Honeybees, mining bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths all need our help. Grow these pollen and nectar-rich herbs: Try these flowering pot plants: but forget about verbena, pelargoniums and fuchsias…
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Organic and Cheap?
Organic food is produced without agrochemicals but generally costs more. Perversely, some marketing for organic food leads us to believe it’s only for the wealthy, presumably because the marketing is…
Green Get-aways
Some tips for travelling
Good Coffee
80% of coffee is grown by smallholder farmers, a population of 125 million spreading from Brazil to Vietnam. The farmers are sadly but typically the ones to see the least…
Peat-free Compost
By the end of 2024, peat-based compost won’t be sold to the public in the UK anymore, thanks to new regulations. While this is brilliant for peat bogs and reduces…
Chocolate
Recently chocolate has been getting a lot of bad press because climate analysts have started to flag up the enormous and damaging land use changes that cocoa agriculture causes. 70%…
Heat Pump Resources
This is one for people who are seriously considering getting a heat pump. Because of the amount of misinformation out there and the newness of the industry, you’ll need the…
Don’t throw out those smelly trainers
Save money, energy, resources and CO2 instead of buying a new pair by making those training shoes last longer. Here are some rules for rejuvenating them: This information was culled…
Fridges and Freezers
Refrigerators and freezers can run inefficiently and ineffectively if you forget a couple of key points. The less kilowatt-hours you use, the less climate-killing CO2 gets into the atmosphere. By…
Heat Pumps
For anyone lucky enough to be in the position of choosing their next central heating system, there is really only one reason not to go with a heat pump assuming…