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Buy Fairtrade
Fairtrade was set up by charities to give those in the developing world a better deal. Conventional trade can discriminate against the poorest, weakest workers, but by...
Buy Recycled
Recycling household waste is a big help to the environment, as it saves natural resources and reduces the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites. That's only half...
Composting
Don't Let it go to Waste
Composting is an easy way to recycle kitchen and garden waste that would otherwise be put in the bin and end up in landfill sites. An added...
Ensuring Your Product is Eco Friendly
The easiest way to become a green shopper is to just say no. There is temptation at every turn on every high street, and the internet has made...
Growing Your Own Fruit & Vegetables
There has never been a wider selection of fresh fruit and vegetables in supermarkets than there is now. It doesn't matter what's in season, because produce is shipped...
How Easy is it to Generate Your Own Solar Power?
More and more people are realising the financial – as well as environmental sense – in generating their own power.
One of the most...
How to Cut Your Leisure Costs and Help the Environment
Before the days of the internet and games consoles, people had great fun in their leisure time – without any of the environmental damage that...
How to Save Water When Gardening
Many gardeners and allotment holders live in fear of hosepipe bans being imposed by local authorities, but careful planning can reduce the need to rely on mains water...
Old Fashioned Lawnmowers Are the Way Forward
Around 30 years ago, a hand-propelled lawn mower was a common sight in front gardens across the UK.
Then along came electric lawnmowers...
Repair and Reuse Your Broken Items
Britain's throw-away society is damaging the environment, wasting precious resources and creating mountains of rubbish. Much of what is thrown away is in perfect...
Set Up a University End of Term Swapshop
More than one-and-a-half million students are attending university in the UK at any one time and every year, hundreds of thousands are beginning...
