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The internet is increasingly a part of everyday life. I'm guessing you agree if you're here reading this right now.
And given the choice, most people would tell you that reading something online is greener than buying a book or magazine with the same information. After
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It's that time of year again when we are amazed at the colors and the flying ability of dragonflies and damselflies zipping around in the warm air. From metallic blues to greens to yellows, these insects are surely some of our most beautiful to look at and fascinating to
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We live in a world of pollution. From oil spills polluting the oceans to chemicals polluting our rivers and streams. And of course it goes without saying that the air we breathe is laced with a variety of potentially harmful chemicals as a result of industrial processe
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Depending on which source you listen to we in the Western world throw away between a third and a half of all the food we buy. There are so many reasons why this is shocking.
First and foremost it takes considerable resources to produce the food we buy. Some is shipped h
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Katherine Hibbert was working as a journalist when the recession led to her losing her job. At just the same time she was unlucky enough to become a victim of the increase in mortgage rates meaning her rent increased as her income slumped to nothing. Deciding on a route ou
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Locavores are so-called because they appreciate and understand the concept of food miles. Quite simply the further our food has to travel from producer to plate, the more carbon has likely been emitted and so people keen on eco living rightly look for food that has t
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Back in the "good old days" people would take a bag or basket to their local store or farm and collect what it was that they needed. These days of course a major concern in terms of food is quite simply how much packaging is used.
If you took your weekly grocery sho
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If you're staying in a hotel in the near future then there are a surprising number of simple ways to reduce your ecological footprint while fully enjoying your stay. In this way you can not only have a thrilling time away but also feel good about the positive impact you
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To many gardeners, snails are a perennial problem. All your vegetables are growing away nicely when suddenly you visit your plot only to find that an influx of slugs and snails has laid waste to much of your hard work (and future crop).
The knee-jerk reac
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In today's factory farming, producers are forced to use a potent cocktail of pesticides and herbicides to keep yields up as high as possible in the hope of turning a profit.
But given the choice, most of us would rather these chemicals weren't used. From pesticide
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The internet is increasingly a part of everyday life. I'm guessing you agree if you're here reading this right now.
And given the choice, most people would tell you that reading something online is greener than buying a book or magazine with the same information. After all, you're saving all that paper, all that ink, the potential recycling of that product, the physical shipping it has gone through and so on.
Yet the internet itself uses a lot of energy. The ser
September 1, 2010
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It's that time of year again when we are amazed at the colors and the flying ability of dragonflies and damselflies zipping around in the warm air. From metallic blues to greens to yellows, these insects are surely some of our most beautiful to look at and fascinating to watch.
So strangely one of the most common search here on Eco Living Advice over the last few weeks has been about how to attract these flying acrobats into your garden so you can not only help to
August 10, 2010
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We live in a world of pollution. From oil spills polluting the oceans to chemicals polluting our rivers and streams. And of course it goes without saying that the air we breathe is laced with a variety of potentially harmful chemicals as a result of industrial processes, burning fossil fuels and the breakdown of materials over time.
Poor quality air has been blamed for everything from minor ailments like sore throats during the winter months when cold weather an
August 6, 2010
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Depending on which source you listen to we in the Western world throw away between a third and a half of all the food we buy. There are so many reasons why this is shocking.
First and foremost it takes considerable resources to produce the food we buy. Some is shipped half way round the world. Fertilizers are used. Land is cleared to grow crops on. We live on a planet of finite resources so we simply can't afford to waste them unnecessarily.
Secondly waste food t
August 1, 2010
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Katherine Hibbert was working as a journalist when the recession led to her losing her job. At just the same time she was unlucky enough to become a victim of the increase in mortgage rates meaning her rent increased as her income slumped to nothing. Deciding on a route out took some thought.
Free: Adventures On The Margins Of A Wasteful Society tell the true story of Katherine who decided to give it all up - the flat, the regular employment, the car and the bank ac
July 28, 2010
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Locavores are so-called because they appreciate and understand the concept of food miles. Quite simply the further our food has to travel from producer to plate, the more carbon has likely been emitted and so people keen on eco living rightly look for food that has travelled the least distance to get to them.
In other words, these people want to eat local foods - hence the coining of the term "locavore".
The first question if you want to buy local food is r
July 22, 2010
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Back in the "good old days" people would take a bag or basket to their local store or farm and collect what it was that they needed. These days of course a major concern in terms of food is quite simply how much packaging is used.
If you took your weekly grocery shopping and removed all the packaging I think you'd be surprised just how much their is. Worse still of course is that someone has to pay for all that packaging - and that someone is you.
Finally, al
July 14, 2010
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If you're staying in a hotel in the near future then there are a surprising number of simple ways to reduce your ecological footprint while fully enjoying your stay. In this way you can not only have a thrilling time away but also feel good about the positive impact you have made.
Reuse Towels
Many hotels now have systems in place to try to reduce laundry. Hotels often change your towels on a daily basis leading to lots of additional energy use in cleaning and
July 5, 2010
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To many gardeners, snails are a perennial problem. All your vegetables are growing away nicely when suddenly you visit your plot only to find that an influx of slugs and snails has laid waste to much of your hard work (and future crop).
The knee-jerk reaction may be to consider visiting a local garden centre to obtain some slug pellets but of course these chemical-laden pellets can also cause harm to other creatures if you're not careful.
But are t
June 5, 2010
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In today's factory farming, producers are forced to use a potent cocktail of pesticides and herbicides to keep yields up as high as possible in the hope of turning a profit.
But given the choice, most of us would rather these chemicals weren't used. From pesticide residues on food to the pollution of soil and watercourses, there is a lot to be said for growing organically.
Unfortunately by it's very nature, organic food production has it's risks. Firstly the
June 1, 2010
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