And the Winner Is….

Not us, not this time. I am of course referring to the winner of the Great Energy Race (you remember when I went a bit crazy blogging every day about energy saving…) that we took part in for the Observer Ethical Awards. Last night was the Green Carpet Awards Ceremony, and I donned my new, … Continue reading →

They Think It’s All Over…

Phew! We’ve done it. The end of the B&Q Great Energy Race for this years Observer Ethical Awards. Thankyou so much for all your brilliant, inspiring and helpful comments-they have helped to make the whole thing truly interactive. Hopefully through the (seemingly endless) blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, and even the odd Radio appearance, everybody has … Continue reading →

Live Better, Save Energy

I blogged a few weeks ago, before the Great Energy Race started (was there a time when I wasn’t so obsessed with all things with energy..?!) about the Guardian’s Live Better site on their online paper. It is fabulous. Each month, they are focussing on a different aspect of sustainable living. Last month was all … Continue reading →

Excuse me, there’s a draft…

Drafts. We all hate them. And they are a huge culprit in allowing the hard earned heat we pump into our homes, to leak out. So how do you stop them? Draft excluders-the clue is in the name. Apparently the humble draft excluder can save you 15% of your total heating bill-if that is true, … Continue reading →

Chop Chop!

When reviewing the gadgets and gizmos that were around to try and reduce our energy use in heating our homes, I briefly mentioned the Chop Cloc. And here is lovely hubby, with his second guest post of the Great Energy Race (the first one is here), all about Chopping! If you have ever seen Family … Continue reading →

Wonderbag Update

I blogged last week about the amazing, energy saving wondrous, Wonderbag. I considered attempting to make my very own homemade wonderbox, but then decided that actually, I think the Wonderbag pretty effectively meets my post Make Do and Mend Year “If I do buy new, make sure it’s ethical” rules. The polystyrene chips that they … Continue reading →

You Watt…?

Today, we take a look at lighting, and are all very lucky… A guest post! From my lovely hubby 🙂 Hello all! I thought it was time I contributed to the blog-a-thon that is the Great Energy Race 2014. Being the boy in this team it falls to me to look at gadgety gizmoey technology to … Continue reading →

Electricity Saving Gadgets and Gizmos

Our Electric (I hope you are all appreciating the ingenious double meaning use of Electric this week, electric as in electricity, and electric as in cool, and exciting and fully charged with awesome-ness…) week for the Great Energy Race continues. Yesterday, if you missed it, there was a long (some might say fairly dry and dull…) … Continue reading →

Electricity Saving Hints and Tips

I thought I would kick-start our ‘Electric’ week with some basic hints and tips and ideas for using less electricity, many of which I am sure you all know, but there might be the odd gem in there! And again, I really would love this to be an inter-active process, and you guys to share your … Continue reading →

Current Affairs

Do you see what I did there with the ingenious pun in the post title? This week, for the B&Q Great Energy Race, it’s all about Electricity! Before we start, I need to make it clear that I am not an environmental scientist, I struggled with GCSE physics, and a lot of this makes my head … Continue reading →