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Renewable Energy Alternatives For Your Home with Greenheart Installations

Rob McCorquodale — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:16:54 +0000

Like charity and family values, energy efficiency begins at home. So with your washing on at 30 and the kettle half full you might be looking at your rickety old boiler as the biggest energy thief in the...

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Baby Food To Boast About

Rachel Pattisson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:52:05 +0000

Organic, fresh and delicious. At last, I have found a company who puts their money where their mouth is. They succeed where other baby food manufacturers have failed.

Many have claimed to...

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Organic, fresh and delicious. At last, I have found a company who puts their money where their mouth is. They succeed where other baby food manufacturers have failed.

Many have claimed to...

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Advanced Energy Usage Monitoring with Wattson

Ben Rogers — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:16:28 +0000

I have given up following people around turning off lights and being generally “annoying” about consumption. The problem is not a lack of desire to do the right thing (as so often reported in the papers) but more a lack of knowledge...

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Paul Graham: Benevolence in Startups

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:00:45 +0000

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Paul Graham, founder of ycombinator, discusses the value of benevolence when working with tech startups.

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Paul Graham, founder of ycombinator, discusses the value of benevolence when working with tech startups.

Business Model Of The Day: Fix The Planet

Armin Talic — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:32 +0000

In case you haven’t come across iFixit before, they’re a relatively small startup that offer detailed electronics teardowns, DIY repair guides and all the tools you’d need to do them. Basically, they’re aim is to put the power back in the hands of the consumer, when it comes to the maintenance...

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Lovely Company News Round-up

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:30:01 +0000

Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!

McDonalds were named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth year straight. They take the opportunity to [Read more →]

Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!

McDonalds were named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth year straight. They take the opportunity to [Read more →]

Fraser’s Tea Parties Land Him A Bighearted Scotland Award

David Haywood Smith — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:03:54 +0000

In the last year, SuperJam boss Fraser Doherty has held over 120 Tea Parties bringing elderly people together and helping them make friends (previous coverage: here and here). Just recently, Fraser’s efforts...

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Hello Beautiful World!

David Haywood Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:00:43 +0000

Beautiful World is a London-based agency for charities, non-profits and ‘any organization that does the world some good’. The three founding partners of the company each bring their speciality to the mix giving clients a neat blend of strategy, creative and data. Where traditional agencies might be all about...

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The Bottom Line – Ecological Disposable Nappies

Rachel Pattisson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:42 +0000

Let’s talk about nappies. Half a ton of nappies, actually. A year’s worth of disposable nappies for just one baby. Because babies poo. A lot.

Big-brand manufacturers seem to ignore the environmental impact of disposable nappies. This is...

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Let’s talk about nappies. Half a ton of nappies, actually. A year’s worth of disposable nappies for just one baby. Because babies poo. A lot.

Big-brand manufacturers seem to ignore the environmental impact of disposable nappies. This is...

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EthicalSuperstore.com: Creating Global Change Through An Ethical Consumer Revolution

David Haywood Smith — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:28 +0000

Earlier in the year I met up with a local lovely company. Hailing from the Team Valley Trading Estate in nearby Gateshead, EthicalSuperstore.com sells thousands of different groceries, gifts and gadgets from their easy-to-use website. I had...

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