101 Ways, 360 and smoking ban

Internet is full of lists on how to improve your environmental impact.

Here is one with 101 points.

Would you use a bank that cannot count?
In Portugal the BES - the holy spirit bank (sic!) - has a commercial saying that if you want a new direction in life you should take a 360 degree turn with them. It is just than turning 360 is making a full circle so you are back where you started. If they really wanted to make full use of the angle analogy they would choose 90.

A recent Swedish report claims that non-smoking personnel that work in bars have much less problems with coughing and red eyes after the smoking ban in bars and restaurants were implemented in Sweden.

5 positive things about Portugal

Just bough a copy (rather a big bag full of different papers) of the saturday issue of Expresso. The section called Unica containts 5 interviews with green entrepreneurs.

ValorCar - recycles old cars. Strips them of parts and recycle or reuse them.

Mario Sua Kay - architect that designs energy efficient houses. He says that we he started people were not impressed with his ideas. Now people are starting to pay attention but still very few environment friendly houses in Portugal.

AoSol - An all Portuguese solar panel company. They design, make and sell solar panels for heating water. All of it in Portugal. They are now developing solar powered systems for desalination of ocean water and purification of grey water. It is free energy they say.

MultiRecolha - They collect used deep frying oil from restaurants. From that they make either oils from machines or diesel.

Quinta do Vale Pequeno - Organic winemaker - Inspired by nature the owner (Luis Mendes) decided that agrotoxins were not necessary. Now they grow grapes and a large variety of fruits and vegetables using organic agriculture. From that they make wines, jams and conserves etc. All ecological!

Portugal really need some heroes, some good examples of how to use good practises. Here they are, enjoy!