The brightly coloured drink Irn-Bru is one of the last bottles in Britain still to be sold with a deposit, which makes it incredibly unique. If the bottle is returned to the company, the consumer, or anyone else who returns … Continue reading
Author Archives: Simon Damkjaer
The Environmental Effects of Fireworks
As people start to wake up from their hangovers and get ready to commence the new year there is no doubt that most of us entered 2012 with a big bang, full of fireworks explosions. In London, alone, over 250,000 … Continue reading
Environmentally Friendly Photography
The nature of photography, it may be argued, is to preserve a scene, an emotion, or a point in time by capturing what is seen in time and space using the tool of the camera. Photographers, however, also have an … Continue reading
Money doesn’t Grow on Trees
As most of the world has witnessed over the last couple of years, money makes the world go around. When we place our money in a bank it does not sit still in a vault somewhere. Instead, it goes out … Continue reading
The 3Ds of Glasses: Dirty, Deceiving, Degradable
With the premier of James Cameron’s 3D film Avatar, the production of 3D films has increased rapidly. This has led to an increase in the associated 3D glasses which are essential for enjoying this new wave of films. The issue … Continue reading
Ways to make your Website More Green
There is no contesting that the internet has become a part of our everyday life. Some would argue that reading something online is greener than buying a book or magazine which contains the same information. In addition, reading your newspaper … Continue reading
How Green is the Internet?
Cloud computing has been suggested as having the potential to reduce our dependence on hardware to access online services such as Google, Facebook, iTunes and as such should minimise the amount of e-waste generated annually while simultaneously lowering out our … Continue reading
The Green Lunch Box
It rarely strikes us to consider just how much rubbish we actually produce in the course of a busy working week. As the joy of a meal and a break from work is the only thing running through our minds … Continue reading
Climate Proofing the SEA Directive
Rationale Directive 2001/42/EC, the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (SEA Directive) aims to provide for a high level of environmental protection by integration of environmental consideration into the preparation and adoption of plans and programmes (P&P), by ensuring that an environmental … Continue reading
The LifeStraw
More than one billion people – over a sixth of the world’s population – are without access to a safe supply of water [1]. Around 6,000 children die each day from consuming contaminated water, which results in over 2 million … Continue reading
