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13 June, 2008

Busy GGG Editors

The GGG editors have been a busy bunch lately.

As well as writing great GGG posts they all have their own exciting ventures, projects and businesses.

How do they do it?!

Read on to find out more...

Make Hay & Canvass Your MP

This month Jez and Vicky at Make Hay have been extremely happy to to be involved in the Canvass Your MP campaign.

This campaign was masterminded by a group of green bloggers who decided that something needs to be done about climate change and now.

In lightning speed the bloggers met, created the campaign concept and gave it a name. Then what they needed was a web team to design and build phase 1 of the website in just 72 hours! We couldn't let this pass by without being involved and so Jez, stepped up and volunteered. After burning the midnight oil all weekend the www.canvassyourmp.com website was launched on Monday.

Canvass Your MP is all about engaging your local MP, meeting him or her face to face, discussing your concerns about climate change and encouraging them to support proposals for a stronger Climate Change Bill - specifically to set a target of 80% cuts in CO2 emissions by 2050 rather than the current 60% which just isn't enough.

The green bloggers involved include friend of Make Hay Leonora Oppenheim from Treehugger and Asi Sharabi one of our very own Green Guys.

Find out more about how you can get involved at the Canvass Your MP website - www.canvassyourmp.com

Events from Greenfinder

Kate, of Greenfinder has been attending events up and down the UK to promote green businesses, services and products.

Kate started her summer tour at the UK Aware event in May. Read all about it on the Greenfinder blog

More upcoming green summer events...

Ludlow Green Festival
This year the Green Festival’s theme is climate change. The programme includes walks, talks, workshops and tours, and incorporates the Green Fair. For youngsters, the Festival offers fun family activities and schools workshops. A Green Fair will take place on Sunday 24th August in the town square.

Eco Fashion and Design Event
(Candid Arts, 1st Floor, Torrens Street, London)
Time to tear yourselves away from the idea of eco-fashion being all about cotton basics, casual wear and t-shirts! Eco Design Fair and amoosi have teamed up to create an exciting event to prove that eco-fashion can also be incredibly stylish, glamorous and well-tailored.
Thursday 19th June, 5-9pm (fashion parade 8pm)

Balsall Common Greenfest
Community groups in Balsall Common are running a green festival in Balsall Common, West Midlands (midway between Solihull and Coventry), on Saturday 19th July, on a car park by the shops (CV7 7FD), or in the Heart of England School Hall if wet. Organisations and groups wishing to have a stall please contact greenfest@thedyers.org.uk.

Find out about these events and more on the Greenfinder website: www.greenfinder.co.uk

Green Festival Man

Green Guy Gareth aka Green Festival Man is setting himself some serious challenges.

Gareth will be trying to reduce his carbon footprint at Glastonbury Festival this year by living by 10 greener festival tips, including going vegetarian. He's looking for 15 other meat-eaters to join him between the 25th - 29th June 2008, and try out vegetarianism: http://www.pledgebank.com/GoVegetarian

Over the coming weeks he'll also be reviewing a number of the latest eco-camping products and publishing his 10 Greener Festival / Camping Tips on GreenGuysGlobal.

As if that's not enough in February 2009 he's undertaking an Arctic Survival Challenge to try and raise £3500 for WaterAid to change the lives of 200 people. Please, please, please sponsor him a few quid www.justgiving.com/ChangeTheWorldNow . More on this challenge later.

Join the group ‘Follow The Green Festival Man’ on Facebook, and become a friend of the Green Festival Man on Myspace www.myspace.com/GreenFestivalMan.

Sustainable Love & Summer of Love Oil

Recently, 100 Best Dating Sites posted an "Ask the Experts" list of the top 100 relationship blogs. Green Girl Wendy Strgar's Making Love Sustainable blog was featured in this expert list as one of the best dating and relationship sites on-line.

With a voice that not only confronts love's most common complaints but inspires couples to put in the hard work, Wendy has brought love and intimacy back into the lives of the common couple. It is no wonder that her blog, Making Love Sustainable, is making waves throughout the on-line community.

Be sure to check out Wendy's blog www.goodcleanlove.com/blog for some insightful articles and an incredibly dynamic conversation.

For more great green resources and tools to build or ignite the passion in your relationship, visit the Good Clean Love website at www.goodcleanlove.com . Plus help her celebrate this month's "Summer of Love Oil" Contest.

Veg Box Recipes Teleclass Taster

Clare has probably been the busiest GGG of all with the arrival of her new baby Theo and continuing to run Veg Box Recipes.

On June 14th Clare is running a free teleclass called "Seasonal Food Made Easy". This is a preview session for a full 12 month eCourse of the same name.

The Seasonal Food Made Easy course will include monthly e-books on what's in season and what to do with it, videos on how to prepare ingredients, plus monthly teleclasses and an invitation-only Facebook members group / discussion board.

To find out more visit the Veg Box Recipes website:
www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/teleclass.html

World Rivers Project

Our newest GGG editor, Lee, has recently begun the World Rivers Project

World Rivers is a global collaboration uniting people through the element of water. Individuals from around the world dip white fabric in selected rivers. The fabric is then sewn together into a magnificent curtain.

International participants, like rivers flowing to the ocean, join together to form a larger whole.

If you can find white material, a river, a friend, camera...join in!

Visit www.worldriversproject.com to find out more.

Ethical Weddings Local Groups

Katie of Ethical Weddings is setting up an evening group, starting in Brighton in July, for anyone getting married who wants to have a chat about the whole process and share ideas on how to make it a more green and ethical event.

For more details see www.ethicalweddings.com/events For those who are interested in coming along (or in setting up a group in their own area), contact katie@ethicalweddings.com

The Latest from the GGG Blogs

The latest stories from the Girls and Guys.....

Marine Bill Update
After extensive campaigning from a wide range of environmental and conservation organisations the UK Government has included the Marine Bill (now called the Marine and Coastal Access Bill) in its draft legislative programme.... Read more.....

Bionsen Deodorant - A product review
Bionsen is a hypoallergenic range containing Japanese spa minerals and is aluminium and paraben free. There’s some science behind the deodorant as instead of it blocking the sweat glands like anti-perspirants, Bionsen tackle the odour instead....Read more...

Recycling: What you can do
I once read an article not that long ago about a lady who was asked to give up plastic for a week. She found this incredibly difficult and indeed with a family, it proved even tougher!...Read more...

Used Car versus Brand New Hybrid - What is the Greener Choice?
At first glance, the above choice seems pretty straight forward. A new hybrid, like the Toyota Prius, gets much better mileage, so how can it not be the greener choice?....Read more...

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