Category: Ethical/Eco
Don’tDumpThat forum relaunched
If you have stuff to get rid of that is too good for the bin but you can’t be arsed selling it on eBay or whatever, why not give it away? DontDumpThat is a Freecycle type website that is broken down into regional areas so you can view local stuff easily. DontDumpThat is also good […]
Why the term “green” is nonsense.
I’m going to get straight to the point with this one. Things can not be described as “green” or “not green”. Everything has an impact, no matter how eco-friendly it is trying to be. The alternative phrase might be “greener”, but then this falls foul of nothing to compare it to. There has to be […]
Climate change: Requirements for a well founded argument
Ok, enough people waffling on about “global warming”, “climate change”, “cO2” offsets etc etc. Back to basics for me. I dont know what is happening with the climate. This is fine, I am not jumping to premature conclusions based on weak media articles. An argument requires premises and supporting evidence to reach a firm conclusion. […]
“He said, she said” drama VS getting things done
People often cause themselves untold amount of trouble, and then spend half their lives telling other people about said trouble. I want to get things done in my life, so I haven’t got time or energy to listen to their self inflicted woes. If people make bad choices and refuse to change things, then I […]
“Green”? Bollocks.
Everyone is jumping on the “green” bandwagon. However, cutting polluting effects of their products by 1% does not give companies the right to splash “GREEN!” all over it. That is such cynical marketing, and misses the point completely. This leads on to another point about advertising in general. They are professional liars who slant things […]
FD now on Green web hosting
After DNS fun, endless FTP sessions and copying databases across servers, Ferret’s Domain is now powered by Windmills. Which is hopefully where it staying forever, because I really don’t want to have to do that again :O Green web hosting is available from FCS Websites from £5.75 a month.