Carry on Cardboard Camping
February 28, 2007 at 10:46 pm
a lot of tents
A big bit of the arduous festival clean up may soon be a thing of the past thanks to an ingenious young inventor and his cardboard tent.

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ReCoup Receive a Crisp Reception
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Recoup
As previously reported on Global Cool London based electronica trio ReCoup have produced the artwork for their latest single, ‘Remind You’, using recycled crisp packets. However, this innovative energy saving marketing ruse has not gone down so well with the regulators of the British charts.

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Miliband Goes to the Movies
February 27, 2007 at 12:40 pm
David Miliband enjoying a pre-film ice cream
With the news that Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ scooped two Oscars at Sunday evening’s 79th Academy Awards, Environment Secretary David Miliband attended a special screening of the movie in London last night, followed by a Q&A session as part of Friends of the Earth’s ‘Big Ask’ campaign.

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Make Films, Make Money
February 26, 2007 at 4:48 pm
SceneWon
With ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ cleaning up at this year’s Oscars, the environment has never been such a hot topic for filmmakers – and never one to miss a trend, Global Cool has joined forces with innovative new film initiative, Scenewon, which is offering 10 talented eco-auteurs the chance of winning a share of the £10,000 prize fund.

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‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Triumphs at Oscars
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Al Gore & Leonardo DiCaprio at the Oscars 2007
‘An Inconvenient Truth’, Al Gore’s cinematic call to arms on climate change, picked up two Oscars at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood last night. The groundbreaking documentary picked up the prestigious prizes for Best Documentary and Best Song.

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All Systems Go for EarthFireIce Sahara Marathon
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EarthFireIce... they like dressing up
As reported earlier by Global Cool, our ace friends at EarthFireIce, that’s Sean Cornwell and Ed Stumpf, will later today attempt to run 26 miles in dangerously baking conditions when they take part in the grueling Sahara Marathon.

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Global Warming Ready? Diesel Is
February 25, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Diesel Mount Rushmore
Fashion leaders Diesel are currently courting controversy with their latest marketing ruse: the suggestion that global warming might not be such a bad thing after all.

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Bloc Party Questions Labour’s Priorities
February 23, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Bloc Party
Kele Okereke from Bloc Party believes the money the Government intend on spending on Trident would be better invested in the fight against climate change.

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Eco-Rides Finally Get Sexy
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eXasis
While drivers across the nation are getting increasingly cross with the rising cost of motoring, the smarter end of car industry is finding ways to save motorists a few quid while doing their bit for the environment.

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Global Cool Goes to the Oscars
February 22, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Orlando Bloom
Last night Global Cool attended a star-studded pre-Oscar bash in Los Angeles. The event, the 3rd Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Party, attracted some of Hollywood’s biggest green-thinking stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Penelope Cruz, Orlando Bloom and multi-million selling singer James Blunt.

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