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Don’t want your scrap car? Why not donate it to charity.

Giveacar is the original car donation service in the UK. They will collect any car or vehicle, anywhere in the UK, free of charge. The service is environmentally friendly, as Giveacar only use authorised treatment facilities, which recycle 85% of a vehicle in terms of weight, corresponding to DVLA and Environmental Agency guidelines. To date the service has raised over £100,000, and it only started this year!

Find out more www.giveacar.co.uk

Thanks to Tom Chance, Director of Giveacar Ltd, for supplying the text for this entry – John

Posted by John on September 1, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
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You could win an Eco-button for your PC from the Carling website. Just press it when you have to leave your PC and it will reduce the power used by the PC whilst you are away.

You must be over 18 to access the site, but entry is free to anyone who registers. The closing date of the competition is 25th June, 2010.

http://www.carling.com/members/winwinwin/win-an-eco-button.html

Posted by John on June 18, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
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The government’s website, Direct.gov.uk, has a guide to moving house, aimed at highlighting the Green issues you may wish to consider when choosing a new home.

These include the obvious aspects such as how close it is to your place of work, schools etc, to its energy rating, saving power, green gardening, and recycling your household waste.

Click to Visit Guide

Posted by John on June 5, 2010 @ 4:34 pm
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*EMBEDDED VIDEO REMOVED* as it was stopping the site displaying correctly.

One of Computeractive magazine’s Online Video Picks of the Fortnight, which has you guessing till the end just what the heck it’s about.

Posted by John on May 30, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
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Sign up at GoCarbonFree.com and they’ll send you a free energy saving lightbulb.

The site enables you to earn personal carbon credits (PCCs) for free when you buy stuff through their portal site. For example, a 1Gb memory card costing £16.99 would get you 64 PCCs which is the equivalent carbon used by running a computer for one month.

Visit the site for more info

Posted by John on February 1, 2010 @ 9:08 pm
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“With the General Election just around the corner [the RSPB] are working hard to make sure that nature isn’t forgotten. By signing the Letter to the Future you’ll be ensuring that nature has a voice.”

The letter states that “As well as protecting jobs, I want them to tackle climate change and to protect our seas, countryside and wildlife.”

If you sign it, make sure you check the tickboxes if you don’t want the RSPB to contact you with updates and fund raising requests. Visit the link below for full details and to add your signature.

Sign the Letter Here!

Posted by John on January 31, 2010 @ 2:10 pm
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“This holiday season, Stella Artois is asking you to help protect an endangered South American rainforest by saving 1 million trees.“….

…by sending a Free 3D seasonal e-Card from their website (though you have to be the legal age to consume alcohol in your community — e.g. 18 in the UK). You need a webcam to see the full effect but there is a nowebcam option too.

Visit Stella Artois

Posted by John on December 17, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
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Tesco Greener Living are offering digital versions of popular magazine to download for free!

The bad news is that the site says that the reader software needs your PC to be at least 2 GHz processor speed, with a minimum 512 MB of RAM and at least 1 GB free hard disk space — so that’s me out then.

If you’ve a better, less full, PC than mine, visit http://tesco.goreadgreen.com/ for more details.

UPDATE: There is an option to read the digital magazine in your web browser but you will need Flash installed and it’s still not really a practical option for the RAM (PC memory) challenged like me.

Posted by John on November 25, 2009 @ 6:53 pm
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“For a limited time only, Breathing Places has joined forces with PlantforLife to give away over 1000 trees to get people involved in the world record event – Tree O’Clock“.

To find your nearest stockist, check the BBC Breathing Spaces website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/treeoclock/tree_giveaways/

Offer limited to one per household, whilst stocks last.

Posted by John on November 23, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
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Just fill in your details on bioGolfTee.com and you will receive a free sample of their biodegradable golf tees.

May take three weeks or so to arrive however as the offer has been quite popular.

Go to Offer

Posted by John on November 18, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
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