Ethicalsuperstore are now taking pre-orders for the new solar powered Powermonkey eXplorer.

This is one seriously cool bit of kit. We had one in the office last week to have a play with for review purposes and it really is the bees knees.

I’ve ordered one already, so as soon as it’s in my grubby little paws we’ll have a three way face off between this summer’s festival essentials the Solio and the Freeloader and the new kid on the block eXplorer. For now, you’ll just have to console yourself with a few facts about the product after the jump.

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Let’s start the day with a cute picture of a baby.

This is baby Hannah, the new offspring of two very good friends of mine who popped into the world (6lbs 11oz -fact fans!) on Tuesday morning. Being the champion of all things green my better half and I presented the proud parents with their very own New Baby Organic Hamper. Dad was pleased with the organic cotton dinosaur suit (because it wasn’t pink) and Mum liked the look of the Green People Baby Lotion.

Personally, I think that the best thing in the baby hamper is the People Tree Cuddly Bunny. He’s pretty cute, and I think if I was a baby, I’d be pretty happy chewing on his ears, or whatever it is that babies do. He’s made of organic cotton, and is baby safe, unlike Frank the rabbit from Donnie Darko. Don’t go munching on Frank’s ears baby Hannah!

At last! An answer to some of the world’s biggest recycling mysteries!

This hardcore recycling guide is from Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist, a blog all about the attempts of a couple of environmentally minded students who are trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle on a student budget.

The blog’s author is an environmental engineer in training who has an “unhealthy obsession with trash” - check out her other posts on recycling to see what I mean. Lots of useful links in there too, which is nice.

The post comes with a warning and an explanation for the reason that lots of local councils don’t tell you very much about what you can and can’t recycle. I was in Germany recently where everything gets recycled and have often wondered why my local recycling service don’t take away my plastic bottles. I’ll investigate further and report back when I learn more.

So, after five days of typically variable British weather, I returned home in the early hours of yesterday morning sunburnt and coated in mud. With Glastonbury Festival over for another year, the only thing left to do is sum it all up.

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Rise Against are a punk rock band from Chicago. This new song focuses on fair trade.

Keep an eye out for a Glastonbury review later on today, and pictures from the festival.