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• Friday 28 May 2010

• How green is the iPad?

  

  Greener than a laptop? ... the Apple iPad. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

  Leo Hickman: Will I save electricity by using an iPad rather than a laptop?

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  Posted by Leo Hickman 10.53 BST

• Friday 30 April 2010

• Dyson and Kimberly Clark in hand to hand combat over hot air v paper towels

  

  James Dyson's Airblade, a high-speed hand dryer for public toilets Photograph: Sarah Lee

  Leo Hickman: Airblade maker accuses US hand towel manufacturer of landing low blow over bacteria claims and calls for independent analysis Continue reading...
  Posted by Leo Hickman 16.05 BST

• PepsiCo's Dream Machine: recycling bad habits while guzzling energy?

  Leo Hickman: If the kiosks reduce landfill, great – but the environmental impact of building and running them may negate their savings

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  Posted by Leo Hickman 13.09 BST

• Thursday 29 April 2010

• Eco message in Furry Vengeance film is as subtle as a sledgehammer

  Leo Hickman: Environmental messages in this movie may be clunky and forced but there is a strong argument for introducing children to green issues through film Continue reading...
  Posted by Leo Hickman 12.12 BST

• Wednesday 28 April 2010

• Satino Black rolls out green toilet paper

  

  New Scientist has identified toilet paper among our top five eco crimes. Photograph: Tim Ridley/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley

  Leo Hickman: Loo roll is among our top five 'eco crimes'. But without a bidet or copies of the Guardian, is there a sustainable option?

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  Posted by Leo Hickman 11.42 BST

• Tuesday 27 April 2010

• Kevin McCloud's top green home tips

  

  Kevin McCloud, TV presenter. Photograph: Channel 4

  Kevin McCloud: As Grand Designs Live opens, TV presenter Kevin McCloud selects 10 products from recycled scourers to insulating blinds

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  Posted by Kevin McCloud 13.23 BST

• Monday 26 April 2010

• The great 'real' nappy debate

  

  The co-editor of Ethical Consumer magazine Dan Welch with his son Billy who has no experience of 'real' nappies. Photograph: Dan Welch

  Ethical Consumer's Dan Welch asks whether parents should ditch the eco-angst this Real Nappy Week Continue reading...
  Posted by Dan Welch 11.59 BST

• Thursday 22 April 2010

• Earth Day 2010 grows a Google Doodle forest for its 40th birthday

  

  Earth Day 2010 Google Doodle. Photograph: Google

  Adam Vaughan: Google marks Earth Day with 'doodle', but has the green movement outgrown this worldwide celebration started in 1970

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  Posted by Adam Vaughan 10.48 BST

• Friday 9 April 2010

• ArcelorMittal's emissions make a monumental joke of Olympic park tower

  

  Anish Kapoor's Olympic tower design. Photograph: PR

  Felicity Carus: Is a tower sponsored by a steel empire with emissions matching that of the Czech Republic appropriate as a lasting monument to the 'world's first sustainable Olympics'? Continue reading...
  Posted by Felicity Carus 15.28 BST

• Tuesday 6 April 2010

• Greenpeace could learn a simple lesson on manners from George Washington

  

  Greenpeace activists scale Mount Rushmore last July to hang a banner urging Barack Obama to get tough on climate change. But, says Leo Hickman, Greenpeace staff could learn from the writings of George Washington. Photograph: Greenpeace/AFP

  Leo Hickman: Threatening climate sceptics and warning Twitter followers you are armed with a knife are not smart moves from Greenpeace India's communications director, Gene Hashmi Continue reading...
  Posted by Leo Hickman 15.14 BST

• Friday 26 March 2010

• NatGeo cheapens its brand by linking with vile air freshener

  Leo Hickman: Love the planet? Love the clean smell of Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone? Breathe deep as NatGeo sells its brand down the river Continue reading...
  Posted by Leo Hickman 12.21 GMT

• Wednesday 24 March 2010

• Do critics of UN meat report have a beef with transparency?

  

  The 2006 UN report said global meat production was responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images

  Leo Hickman: Bloggers and sceptics leaping all over a UN report that 'exaggerated' the link between meat and climate change are not revealing that the scientist challenging the figures has been funded by the livestock industry

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  Posted by Leo Hickman 16.26 GMT

• Friday 19 March 2010

• What's the impact of keeping fish?

  

  What's the environmental impact of keeping pet fish? Photograph: PA

  Are there ways to lower the energy costs of running a tank without threatening the fish inside?

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  Posted by Leo Hickman 11.47 GMT

• Wednesday 17 March 2010

• Everybody's talking about: Fishing, lead poisoning and first signs of spring

  

  A fishing boat heads out to sea at Eyemouth harbour, in the Scottish Borders. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

  Environmentguardian.co.uk's interaction manager rounds up this week's liveliest debates

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  Posted by Mariam Cook 13.09 GMT

• Monday 15 March 2010

• You ask, they answer: Ethical Consumer magazine

  

  Hannah Berry of Ethical Consumer magazine conducts an 'ethical audit' of a kitchen. Photograph: David Sillitoe

  Ethical Consumer will be online this week to give advice and explain the methodology it uses to rate brands – post your questions below

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  Posted by Adam Vaughan 11.20 GMT

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