WIN! a Bye-Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit!

The Bye-Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit will make sure you never leave anything on standby again!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Bye Bye Standby is a brand new energy saving solution designed to reduce the daily energy consumption of electrical devices.

Bye Bye Standby works by completely cutting power to the devices plugged into it when they're not in use, thus saving the power that these devices would otherwise have consumed in Standby Mode.

Bye Bye Standby is the easiest way to save energy, carbon emissions and money.This starter kit includes:1 x Remote Control 3 x Smart SocketsHow to use Bye Bye Standby:Simply plug a Smart Socket into a mains wall socket and plug an electrical appliance into it.

Make sure the remote control and the Smart Socket are set to the same ‘House Code’. You can now switch your appliances on and off wirelessly from up to 30m away and by doing so you will avoid leaving them on standby. This could help save up to £38 a year!

Think of all the gadgets you leave around your house on standby!

The Bye-Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit can be used with TVs, DVD players, Sky boxes, stereo, PC etc.

The competition is open until 8th December and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here now for your chance to win!

WIN! £300 of eco friendly Christmas shopping!

The new Shopping Spree competition from the Big Green Switch is here to take the sting out of this year's Christmas shopping, both for the environment AND your wallet!

As the weeks between now and Christmas very quickly start to fall away, our thoughts are turning to the annual trials and tribulations of Christmas shopping!

But, the Big Green Switch is here to help by giving you the chance to win £300 worth of eco friendly gifts and gadgets for your friends and family!

Simply take a look through the Big Green Shop and build yourself a Christmas Gift List of all the great things you'd love to give as Christmas presents, up to the total value of £300. We'll then pick one Gift List at random - and pay for everything on the winning list!*

The Big Green Shop is packed with fantastic eco friendly gift ideas to suit everyone - from gadget lovers and keen gardeners to fashion followers and pamper product fans.

So don't miss your chance to bag your Christmas shopping for FREE and enjoy a bright green Christmas by scooping a huge shopping basket full of brilliant eco friendly goodies!

How to take part:

	Firstly, you need to register and log-in to the Big Green Shop. New users can register here while existing users of either the Big Green Switch or Big Green Shop sites can log in here. (Your usual Big Green Switch log in details will work fine on the Shop - there's no need to re-register).
	After you've logged in, click on the "My Shopping Lists" option on your account page and create yourself a new shopping list called "Christmas competition list".**
	Now you're ready to start browsing around the Big Green Shop site to discover a whole range of great eco friendly gifts perfect for friends and family this Christmas.As you find products that you would like to be included in your possible prize pack, simply click the "Add to Shopping List" option for that product.When prompted, tick to add the product to your existing "Christmas competition list" and click done.
	Continue browsing and adding products to your list until you've reached between £280 and £300 worth of items (Take care not to exceed £300 or your entry will not count). You can view the running total value at the top of your list by choosing the "View List" option after adding an item to it or by clicking on "My Account" and then "My Shopping Lists". Then all you have to do is sit back and relax!At the end of the promotion, we'll be picking one list at random and paying for all the items on it for the lucky winner.*
So click here to register/log in and start building your dream Christmas Gift List of great green products! * Terms & Conditions apply

** Note: entrants to our previous "shopping spree" competitions will need to create a new list for thisd competition and add products to that new list. Your previous list(s) cannot be accepted as an entry to this new competition.

Get set for Energy Saving Week 2008

This year's Energy Saving Week, the Energy Saving Trust's annual flagship week, runs from October 20th to 26th.

Now in its 12th year, Energy Saving Week challenges people todiscover their carbon footprint and adopt energy saving measures to reduce their CO2 emissions.

Saving energy around the home just makes sense. Not only does it help the environment as you cut your carbon emissions and reduce the threat from climate change but saving energy will also save you a decent chunk of money on your energy bills too.

There are various ways you can take action and get involved with Energy Saving Week 2008 here on the Big Green Switch website:

WIN! one of five chic, energy-saving Eco Toasters!

