Recycling

Yeah, we know, you’re already sorting your cardboard from your plastics when you throw out your rubbish at home. Bu there’s no reason your recycling efforts should stop there. Whether you’re swishing your clothes or making accessories out of old Coke cans, there are a million and one exciting ways tomore and throw away less. Our posts below should help you get inspired…

Clothes made from milk + solar powered ice cream = our highlights of the week

on 13 August 2011 in Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Travel with No Comments »

Our pick of the best green posts from around the web recently…

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Reasons to snog, marry and avoid Penelope Cruz, Mitch Winehouse and Premier League football clubs

on 5 August 2011 in Entertainment, Sport with No Comments »

We reveal Penelope Cruz’s eco-diet secrets, how Amy Winehouse’s dad is being green through his grief and why we can’t wait for the proper football season to start…

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Rocky just got cooler (sadly, Sylvester Stallone remains just as lame)

on 3 August 2011 in Sport, Stuff with No Comments »

It’s not often we see movie watching as cool as this. Films on Fridges is an outdoor cinema made entirely from discarded refrigerator doors. It has popped up near the 2012 Olympic Park and will be showing a whole host of classic sporting movies from Rocky to Cool Runnings…

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How to wind up a celebrity, Jeremy Clarkson style (and no, you won’t have to wear stone wash jeans)

on 2 August 2011 in Entertainment, Stuff with No Comments »

Jeremy Clarkson’s constant environmentalist-bashing seems to finally have caught up with him. Now, the petrol guzzler can look forward to a recyling depot being built right next to him with great views from his country home. Ah, how we do love a bit of irony! It also got us thinking about some of our other Global Tools and what their worst nightmare to wake up next door to would be…

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Get pecks like Becks and keep your balls golden

on 25 July 2011 in Lifestyle with 1 Comment »

Being at the Beck and call of his newborn daughter and with all those sleepless nights, how is Goldenballs gonna keep his chiseled good looks looking well, so chiseled? We’re here to help with these male beauty tips and eco products to keep you men looking so top-notch and Beck-oming…

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50 massive tunes, 50 reasons to Do It In Public at Lovebox

on 10 July 2011 in Entertainment with No Comments »

This summer we’ll once again be helping you find the easiest ways to Do It In Public on the festival circuit, ditching the car and taking public transport instead for the ultimate festival experience. Here comes Love Box festival…

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Life’s a picnic: How to be just as happy and smiley as these smug gits…

on 4 July 2011 in Lifestyle with No Comments »

We don’t doubt for a second that you lot look just as beautiful and manicured as these two above when you’re out and about having a summer picnic. But if you don’t and you’d like to know how you can, read on. And no, it’s got nothing to do with the happy pills they’ve clearly been taking, it’s because they followed our top tips for an eco picnic (honest)…

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Giving it some welly: Why Glasto is more than just a musical mud bath

on 1 July 2011 in Get Involved with No Comments »

Our latest Get Involved post comes from friend of Global Cool Stephen Ferdinando…

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COMP: Win a case of wine with Barefoot Wine’s Beach Rescue Tour

on 1 June 2011 in Win with 4 Comments »

We love lying on the beach in the summer sunshine, but we hate rolling over into someone else’s old crisp packets or cigarette butts. That’s why we’re fully behind Barefoot Wine’s initiative to clean up Britain’s beaches…

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Five tips for recycling in a modern world

on 25 May 2011 in Get Involved with No Comments »

Our latest Get Involved post comes from friend of Global Cool Liberty-Belle Howard…

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Snog Marry Avoid: Starring Mary-Kate Olsen, Ed Begley Jr. and The Apprentice

on 19 May 2011 in Entertainment with Comments Off

We’re always on the look out for the good, the bad and the ugly in celebsville. But unlike most of the celebrity rags, we’re more concerned with who’s using their canvas bag at the supermarket than who’s been spending a little bit too much quality time with the botox needle. And what better way to put them to rights than by playing our favourite TV show, Snog Marry Avoid…

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How to do the Blair Witch Project without scaring the shit out of the environment too

on 19 May 2011 in Lifestyle with No Comments »

We’ve got summer fever at Global Cool, and all we can talk about is warm evenings, cold beers and the great outdoors. It’s time to roll up your sleeping bag, grab some marshmallows and embark on a camping adventure. And to help, we’ve brought you our top tips on how to make your camping adventure – whether it’s with the masses at Glastonbury or scaring the shit out of each other Blair Witch Project style – even better, without leaving your stamp on the environment…

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