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Solar Flashlights

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While they meay seem like a contradiction-in-terms solar flashlights aren’t actually as crazy as you may first imagine. At first glance it seems crazy to buy a flashlight that you’ll use almost exclusively at night that needs the sun’s rays to function properly.
Of course battery technology has come a long way over [...]

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Mark Boyle: The Moneyless Man Reviewed

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Mark Boyle is a man of strange contrasts. In his book The Moneyless Man he tells the story of how he managed to live for a full twelve months without spending a penny. Subtitled “a year of freeconomic living” Boyle tells the story of how his distaste for money and the negative effects of our [...]

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Troy-Bilt TB154 9-Inch Cultivator Tiller Review

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An integral part of living a more ecofriendly lifestyle is making best use of your garden to grow organic, in-season fruits and vegetables but digging over a plot of land can be a long, tiring and back-ache producing endeavour which is why many people opt to use a powered cultivator or tiller. Doing so makes [...]

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Sunforce 50048 Review

Sunforce 50048 review

The Sunforce 50048 60-Watt solar charging kit is designed as an “out of the box” solution to your solar power needs. The contents of the package include four 15-Watt solar panels measuring , a 200-Watt power inverter, a solar charge control and a wiring kit so all you need to buy ontop of this kit [...]

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Free Going Green Ebook

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Going green isn’t easy. Being more eco friendly can often take considerable time and effort. Fortunately there are ways to “fast track” the process.

Going Green in 24 Hours, our new ebook, explains over 40 powerful tips that can be easily implemented over the course of a single day to help you in going green.
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Going Green With Free Software Applications For Eco Friendly Computer Printing

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The internet is helping to revolutionize our lives. We’re reading more online, sending more emails and saving fuel by not having to go and speak to people in person to get things done. We’re all slowly going green either deliberately or by accident thanks to the world wide web.
But there is an [...]

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Waste: Uncovering The Global Food Scandal By Tristram Stuart Review

As regular readers of this site will know I read (and review) quite a number of environmental books and because of this it normally takes something very special to stand out from the crowd. I will tell you straight away that for me, this was just such a book.
Waste by Tristram Stuart (subtitled Uncovering The [...]

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Book Review: Free – Adventures On The Margins Of A Wasteful Society by Katherine Hibbert

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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 [...]

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Eco Living Review: “The Green Food Bible” By Judith Wills

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How green is the food we eat? Is local food always better than imported food? Which cooking methods use the least energy? Is organic food really better for you than non-organic?
These are just a few of the questions which author Judith Wills aims for is her book entitled “The Green Food Bible”.
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Book Review: “The Social Entrepreneur” By Andrew Mawson

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Andrew Mawson has been described as the “Richard Branson of the social sector” by applying entrepreneurial principles to social problems in the hope of bringing about change in the community.
Andrew’s story is of a small, uncared-for community in London known as Bromley-By-Bow where he went to work as a vicar. Starting off [...]

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