Yahoos are always looking for new information, websites, articles, and videos to share. Yahoo! Green editors are a diverse bunch interested in all kinds of Earth-friendly stuff, like organic food, green parenting, recyclable crafts, biking to work, eco-travel, and sustainable holidays.
Put these groups together and you get this blog, Green Picks. We're highlighting useful and interesting things we find around the Internet as we try to change our lives and our planet for the better.
Recent Blog Entries
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Paris reveals host of new green cars
By Shane O' Donoghue for Y! Green Picks UK
Of the eighty or so cars displayed for the first time at the Paris Show, at least thirty of them have been developed with lower fuel consumption and emissions in mind. From city cars, to futuristic concepts and useful family cars to sports saloons, hybrid Read full post »
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Tracking carbon through your phone
By Paul Bradley for Y! Green Picks UK
A British student has invented a way for people to track their own carbon footprint through their mobile phone. The Carbon Hero, designed by Royal College of Art graduate Andreas Zachariah, is a personal carbon calculator and works by tracking a person th Read full post »
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Bill Gates goes green with algae
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Rather interesting development, whether you're a green investor yourself or simply someone with a care for the planet. Read full post »
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Stop worrying, the planet will be fine...
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
For those of us worrying that the message of conservation is not getting through to many people, eco-blogger David at The Good Human has been busily propagating a new set of ideas. Read full post »
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From Virgin Atlantic seat cover to eco IT bag
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Looking for the perfect bag? One that combines solid eco credentials with style? Read full post »
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Energy saving grants and offers
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Along with the other reams of useful energy saving information on their website, the Energy Saving Trust have put together a guide to all the energy saving grants and offers out there for homeowners and tenants alike. Read full post »
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ECO Showerdrop
By Nigel's Eco Store for Y! Green Picks UK
A low-cost shower meter that'll save water and money Taking a shower is considered to be better for the environment, and your pocket, than having a bath (which uses 80 to 100 litres of water). But a modern power shower can use 20 litres of water Read full post »
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Anchovies are out, so what fish can I eat?
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Bad news this week for those who love an anchovy on their pizzas: it has been announced that monitored stock levels are at crisis point. Read full post »
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Back to school the eco friendly way
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
It's the time of the year most parents dread, but never fear! Hippyshopper have put together a fantastic guide to sending your kids back to school eco-style. Read full post »
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BedZED: realising "one planet living" in London
By Ann Lockhart and Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Historically, the UK has lagged behind more 'enlightened' states such as Denmark and Germany on the eco housing scale, but can the success of BedZED herald a new direction for developers and for UK green living? Read full post »
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Guide to green technologies
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Want to reduce your carbon footprint but don't know your biomass from your hydro? Greenphase is a fantastically useful resource. Read full post »
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Unlock the hidden value of your home
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
With the prognosis for the housing market decidedly on the doom and gloom side, the nice people at the Energy Saving Trust can offer eco-aware homeowners a glimmer of hope. Read full post »
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Green your web hosting
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
If you're racking your brains to think of new and inventive ways to shrink that carbon footprint, why not switch your personal or business website to an eco-friendly web hosting company? Read full post »
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A green Porsche?
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
This may sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but the new Porsche 911 is a supercar with a conscience: improving fuel economy markedly and lowering carbon dioxide emissions by 15% on the previous model. Read full post »
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Rock tours by bike
By Ann L. for Y! Green Picks UK
In 2007, the Ginger Ninjas became the first band in the history of rock and role to tour by bicycle unsupported by automobile. Pedaling through Mexico in their “Pleasant Revolution” tour in 2007, they used a mere 0.3 barrels of oil and emitted Read full post »
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Cut your heating bill by 90%
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Fancy cutting your heating bill drastically? Perhaps an eco home is for you. Read full post »
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Down with disposables! A guide to battery recharging
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
Disposable batteries have to be one of the worst items you can throw away. Mainly ending up in landfill, they contain a number of highly toxic metals that pollute the soil and poison ground water. That's not only bad for animals and plants, but also us h Read full post »
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Green homes concierge service
By Ann L. for Y! Green Picks UK
Ever wish it was easy to sort through all the information you needed to go through to make your home greener and reduce your carbon footprint? The Green Homes concierge service is set up to help with just that. ... Read full post »
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Working for a free range future
By Jo Dimbleby for Y! Green Picks UK
It's a win-win for sustainability and animal welfare. Adopt some hens, save on the food miles - and give a second chance to some of the 20 million battery hens currently living in extremely poor conditions, with no possibility of exhibiting natu Read full post »
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Charging mobile phones by dancing
By Paul Bradley for Y! Green Picks UK
Wave your arms in the air and charge your phone like you just don't careOrange have announced the launch of a mobile phone charger prototype that is powered by dance energy. The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, susta Read full post »
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