Brits prepare for GREEN Christmas

Dear All,

The good ole' Brits are taking up the ethical GREEN Christmas shopping challenge to provide gifts to fill their stockings for family and friends. This is a recent survey conducted by the environmental charity Cool Earth.

Congratulations on those who are trying to make a difference in their own independent way. Every ethical green conscience action counts no matter how minor or major. Keep up the good work.

All the best
Andreas

Have a read at the latest article.

The UK is preparing for a green - rather than a white - Christmas this year, according to environmental charity Cool Earth.

In an independent survey of over 1,000 British adults, the charity found a range of ethical and environmental gifts were at the top of people's Christmas lifts.
They included a ipod solar charger, a wind-up radio, a bike to use instead of the car and an acre of rainforest.
However, Cool Earth found that not all ethical presents would be gratefully unwrapped on Christmas morning.
Consumers turned their nose up at elephant dung stationery as a festive gift.
Cool Earth Director, Matthew Owen, said: "Christmas is usually a time of excess so it's great to see that lots of Brits are planning on buying their friends and families a present that will protect rather than harm the environment this year.
"During the festive season, each of our carbon footprints will rocket as we over consume, travel more frequently and for longer and use lots more energy.
Therefore, we all need to do our bit and do something to redress the balance."
Government department Defra estimates that the UK's Christmas rubbish mountain includes one billion cards, six million trees, 80,000 tonnes of old clothes and other textiles and 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper.
It all adds up to a bloated festive season waste total of three million tonnes.