Green your breakfast with the cool and chic Ecolectric Eco Toaster from EthicalSuperstore.com!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The new Morphy Richards Ecolectric 2-Slice Toaster covers all bases! The eco toaster not only makes evenly browned, delicious toast, but does so quicker, more energy efficiently and in a more eco-friendly manner than toast has been made before!

It features a sleek, innovative auto-close lid which helps to keep the heat close to the bread, meaning that you spend less time waiting for your toast in the morning, and do your bit to cut energy use. Statistics show that the lid on this green-chic toaster actually uses 34% less energy than standard toasters!

As well as its green credentials, this toaster looks the part too! It is chic, sleek and features Cooltouch illuminated neon function buttons, and a cord storage facility meaning that you can keep your work surfaces clean and clear once your toast has popped up and ready to eat! Check out the video below to see it in action!

The Big Green Switch has teamed up with the fabulous folks at Ethical Supertore to give you the chance to win one of these fantastic Eco Toasters. We've got five of them to give away.

The competition is open until 3rd November and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here now for your chance to one of these cool eco toasters!

WIN! one of three health & beauty product sets!

Win one of three sets of eco friendly pamper products, worth £50 each, courtesy of BigGreenSmile.com!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

BigGreenSmile.com are celebrating the launch of their new-look website by offering this great chance to win a selection of luxurious, eco friendly health and beauty products.

The products are amongst over 500 new lines added to their website including a substantial new well being range of eco-friendly health and beauty products. The range includes bath oils and soaps, deodorants, toothpastes, mouth wash, feminine hygiene products, lip care, sun care and baby care products.

All of the products do their very best to avoid nasty chemicals and are as natural as possible.

We've got three sets of goodies to give away, each containing a £50 selection of BigGreenSmile.com's new health and beauty products:

• Exfoliating Facial Cleanser and Soothing Mud Mask from the Yes to CarrotsTM range.
• CoQ10 Wrinkle Defence Crème, Vitamin C Balancing Facial Toner and Glycerin Hand Soap from the Avalon Organics range.
• Shampoo, Conditioner and Aromatherapy Body Lotions from the Australian Organics range.

The competition is open until 27th October and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here now for your chance to win this beautiful Sun Jar!

WIN! a beautiful solar-charged Sun Jar!

Bring the sunshine into your home with the fascinating solar-charged Sun Jar!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The Sun Jar charges during the day and lights up at night. Made with a traditional Mason jar and high tech energy efficient lighting!

Captured inside the jar are a highly efficient solar cell, rechargeable battery and low energy LED lamps. When the jar is placed in sunlight the solar cell creates an electrical current that charges the battery over a few hours. This energy is then used at night to power the three LED lamps inside the jar.

Mason Jars are not only beautiful but by their very nature they are completely water tight - so the Sun Jar can happily be left outside in any weather conditions. A perfect garden light or night light for a kids bedroom.

The competition is open until 20th October and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here now for your chance to win this beautiful Sun Jar!

Create your own green Switch List and you could WIn £100 worth of great eco goodies!

Celebrate the great green things you've already done and plan your next steps with our new 10 Done, 10 To Do campaign.

10 Done, 10 To Do is all about feeling good about the changes you've made so far to green up your lifestyle and looking forward to what else you hope to do to cut your carbon footprint even further.

As a registered user of the Big Green Switch website, you can build your very own personal Switch List of all the green actions you've done or plan to do in the future. To take part in the 10 Done, 10 To Do campaign, simply add to your Switch List a minimum of 10 green actions which you have already completed together with at least 10 new green actions that you hope to do in the future.

As a thank you for committing to make the switch to a greener lifestyle, we'll enter you into our free prize draw to win £100 worth of eco friendly products to aid some of your future green changes.

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE AND ENTER NOW!

WIN! a Verio wind-up MP3 player!

Take your music on the move without worrying about battery power with this brilliant Verio wind-up MP3 player!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The Verio wind-up MP3 player makes dead batteries a thing of the past and ensures you always have access to your music.

