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Giving and getting stuff for free
Wednesday, 28 Apr, 2010 – 6:43 | No Comment
Giving and getting stuff for free

Most people by now have heard of Freecycle.
The Freecycle concept birthed by Deron Beal in 2003, is all about keeping things from landfill and protecting the environment while helping people out and saving money.
If you …

Using reusable cups and glasses
Wednesday, 20 Jan, 2010 – 19:04 | 4 Comments
Using reusable cups and glasses

In a bid to reduce landfill waste and save finite resources, we’ve been asked to only use reusable mugs and glasses for our “Change the World Wednesday” challenge.
For one week we have to refuse anything …

Swop2shop: Guilt Free Shopping in a Credit Crunch Market
Wednesday, 29 Apr, 2009 – 7:19 | 2 Comments
Swop2shop: Guilt Free Shopping in a Credit Crunch Market

Let’s admit it; no matter how bad the credit crunch gets or how dark green we are, every girl likes to treat herself to new clothes from time to time.
This year I made a resolution. …

Reducing Your Garbage
Thursday, 30 Oct, 2008 – 2:03 | 4 Comments
Reducing Your Garbage

I’m thrilled to be sharing a guest post today. It’s written by Nicholas, who is a 16 year old student from Canada.  He is passionate about the environment and aims at becoming an environmental engineer …

How to reduce paper waste and your paper footprint
Thursday, 21 Aug, 2008 – 12:25 | 11 Comments
How to reduce paper waste and your paper footprint

We’ve all heard about carbon footprints, but have you heard of a paper footprint?
One inspiring woman wants to show us all about our paper footprint with her travelling road show.
Mandy Haggith from Scotland has gathered …

Reduce plastic waste going in the landfill - nine top tips
Monday, 3 Mar, 2008 – 3:14 | 2 Comments
Reduce plastic waste going in the landfill - nine top tips

A friend was recently lamenting that she wished we could recycle more plastic. Often they were left with plastic containers, trays and bottles that they could not get rid of.
While I sympathise to a certain …

A more sustainable, ethical choice: Brita cartridges are fully recyclable.
Friday, 25 Jan, 2008 – 3:22 | One Comment
A more sustainable, ethical choice: Brita cartridges are fully recyclable.

For those who use jug filters for their drinking water but have the ‘is it ethical, sustainable and green to throw away all those cartridges?’ demons tormenting you, there is some good news! Brita ones …