rain, but isn't the hosepipe ban a bit silly? It doesn't stop anyone using bucket loads of water, or flushing the toilet a lot... 
It's Earth Hour from 8.30pm til 9.30pm this Saturday.
We're 'going dark' in support. For those 60 minutes we'll be switching off our website, and 
Over the last couple of weeks I've been writing about the new product suggestion box on our website.
Something that's been suggested by Alex Porter via Twitter, and from Naomi through the suggestion box, is a hand operated paper shredder.
We really like this idea. It feels like it's a common need. 
About four weeks ago we decided to to a summer eco market in Brighton, to bring together lots of like minded sellers and makers into one place for a fantastic day of eco inspired shopping, food and fun.
Caught in a sudden downpour and about to embark on a long cycle ride, I remembered I had a sample of the Spud Raincoat sitting on my desk... 
Operating out of a shed in the South Downs near Chichester, Alan and his wife Jo make charcoal from locally coppiced wood. I went to see the burn... 
A few weeks ago I fell off my mountain bike.
I was cycling to a meeting in the centre of Brighton, and whilst attempting to take a probably illegal shortcut, I didn't see a large pothole in front of a ramp, hit it, and flew over the top of my bike onto the road.
Luckily there were no cars around... 
Peter Ingledew is the inventor of the two great energy savers, the legendary Eco Kettle which stops you from wasting energy by boiling too much water, and the Showerdrop, which stops you from spending hours in the shower and wasting lots of hot water (and cutting down queues for the bathroom). We caught up with Peter to talk about why attitudes are changing towards energy saving, and what motivates him to keep going. 
I went to go and see No Impact Man in the Greenwich Picture House last night, and came away very inspired and uplifted.... 
A month into my oyster mushroom growing kit, and I'm pleased to report that I am very close to my first crop of mushrooms... 
Do The Green Thing have an excellent competition on their blog where you can vote for your favourite out of four innovative new products, all designed to help save energy and reduce waste.