Winding up the Verio for just one minute provides 15-20 minutes of listening time. Also included is a USB and mains charger for when electricity is available. When fully charged, the player will provide music for up to four hours.

It features 1 Gigabyte of internal memory so you always have a huge music library. The player is compact and rugged and also includes an integrated flashlight and mobile phone charger.

The competition is open until 11pm on September 29th and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here for your chance to win this brilliant wind-up MP3 player

WIN! a Kitchen Composter Kit!

Turn all your food waste into perfect compost and plant feed with this amazing Kitchen Composter Kit!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The Kitchen Composter takes all your kitchen waste and turns it into rich garden compost and liquid plant feed. Never again will a scrap of food waste have to go into your bin!

The Kitchen Composter can take it all - raw or cooked food, meat, salad and veg, fish and more. Simply put it all into the composter, add a handful of Bokashi bran (included) which stimulates the micro-organisms into action and then just wait a few weeks for the whole lot to turn into perfect material to go onto your compost heap or straight onto your flower beds.

The container is air-tight so can be kept indoors or outdoors without fear of any nasty odours or hygiene problems so it's perfect for keeping in the kitchen, right where you need it.

The competition is open until 11pm on September 22nd and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here for your chance to win this brilliant kitchen composter kit!

Back to school - eco-style!!

Get kitted out for the new school year with this fantastic set of recycled stationery and notebooks!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Whether you're sending the kids back to school or simply wanting to stock up on supplies for your home or office, this set of recycled staionery has everything you need!

The prize pack includes:

A Remarkable^TM "I used to be a car tyre" recycled notebook

Two plain recycled notepads

A water-powered calculator

Remarkable^TM recycled car tyre pencil case

Recycled Remarkable^TM ball point and handwriting pens

Pack of 10 Remarkable^TM recycled pencils

Pack of Remarkable^TM recycled colouring pens

Remarkable^TM ringbinder and A4 document wallet made from recycled retail packaging

Remarkable^TM recycled polystyrene ruler

The competition is open until 11pm on September 15th and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here for your chance to win this fantastic set of recycled stationery!

WIN! £300 worth of your favourite eco-products!

The Big Green Shop Eco Shopping Spree competition is back by popular demand!

Once again, we're giving you the chance to win eco-friendly gifts, gadgets and goodies of your choice from the Big Green Shop - and this time, there are £300 worth of products up for grabs!!

Simply take a look through the Shop and build yourself a dream Shopping List of all the great things you'd love to buy from it up to the total value of £300. We'll then pick one of our visitors' Shopping Lists at random - and pay for everything on the winning list!*

It's a great chance to bag yourself a range of clever energy-saving gadgets to help you to save energy and money on your bills or perhaps you'll choose to pamper yourself with a host of organic and natural body and skincare products?

Whatever eco friendly products you're interested in, this is your chance to scoop a huge shopping basket full of brilliant eco-friendly goodies you really want.

How to take part:

	Firstly, you need to register and log-in to the Big Green Shop. New users can register here while existing users of either the Big Green Switch or Big Green Shop sites can log in here. (Your usual Big Green Switch log in details will work fine on the Shop - there's no need to re-register).
	After you've logged in, click on the "My Shopping Lists" option on your account page and create yourself a new shopping list called "£300 shopping spree list".**
	Now you're ready to start browsing around the Big Green Shop site to discover a whole range of great products to help support a greener lifestyle. As you find products that you would like to be included in your possible prize pack, simply click the "Add to Shopping List" option for that product. When prompted, tick to add the product to your existing "£300 shopping spree list" and click done.
	Continue browsing and adding products to your list until you've reached between £280 and £300 worth of items (Take care not to exceed £300 or your entry will not count). You can view the running total value at the top of your list by choosing the "View List" option after adding an item to it or by clicking on "My Account" and then "My Shopping Lists". Then all you have to do is sit back and relax! At the end of the promotion, we'll be picking one list at random and paying for all the items on it for the lucky winner.*
So click here to register/log in and start building your dream Shopping List of great green products! * Terms & Conditions apply

WIN! a fab energy saving Eco Kettle!

