With a quarter of us planning to buy electrical or electronic goods as presents this Christmas, many old items will be gathering dust in our cupboards and cluttering up our houses. New research by Recycle Now reveals that, on average, we have around three old, broken or unwanted small electrical goods stored around the home. …
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Here are some ideas for green stockingfillers this Xmas. Every little bit helps. Decorous Recycled Glass Tea Light Holder. These tea light holders are really cute and would make a lovely stocking filler. They can be used all year round, either in winter for lighting up your fireplace and windowsills with a cosy glow, or …
If you haven’t arranged your Christmas turkey yet you’re in for a treat. BigBarn have set up an online free range turkey guide where you can buy online for Christmas delivery, or even collection, so you can meet the farmer! They have set up 70+ turkey producers around the UK in their local food market …
This is a guest post by Carolyn Algar. For the past few weeks, I have been taking an ECOBag along with me on my shopping sprees (unfortunately these days shopping sprees involve a lot more window shopping). I have their standard wide natural canvas tote, but they do carry a wide range of other bags, …
People across the UK have installed solar thermal panels on their roofs to produce their own energy, but until now none of these small scale generators have been paid by the government or energy suppliers for their power. Good Energy, the UK’s only 100% renewable electricity supplier, is launching Good Energy HotROCs, the UK’s first …
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Charity Practical Action are giving you the opportunity to buy a Practical Present for someone you don’t know this Christmas. Here’s how it works. You buy a fluffy duck for your aunt Mabel, and somewhere in Bangladesh a poor family have duck eggs to eat. Okay, I’ll explain that again. Practical Action works together with …
No need to buy wrapping paper. Just wrap up your presents with what you have lying around at home, and make the gift into an adventure. Surprise balls can be made with scraps of fabric, yarn, lace, bias-binding, rick-rack, whatever you can find in your sewing box, and they’re ideal for wrapping a number of …
Jurdy is the alter-ego of Jen Jurden.