- This week Amazon hiked their rates for third party sellers on their website, a move that may put many smaller e-retailers out of business. If, like me, you are still wondering where to shop instead of Amazon, Ethical Consumer have some ideas.
- The possibility of entirely organic computers has taken a step forward as scientists have created a transistor out of DNA and RNA.
- Kickstarter project of the week goes to The Post War Orchestra, who take old military equipment and turn it into musical instruments.
- I was pleased to report recently that growing your own food was going to be in the new primary school curriculum. But then I got a number of emails this week about the fact that climate change and sustainable development has been removed. The tories giveth, and the tories taketh away. (Before we rush off to sign those petitions, Leo Hickman points out that this might not be what we think.)
The Earthbound Report 
Thanks for the link to Ethical Consumer’s alternatives to Amazon, very helpful.
Another one that may be useful is http://www.localbookshops.co.uk