Finding greener products

Where do you go to find greener products? Are they really that green? Here are a few places you could begin looking - though often the greenest option is just to consume all products less and share more!

http://www.green-providers.co.uk/

http://www.bristolgreenstore.co.uk/

http://www.biggreenswitch.co.uk/

Activities update

Sustainable Knowle is planning to do a litter pick in and around the Callington Rd Tesco area. We also plan to: contribute to the current council consultation on noise pollution; produce a rough estimate of the ecological footprint of Knowle to put a scale on the local sustainability challenge. We are already part of the consultation process which is drawing up an Area Green Space Plan for Knowle/Windmill Hill/Filwood wards under the council's Parks and Green Spaces Strategy and are campaigning to prevent a local pub, The Friendship Inn from being turned into a Tesco Express (we may well support/object/comment on other planning applications in Knowle and have linked up with the Bristol Neighbourhood Planning Network). We have quite a few things under discussion, including: film shows (The Carbon Weevil; End of Suburbia...); looking at use of lighting locally via night walks; supporting campaigns to end plastic bag use in local shops...

Contact us for further details of the above.

Free download: measure your personal and household environmental impacts

Free download of some great software for assessing your personal and/or environmental impacts - see Earth Aware.

Alternatively you could try out WWF's online ecological footprint calculator.

Both are great for raising your awareness, putting a scale on your impacts, indicating where you can be greener and healthier. Cutting out waste through efficiency eg of energy or food, can save you money too!

Google group list

Sustainable Knowle members and supporters communicate with each other via a google group list. If you are interested in becoming a member/supporter either contact us via the details in the right hand margin or alternatively go to:http://groups.google.com/group/sustainableknowle