Remember how pleased I was to find those energy efficient GU10s?
Guess what - they didn’t fit my light-fittings. Why make energy efficient bulbs with a different profile to the standard ones? These fancy - and very expensive - new GU10s flare out faster, so that they are fatter nearer the base … and […]

The Carbon Neutral Company has some fantastic ideas for ecologically aware Christmas presents. I love the idea of the medieval sundial kit for children to make.
They also enable you to buy the usual suspects - a tree, a windup radio, and dryer balls, to name but 3. These items are all widely available […]

So, I’ve ordered more lightbulbs (I order my lightbulbs from www.lightbulbs-direct.com) - I’ve ordered 6 more energy saving lightbulbs, at a cost of £80 - including free postage and packing. And they come remarkably quickly.
I reported before that I had 78 still to replace - at this rate, we’ll be bankrupt - though most […]

Have you visited the icount site yet?
Apparently the average house has 12 items on standby. Now, we’ve been doing our best to switch everything off at the wall, but if I just go round and check … oh dear, the children left the DVD on standby. It is now off, but I […]