Green roof sheds – 5 common questions.
John from secrets-of-shed-building has kindly written us a post about green roofs which I know a lot of you are thinking about and something Iam sure a few of the Eco-sheds will have. and...
Environment
Focus on environmental aspects of sheds, including sustainability, green building, wildlife habitats, and nature conservation.
Lady Sheddie invents powerless fridge update
I saw this yesterday, but did not get round to posting it but it’s a follow up to something I posted last year. according to the telegraph An inventor is helping underdeveloped nations with...
Happy new shed year + Eco Judge announcement
Happy new year sheddies, I hope this year brings you more shed related antics than 2008. I hope Shed Week 2009 will be the best ever (If I get my planning done now) Anyway...
Shed smashed with falling rock
The BBC reports A five tonne boulder came away from a rock face and fell 60ft (18m) into a garden in Somerset, flattening a shed. The boulder also shifted an oil tank – containing...
Want a nuclear power station the size of your shed?
The gaurdian reports. photo credit: heyu1021 Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US...
Women who lives in shed due to ‘environmental illness’ forced to leave
The Daily Mail reports For most people living in this bleak-looking 160sq ft steel shed, complete with aluminium foil blocking the sunlight coming through the windows, would be a terrifying nightmare. But this American...
My Grreen shed winner
Did any of you sheddies go to the Granddesign show and see the sheds? Unveiled in front of 50,000 people, the UK premier of eight, unique, customised garden sheds by Birmingham City University stole...
Grow a living roof for your garden shed
The mirror reports on the how to grow a roof on your garden shed. 3 reasons to do it Other than simply looking fantastic, living roofs will: 1. Attract wildlife – beneficial insects and...
Just Sheds: An Eco-shed to watch out for
This week I will look at a shed which is being built Eco Shed This shed is being constructed out of Rammed Earth and will eventually have a Living Roof. I chose earth as...
Kevin McCloud promotes a Grrreen Shed
According to the Birmingham post, Kevin designer and not know to be a fan of sheds in the past McCloud is helping Brum Uni to get the shed out. The “My Grrreen Shed†scheme...
