http://palegreen.co.uk Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:37:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2007/01/03/an-energy-efficient-hack-literally/ Just how long are these bags for life supposed to last? I've got quite an array of bags for life bought from Tesco - all looking increasingly crumpled, but pleasing in their different seasonal colours. I'm feeling quite proud of the fact that some of them are ages old - ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/08/bag-for-life-madam/ 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 ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/07/a-carbon-neutral-christmas/ 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 ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/07/does-saving-energy-saving-money/ I am wholeheartedly converted to the virtues of the freecycle movement, and have been for some months now. In fact, I'm boringly evangelical about it - so much so that the local PTA has taken to asking me about 'that website of yours' ... I wish it had been ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/07/the-wonders-of-freecycle/ 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 ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/06/dicover-the-power-of-off/ My (plastic, council-issued) recycling bags have gone ... Roadside recycling arrived here in the rurals about 4 months ago. We've been given a green bin for compostable waste, a bag for collecting paper, a different bag for collecting cardboard, a box for glass and a black bin for everything else. ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/02/where-have-my-recycling-bags-gone/ New venture in the summer - a wormery. I cadged one from a friend who'd given up on it (husband asks - did I check with her why she'd given up?) and then ordered some worms from Wiggly Wigglers. I dutifully ripped up paper, scattered soil, added worms and a ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/11/01/oh-no-i-think-ive-killed-my-worms/ We have been gradually changing our lightbulbs to energy efficient versions, but I am astonished at how many lightbulbs we use. We're a family of five, and we have 106 lightbulbs installed, ready to use. That's in a house with four bedrooms and a garage (with lights). Obviously, we don't use ... http://palegreen.co.uk/2006/10/31/how-many-lightbulbs-does-one-family-need/