GreenChoices

FAQ

Welcome to the GreenChoices Frequently Asked Questions section. Here you will find some of the common enquiries we receive at GreenChoices, with some helpful suggestions as to how to find the answers.

A: Provide a link to GreenChoices.

Q: Are there any job vacancies at GreenChoices?
A: GreenChoices does not have any job vacancies at present, and does not plan to hire in the future.

A: If you would like your company or organisation to have a link on one of the GreenChoices pages, we would be happy to oblige provided:

1. Your business or activity is in line with the aims of GreenChoices, namely to promote best practice in sustainable lifestyle choices for the UK.
2. You are a UK company, or an overseas company with a UK distribution outlet. We are concerned to reduce transportation costs as far as possible, and clearly listing (for example) a US mail order catalogue will result in all products ordered by a UK audience travelling unnecessary air miles.

Please email the webmaster giving details of your company/organisation, the website address and at least one email contact. We will have a look at your site to make sure you meet the above criteria, and decide whether or not to link to you. If we do decide to make a link, we would appreciate a reciprocal link on your site, perhaps on a "links to other sites" page. Please use the following:

URL: http://www.greenchoices.org
Caption: GreenChoices - the UK guide to greener living

We do not charge for the time that it takes to approve and include links on the GreenChoices site, because providing links to suppliers and organisations is an essential part of providing our readers with the information they need. However, it does represent a considerable load on our resources, so if you feel that we are benefiting you by including a link to your site, please consider making a donation to enable GreenChoices to carry on providing this service.

More details on our Supporting GreenChoices page 

Q: What's the most eco-friendly product in a particular category?
A: We get a lot of enquiries of the form "I need to buy a new washing machine - which model is the most environmentally friendly?". GreenChoices does not aim to provide this kind of comparative information, as it requires considerable resources to research and keep up-to-date. It would not be possible to provide this as a free service to our users.

What GreenChoices can provide is links to other information sources which can help you find the answers yourself. If it's obvious which of our categories your enquiry belongs in, you might try the relevant category page (e.g. for the above question about washing machines, maybe the 'Cleaning' section would be a good start).

If that doesn't help, you could try a source of comparative information such as Ethical Consumer Magazine, or Which? Online. 

If you still don't find what you want, a good search engine such as Google UK might be the answer. There are also discussions on Usenet News which can provide useful pointers. Google Groups provides a convenient way of searching Usenet forums without the bother of setting up a News Reader program.

Finally, if you know of any other sources of online information not listed here which can help GreenChoices users find the answers they want, please email the Webmaster.

Q: Can I publicise my project through GreenChoices?
A: Yes, and we would strongly encourage you to do so! We run the feature articles section which carries articles about projects and issues contributed by our users. Feature articles should be no more than 2000 words, and can contain up to 6 pictures. Please email your article as either plain text (preferred), HTML or MS Word 97/2000 to the webmaster. Images should be sent in either gif or jpeg format (we cannot deal with Photoshop documents!). GreenChoices reserves the right to edit any contribution received, and does not guarantee to publish all material submitted.