Make your kitchen more eco-friendly and save on your energy bills with the Eco Kettle!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The innovative Eco Kettle has a unique double chamber that allows you to measure out exactly how much water you want to boil, saving electricity, water, money and time, making it better for the planet.

The Eco Kettle will boil a cup of water in around 30 seconds so it uses far less electricity and makes a fast cuppa and uses 30% less energy than standard kettles.

The Eco Kettle has been approved by the Good Housekeeping Institute and is recommended by Powergen as a pioneering product in the battle to save energy in the nation's homes.

The competition is open until 11pm on September 1st and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here for your chance to win this brilliant energy saving Eco Kettle!

WIN! a portable Freeplay Summit Wind-up Radio!

Win a Freeplay Summit Radio and listen to music around the house, in the garden or wherever you are!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

The Freeplay Summit Radio is a compact multi-band radio, which combines unparalled sound quality with the reliability of multiple power sources.

The Freeplay Summit Radio is compact and portable but still provides great sound quality when not used with headphones.

Features include: Wind-up, Solar, and Rechargable power options, 4 wave bands (FM, AM, SW, LW) Digital tuning, 30 station presets, LCD digital display panel, Clock and Alarm.

Wind-up power is created by an AC alternator driven by the crank handle. Alternatively, you can charge it using solar power via the thin, sleek panel on the top of the radio.

The competition is open until 11pm on August 18th and is free to enter to anyone who registers with the Big Green Switch website. Other terms & conditions apply.

So click here for your chance to win this brilliant Freeplay wind-up radio!

WIN! £100 worth of eco goodies of your choice!

Discover the savings that you could make by living a greener lifestyle - and you could win £100 worth of eco friendly goodies of your choice!*

With the cost of living continues to rise, seemingly by the week, there's never been a better time to take steps to reduce some of your household bills.

By living a smarter, greener lifestyle, you'll not only be doing your bit for the environment and reducing your carbon footprint, you'll also stand to save a small fortune on your household bills at the same time!

We've pulled together 16 simple carbon-cutting ideas that will help you reduce your bills while also slicing a chunk off your carbon footprint. Collectively the tips could save you over £600 per year!

Size Up The Savings for your chance to WIN!

1) On each of the tip pages listed below, you'll see the "Size Up The Savings" piggy bank panel containing details of just how much a typical UK household could save in a year by carrying out that tip.

2) Take a look at each tip and make a note of the money-saving amount listed for each one. Once you've looked at them all, you then need to work out which three of the actions have the biggest money saving potential. (Of course, you could just guess - but we think you may be surprised by the actual answer!)

3) When you've got your top 3 money-savers worked out, click here to complete the Size Up The Savings entry form with the details.

All correct entries will then be entered into our draw to win £100 worth of eco friendly gifts and gadgets of your choice from Ethical Superstore.*

Our 16 "Size Up The Savings" money-saving tips...

	Switch equipment off fully instead of leaving it in standby mode			Choose top-rated energy efficient models when replacing old kitchen appliances
	Install cavity wall insulation to stop heat escaping through walls			Turn down your heating thermostat by a single degree
	Insulate your loft to stop heat escaping through your roof			Foil-back your radiators to reflect heat back into the room
	Wash your laundry at 30oC rather than at higher temperatures			Fit draught-excluders to any breezy doors or windows
	Cut your tumble dryer time by 25% by using dryer balls			Only boil as much water as you need when making a cuppa
	Fit an insulation jacket to your hot water tank to keep your water hotter for longer			Cut out one washing machine load per week by doing fewer, fuller washes
	Ditch chemical cleaning products in favour of natural alternatives			Replace your standard light bulbs with low energy equivalents
	Fit a Savaplug to your fridge to reduce its energy consumption			Improve your car's fuel efficiency by leaving the air conditioning off and keeping windows closed

Click here to complete the Size Up The Savings entry form for your chance to win!

* Terms & conditions apply