At first glance, it would seem that opening the windows of your car would definitely save more fuel than using the air conditioning.

Kids just seem to require more room as they grow, don't they? Many families end up extending or renovating the family home at some stage. Here are some tips for renovating right. By factoring in energy efficiency early on, you can create a home and minimizes greenhouse emissions and that saves you money on power and gas bills in the future.

An EU study reports that the losses experienced by the Global Economy due to the current banking crisis pale in comparison to the annual cost of deforestation.

Sorry to disappoint, EarthMums, but I'm not talking about our Nic. Hahaha. I'm talking about French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who announced yesterday that his government will mobilise 400 million euros of public money exclusively for research and development on non-carbon vehicles.

I've discovered this brilliant site for EarthMums - EnviroMom.com. It's just bulging with fabulous articles for mums and dads who are trying to raise environmentally conscious kids and manage healthy households.

Dishwashers are just too good, aren't they? We've been living without ours for the past 2 years and I recently got it fixed, and I am LOVING IT!! I just love the sound of it wishy-washying away, doing the job that I used to do. Excellent stuff.

But how green is your dishwasher?

Oh my god. Who would have thought something as benign as a humble biscuit would be making a covert contribution to global warming?

I used to have good underwear just for special occasions, but being the hedonist that I am, I decided life was too short for days spent in ugly undies. So now I wear nice underwear, matching sets, everyday. And you can too. For the eco-sexual EarthMum, there are beautiful pieces produced by sustainable practises.

Courtesy of Grist - for the next year, Government agencies in Utah are trialing a four-day work-week in an effort to cut energy consumption in buildings and fuel expenditure associated with employee commutes and to reduce associated carbon emissions.

I've been using my bokashi bin for about a year now, and although I love that you can chuck in your meat scraps, I'm just too lazy, *erhm*, busy to dig a hole and bury it. I end up chucking it in my compost bin, so I am back where I began, trying to make some decent Bunnings-esque compost. You might be able to tell from my tone that this modest goal eludes me still.