Time 'Off'

Google allow their employees one day in five to do what they want – so long as they record the results. 50% of their new stuff comes from this day; not just ideas – products.

Eight years left of landfill

Britain will run out of landfill space in less than eight years' time - unless recycling rates are boosted and the amount of rubbish dumped in the ground is reduced. http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=12347120

Biophilia

A somewhat controversial hypothesis put forward by Edward Wilson is the idea that humans evolved as creatures deeply enmeshed with the intricacies of nature, and that we still have this affinity with nature ingrained in our genotype. http://www.wilderdom.com/evolution/BiophiliaHypothesis.html

Dumping used plastic bottles in landfill can sometimes be better for the environment

Dumping used plastic bottles in landfill can sometimes be better for the environment than recycling them a controversial report claims. The study by Californian consultants SRI Consulting suggests in certain countries disposing of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles in landfill generates the least carbon. http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=18558

Cash for all types of electrical waste

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Ecological Debt Day

21 August was ecological debt day: the point at which humanity used up all the sustainable resources for the entire year; in 1987 it fell on 19 December.

Government subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industry in 2008 amounted to $557m; 10 times the amount provided to renewable energy in 2009.

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/08/04/subsidies-for-fossil-fuels-ten-times-higher-than-renewables/