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When we think about organic food, fair trade products, free range eggs and the like it is easy to balk at just how expensive many of these items are. Many people avoid going green simply because of the cost implications.
I have to admit that I also used to think like this.
Until I [...]
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These days companies are starting to realize that they need to be greener. Whether this is due to a genuine desire by the management to lessen the effect of their company on the environment or a rather cynical attempt at some easy PR, the fact remains that many companies are currently [...]
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As I’m currently in the process of moving (I am sitting here in my office surrounded by boxes as I write!) it got me thinking about all the ways I have tried to make my house move as green as possible. Here, then, are a number of tips that you can use [...]
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So you want to make a difference but you haven’t got much free time? No problem! Luckily you don’t have to spend half your life volunteering, walking everywhere and growing all your own food to reduce the effect you have on the planet.
Indeed, this site is all about finding ways to make [...]
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Whilst many of us can try to drive less, or turn off the tap while brishing our teeth, washing our clothes is something that we simply haver to do in this day and age. There aren’t many jobs that you could go to with dirty clothes, and not many people [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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