What happens to all those bottle caps that you remove from bottles before you recycle them? They end up in the bin, and make their way into landfills across the country. Here’s a project that will make them into something beautiful, a talking point, keeping bottle caps out of landfill and spreading the recycling message …
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Grandmother and former nurse Linda Sones sells organic cotton baby and children’s clothing and accessories, and natural, organic baby toiletries online at SonesUK. Her suppliers are all committed to various environmental and Fairtrade initiatives. The one constant in the news these days is the so called ‘credit crunch’ and its effects. A recent report in …
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You could be. The Low Impact Living Initiative are running courses during the month of October on composting, building solar water heaters, green woodwork, low-impact smallholdings, wood burner construction and advanced recycling. The courses are run in the South East, the North and in Wales, so there should be a venue that suits you. Or …
The advent of email has meant that the old fashioned written letter has gone into decline. While some people find email to be less personal than a hand-written letter, it can’t be argued that email hasn’t saved a few trees since it has become a mainstream communication tool. It’s has also become a marketing tool …
A flashmob to protest against the expansion of Heathrow, Manchester and all UK airports is being called to coincide with the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. It also marks the launch of the newly-formed Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport group (SEMA). For more info see: www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk Date: Tuesday 23rd September. Time: 12.45pm (sharp!) Location: Albert …
If you happen to be in the vicinity of Totnes in Devon on Saturday the 20th September or the 11th October, why not try your hand at making your own eco-friendly shoes. Green Shoes is holding a fun one day workshop for wannabe green cobblers to try their hand at making a pair of shoes …
Following trials of separate collections of food waste from over 94,000 UK households and the positive reception that the trial received, some local authorities are rolling out these collections permanently. In a bid to divert food waste from landfill, trials were run by 19 local authorities with a total of 78% of residents involved in …
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