Archive | February, 2010

28 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

9 Ways To Attract Wildlife Into Your Garden

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As humans spread around the world, eating up wild areas in exchange for housing estates and towns our gardens become an ever-more important refuge for wildlife. And while the average garden consisting of a lawn and patio isn’t going to do much for the local wildlife, there are a number of simple [...]

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24 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

9 Ways To Use Batteries In A More Ecological Way

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Whilst in today’s society asking the average person to stop using batteries altogether is unrealistic we also need to face up to the fact tat batteries present a considerable problem to us. Put into landfill at the end of their life, batteries may well leach out the toxic chemicals which they contain [...]

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23 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Container Crops – How Anyone Can Grow Their Own Food – No Matter Where They Live

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Most of us are well aware of the problems surrounding “food miles” these days. The fact that your green beans have been flown in from Africa may be enough to make us think twice about purchasing them. Add to this the fact that it can be difficult to know how our food [...]

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18 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

6 Ways To Reduce The Amount Of Printing You Do

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Unfortunately for many of us the paperless office has yet to materialize. Documents still need to be printed from our computers for a wide variety of reasons. But fortunately there are things that can be done to cut down on the amount of printing we do.
Use An Ebook Reader
If you have documents [...]

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14 February 2010 ~ 4 Comments

9 Ways To Make Your Computer Use More Eco Friendly

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Computers are an essential part of everyday life these days. Furthermore, using a computer can help to reduce our environmental impact in so many ways. For example we can look at a website instead of requesting a paper brochure. We can shop online which saves us driving to a shop and wasting [...]

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14 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

8 Ways To Reduce Your Eco Footprint When Cooking

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The typical “enemies” of the green movement are things like car driving and old-style electric light bulbs. But while cooking dinner recently I got thinking about how easy it would be to use fewer resources while still preparing delicious, nutritious meals.
Here is the list of ideas that I came up with. If [...]

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01 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Welcome To Eco Living Advice!

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Today is a big day for me that has been a long time coming.
Today is the day that Eco Living Advice launches as a platform for me to share ideas, suggestions and experiences all about eco living. From recycling to energy saving, from wildlife conservation to organic gardening I plan to cover [...]

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