This rally is for all those people who love all things car and all things green (eco green that is). As part of the Love London Green Festival happening over the next two weeks, the Revolve Eco-Rally 2009 is all about bringing a little attention to the ‘best of' green vehicles currently out there.

On June 8 a convoy of low carbon vehicles will depart from Brighton on a voyage to London. From about 10am celebrities and environmentalists alike will make their way by bike, car and van to City Hall in London where they are expected to arrive from about 3.30pm.

The rally has been organised by Revolve, The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership and What Car? Revolve are an advisory council set up to ‘accelerate the market for efficient and sustainable transport technologies and fuels such as hybrids, batteries, biofuels, hydrogen and fuel cells through high profile events.' So the eco car rally is a perfect way to get our attention we think!

What Car? will also be hosting their annual Green Awards in the evening to announce the Green Car of the Year Award.

If you would like to show your support for the rally you can visit the Eco Rally website for the exact route.

Go little green cars!

The annual Love London Green Festival is coming up - the 4-28th of June to be exact. It's one of, if not THE, biggest green festival on the planet.

How can this be? Well, hundreds of events have been organised by communities and organisations from far and wide with the aim to sharing the best eco ideas to help build a more sustainable city.

What's on? A lot. Here's a few:

• An exhibition of the UK's best arts and sustainable development.

• Waste Free Picnics for schools

• Springwatch Plant Walk at Rainham Marshes

• Movers and Shakers Ride Redbridge Cycling Centre

• BeReCreative - a free, fun packed, family event is being held in London Fields on Saturday 6 June as part of national Recycle Now Week

• A free conference on how alternative building solutions can reduce CO2

• Revolve Eco-Rally - a green car rally starting in Brighton finishing at City Hall London

How can you get involved? It's not just the companies and event organisers who get to have all the fun. The Love London team are encouraging everyone to get involved with their own event - say a dress swap at home or a junk sculpting day for the kids. You can register your event on the website to be officially part of the festivities.

Cost? Most of the events are free, with some even helping those who want to save pennies as well as the environment. The Love London website has an eco-thrift page with tips and useful articles to get you started.

Each year, on June 5th, Word Environment Day (WED) is celebrated across the globe.

One year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam WED was celebrated with the broadcast of an environmental radio soap opera. In Petit Valley, South America a three-day arts festival was organised including talks on alternative energy sources like hemp and bio-diesel, hikes to waterfalls and Brazilian dancers. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia an event was organised with school kids creating plays about the negative effect of desertification and people were invited to plant native trees and celebrate together at a local school. In Beirut, Lebanon an exhibition was shown with the theme Impact of War on the Environment.

Countless other events and activities all over the world - from Islamabad to Athens and Madagascar to Newcastle - have been created in the name of World Environment Day. There is some inspiring stuff on the UN's WED website including a speech made by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. He highlights the harder realities of our planets environmental woes but also encourages us to accelerate the new Green Economy emerging with facts like "there are now more people employed in environmental technologies than the entire oil and gas industry".

The theme of this year's World Environment Day is "your planet needs you". In the words of Steiner, it's about "mobiliz(ing) grass roots and global public support...which in turn can empower leaders around the world." This is what's required to make the changes our earth's asking from us.

For more information or to register a contributing project visit the WED website.

Every season there are a new bunch of players on the fashion circuit bringing out organic, ethical and eco friendly lines. More and more designers and retailers are listening our eco savvy purses choice by making clothes that are ethically made and have taken the earth's resources into consideration. That pretty much means going Fairtrade, organic or recycled.

Here's our pick of some of our favourite fashion ‘extra' conscious brands.

Cornwall-based Seasalt was the first British organic cotton brand to be certified by the Soil Association. They make comfortable, affordable and pretty (in an unfussy kind of way) casual/beach wear. We love that their clothes come with complementary organic cotton seeds so that you can grow your own flowering cotton plants. They are really hard wearing too - Sam has several of their sweat shirts and swears by them.

Kuyichi (coo-yee-chee) is an ethical jeans brand for the style conscious. They create organic and fairtrade clothes that you might find equally as likely in a street magazine like ID or Vogue, it's a cool, versatile range with pieces to pick for any style.

If you're look for something original and unique Si:Su is great little brand that uses only recycled materials to create it's beautiful pieces (like the dress above). All parts of the clothing is 100% recycled including the thread and buttons. The Si:Su line brings together nostalgic, simple and natural elements for everyday wear whilst the Bijou range is all about the special occasion with silks, embroidery, vintage ribbons and lace. Romantic and feminine no two items in this range are quite the same.

Others we like are Howies, People Tree and BAM.

Every day there are thousands of birthdays, weddings and babies born. Every day there are thousands of birthday parties, wedding receptions, baby showers, dinner parties, retirements and graduations. Every day there are hundreds of thousands of gifts bought to celebrate special occasions.

Every year 140 million people purchase or receive a gift with an average value of US $59, according to the Every Monday Matters (a tip giving book on how to make a difference in the world).

So what if a large percentage of those 140 million people (who, let's face it are all likely to be on the richer side of poverty) gave up their gift for the sake of a charity or not-for-profit group? Those that want stuff would get a bit less, those that need stuff would get a bit more.

So how do you ask people to redirect their gifts, assuming they were going to buy one for you in the first place? Spell it out loud and clear on the invitation/email/face-to-face and give them some direction on how to contribute to your selected charity. Changing The Present is a great website if you'd like to give your giver more leeway on where they spend their dosh.

If it's a party you're hosting why not collect money on the door? Obviously it's best to warn guests before they arrive with wrapped gift under arm.

Partying with a purpose feels great for everyone and if you're someone who likes not to be the centre of attention it's a good way to shift the focus from you to something that you care about.