Outside The Home

Environmental activities and sustainable choices for gardens, shopping and community projects. Topics include growing food, composting, water conservation and setting up local swapping schemes.

Buy Fairtrade

Fairtrade ensures farmers and workers in developing countries get fair prices, better conditions, and more control over their lives.

Buy Recycled

Buying products made from recycled materials helps close the loop and supports the recycling industry while saving resources and reducing landfill waste.

Composting

Turn your kitchen scraps into garden gold with composting, a cheap and easy way to reduce waste and improve soil.

Ensuring Your Product Is Eco Friendly

Check your product's environmental impact by looking at materials, labor practices, and transportation before you buy.

Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Growing your own fruit and veg cuts food miles and carbon emissions while saving money on fresh produce.

How Easy Is It to Generate Your Own Solar Power?

Solar panels can cut your electricity bills by 40% and installation costs drop dramatically if you do it yourself.

How to Cut Your Leisure Costs and Help the Environment

Cut your leisure spending and carbon footprint by ditching energy-heavy entertainment for board games, cards, and library visits.

How to Save Water When Gardening

Cut your garden's water use by watering wisely, fixing leaks, collecting rainwater and ditching the hosepipe.

Old Fashioned Lawnmowers Are the Way Forward

Manual push mowers save money and cut emissions while giving you exercise, but they only work for smaller, level lawns.

Repair and Reuse Your Broken Items

Fix broken items instead of replacing them to cut waste, save money and reduce the harm electronics cause to the environment.

Set Up a University End of Term Swapshop

Starting and leaving university means lots of unwanted stuff piling up, a swapshop lets students pass items on cheaply instead of throwing them away.