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Are You Using the Right Shopping Bags?
Whenever you go out shopping, whether it is for food, clothes or general items, whatever you buy ends up in some sort of shopping bag. S...
Buying Fairtrade Products - Does It Make A Difference?
Fairtrade products are widely available in supermarkets and many people never notice the label or understand what it means. But buying fair-trade...
Can a Country Become Carbon Neutral?
Technically, it is possible for a country to become carbon neutral, but most countries are concentrating on reducing their carbon emissions and encouraging...
Can an Open Fire Be Green?
A real fire has been a comfort to people in cold weather since fire was first discovered thousands of years ago. Electric fires and gas fires have become more...
Can Supermarket Waste Be Reduced?
Supermarkets have long been criticised for the amount of waste food they throw away each year. Some waste is inevitable – supermarkets need to provide customers with...
Cycle Superhighways for London
In July 2010, two new cycle superhighways were set up as a cycling pilot scheme to get more people in London out of public transport and cars and onto bikes. These...
Ebay and Electronics Recycling
EBay, the online marketplace that allows people to sell their unwanted stuff or to sell goods as part of a cheap-to-run online business is more popular than ever....
Green Holidays
Having a summer holiday each year is something all of us look forward to – sun sea, sand or ski – but is it possible to go on holiday bearing in mind the effects this is...
How to Live Green
Living our everyday lives without further damaging the environment is a way of life we should all be trying to achieve. There are simplistic things we can do as a step...
Is 21st Century Self Sufficiency Possible?
The idea of self sufficiency is very appealing as a concept but difficult to achieve in reality. In the 21st century, everyone is more aware of...
Is Center Parcs Energy Efficient?
Center Parcs has always marketed its short break holidays as being environmentally friendly, offering the opportunity for families, couples and individuals to enjoy...
Is Flying an Unethical Choice?
Since the 1960s, when cheaper package holidays became a reality for ordinary people in the UK, the thirst to travel and see exotic places and have holidays all over...
Is it More Energy Efficient to Be Vegetarian?
People decide to become vegetarian for many different reasons. A common one is the wish not to eat meat because they believe that keeping,...
Locally Produced Foods
So you’ve cut your energy consumption at home started recycling and cut down how much you use your car - what next to tackle in the pursuit of going green? Next on your...
Natural Materials for Insulation
New houses and buildings that are sustainable and that aim to be carbon neutral over the course of their useful life need to use materials that are as natural and...
Recycled Products
Most of us are now aware of the importance of recycling and the recycling facilities available in their local area – but how many of us stop to consider what happens to...
Reduce and Reuse Waste
Recycling in the UK has become more and more a part of everyday life which is encouraging news for the environment. According to the most recent figures, UK recycling...
Reusing and Recycling Packaging
It’s difficult to get away from packaging these days. Every time we go shopping we are presented with tightly packaged mass produced items, accompanied by seemingly...
Water Saving Tips
Despite being an island surrounded by water it doesn’t take long for some areas in the UK to run dry come summer. During 2006, several water companies issued hosepipe...
What is the Fish Fight?
The Fish Fight is an environmental campaign set up by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and other celebrity chefs who feature regularly on UK TV. Heston Blumethal, Jamie...
Will Turning Green Create More Jobs?
Many people are concerned about the decline of manufacturing in the UK and the number of jobs that have disappeared over the last 30 years. However, there are...
