Halcyon Impacts

Upcycling is recycling but with a difference: turning junk into highly desirable pieces.  Upcyclers are promoting their products on sites like Twitter.

Cutting both costs and carbon emissions, British supermarket Waitrose shipped its new range of

Working from home and meeting electronically save time and hassle, but the evidence that they reduce emissions is still lacking.

A range of personal responses to the challenges of solar power.

Personal and organisational responses to the challenges of recycling:

• Answering key questions about recycling

Can most people afford to eat ethically during a recession?

One problem is that many people have forgotten - or never knew - how to grow food.

• Trees for Cities is an independent UK charity working with local communities on tree-planting and landscaping projects. Its aim is to tackle global warming, create social cohesion and beautify cities through tree planting, community education and training initiatives in urban areas of greatest need.

• What one individual can do - a campaign to stop railway stations keeping their lights on all day.
• Generating wind power at home.
• Google claims that its forthcoming PowerMeter can answer such questions as: How much does it cost to leave your TV on all day? Which uses more power
  

• Have rainforests now entered into the global economy?

Recent developments:

• It is claimed that couples can save up to 40% of their wedding costs by going green
• Ideas for greening your wedding
• How to have a "green" wedding
• Organising a green wedding reception
• Tips for an eco-friendly wedding

• WattzOn is a free online tool claiming to help you quantify, track, compare and understand the total amount of energy needed to support all facets of your lifestyle

• How to measure your own carbon footprint

• What you can do to reduce your carbon emissions

• What you need to know about carbon offsetting

Recent stories:

Recent stories:

• Confessions of a "secret green" celebrity

• The global Living Planet Index is a tool developed by World Wildlife Fund to measure the health of natural systems.

Recent stories:

• How going green can save you money
• Can profits be made on eco investments?

Recent stories:

• The environmental cost of the internet
• How can technology help the environment?

Recent stories:

• Is your home office as green as it could be?

Recent stories:

• Is green education the key to solving economic woes?

Recent stories:

• Using green hot water for saving energy