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Welcome To Your greener Life…
What can we as individuals do to solve the climate crisis, the greatest problem the world has ever faced? The answer, quite simply, is plenty. We can make small and easy changes to our lives – to our homes, our buying habits, the way we eat and the m
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Now For The GOOD NEWS
You’d have had to have been living underground not to have heard of the spunky, straight-talking Swedish teenage activist who spearheaded the school strike movement. Since she first walked out of lessons to sit outside the Swedish Parliament in Augus
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40 Way To Get A GREENER HOME
More than any other room, the kitchen generates a huge amount of packaging waste. A 2018 survey by RECOUP showed that 525,000 tonnes of plastic trays, pots and tubs alone were used in homes, with only 169,145 tonnes sent for recycling. You can slash
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Time To Buy
• Choose naturally derived, biodegradable washing-up liquid (from £3, method products.co.uk). • OXO Good Grips SNAP Glass Storage Containers, (from £9, johnlewis.com)prevent potentially harmful chemicals from leaching into your food. • Collect and tr
Woman & Home3 min readEnvironmental Science
Your Planet Needs YOU!
MELTING GLACIERS Millions rely on glaciers for water in the dry seasons, yet they are melting rapidly. RISING SEA LEVELS Melting glaciers cause sea levels to rise increasing the risk of floods and endangering the lives of millions of people living in
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Save Today… Survive Tomorrow
No, I don’t have all the answers,’ says Jen Gale, who once persuaded her young family to spend an entire year without buying a single new thing. ‘But I do have lots of ideas for changes you can make in your life, in your home, that will make a differ
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Make Every Drop count
Water is a vital resource – not only for us to drink, but to enable us to grow crops and raise livestock. Access to clean, fresh water will become more and more of an issue as the global population continues to rise and our waterways become ever more
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Keep It Clean naturally
Great for getting rid of stains and blockages, it’s good for tackling other cleaning tasks, too. • Wipe away dirt and grease from worktops using a damp cloth sprinkled with bicarb. • For a quick air freshener, mix 1 cup of bicarb with 3 drops of your
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Your No-nasties DIY Guide
With their sublime images of feature walls and dreamy kitchens, Pinterest and Instagram have transformed us into a nation of interiors fanatics. But revamping our homes can come at a cost to the environment. Fortunately, a huge number of companies ar
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Don’t Bin It! Pass It On
We’ve all got at least one cupboard we avoid opening. It’s full of stuff we loved once, but that hasn’t been used for years. For many of us, the cupboard morphs into bags under beds or boxes in the loft. Old bikes, clothes, toys, books, electrical ap
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Or Bin It (with Love)
Our choices in the past have shaped today’s world, but we have the ability to reshape it into a place where kindness reigns. So where can we begin to make the changes we want to see? My advice is to look at your rubbish. Our bins hold a collection of
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11 Way To A GREENER GARDEN
From second-hand bricks for borders to welly boots and old Victorian sinks for planting, pre-loved can be perfect for your plot. Want to buy new? Take a look at Ecopots (ecopots.co.uk). It uses recycled and recyclable plastics to create natural-looki
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The Beginner’s Guide To GROWING YOUR OWN
Which would you choose – limp, lifeless lettuce harvested mechanically four days ago and wrapped in cellophane or crisp leaves cut 30 seconds ago from your own garden? The benefits of growing your own food are numerous – higher vitamin levels, freshe
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Make YOUR Own Bee Hotel
Bees pollinate one-third of everything we eat, so we should all be worried about their dwindling numbers. Why not roll out the green carpet for bees and other bugs with this easy-to-make insect hotel? In return, you’ll get some first-class plant poll
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The Sustainable KITCHEN
What we eat and what we waste has a massive impact on the environment. A third of the food that is produced is never eaten, which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. But it also means that globally we are producing enough food to feed everyone,
Woman & Home3 min readCooking, Food & Wine
The change Makers
Ollie Hunter, author of 30 Easy Ways to Join the Food Revolution and a MasterChef semi-finalist now running The Wheatsheaf pub in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire. ‘Last January I just turned 30 and I thought what’s next? I really fancied writing a book. It
Woman & Home5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Celebrate SPRING
Home made hollandaise is well worth the effort SERVES 6 READY IN 30 mins GLUTEN FREE FOR THE SALMON: 2 x 300g side of salmon2 lemons, sliced handful mixed, fresh herbs, e.g. parsley, dill, basil450g asparagus FOR THE HOLLANDAISE: 3 large egg yolks200
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Sumptuous SUMMER
An Italian style vegetarian feast SERVES 6 READY IN 1 hour GLUTEN FREE | VEGETARIAN 3 aubergines, halved350g summer squash sliced2tbsp rapeseed oil For the tomato sauce: 1tbsp olive oil1 onion, chopped1 celery stick, diced2 garlic cloves, crushed½ a
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AUTUMN Harvest
Brining the chicken seasons it throughout and keeps it juicy after roasting SERVES 4-6 READY IN 1 hour 50 minutes, plus brining GLUTEN FREE 1 large chicken (about 2kg), untied, giblets removed10 shallots, halved4 fresh, small bay leaves5 sprigs of th
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WINTER Wonders
Vibrant, crisp and beautiful SERVES 6 READY IN 20 mins 2 large flatbreads2 red onions, finely sliced6tbsp rapeseed oil juice of 1 large lemon20 radishes, finely sliced150g Yorkshire fettle cheese (an English feta)100g walnuts, toasted and chopped75g
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Meat Free meals
This healthy dinner is a great way to use up excess veg from the bottom of your fridge SERVES 2 READY IN 15 mins DAIRY FREE | GLUTEN FREE | VEGETARIAN 100g basmati rice3tbsp vegetable oil2 garlic cloves, crushed150g mixed mushrooms, roughly chopped1
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Love food, HATE WASTE
The perfect way to make good use of your over-ripe bananas SERVES 12 READY IN 1 hour 5 mins VEGETARIAN 175g unsalted butter, room temperature175g dark muscovado sugar3 large free-range eggs1tsp vanilla extract250g self-raising flour275g peeled, over-
Woman & Home3 min readFashion
How To Slow Your fashion Habit
Consumer demands for cheap clothing have placed an enormous strain on our planet, with ‘fast fashion’ the second biggest polluter in the world after the oil industry. Polyester is one of the most common fabrics and is essentially a plastic. The manuf
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Green Is The NEW Black
Three cheers for John Lewis & Partners’ use of Jeanologia software, which measures the amount of water, chemicals and energy used to produce denim. The retailer promises to feature only low or medium impact denim in its AND/OR denim range, which is m
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14 Way To A Greener beauty Routine
There are plenty of plastics lurking in every corner of our bathrooms. Add to that the harmful lotions we wash down the sink and the wipes that will live in landfill sites for generations, and it’s not a very pretty picture. We’re also not good at re
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Pretty Special beauty Buys
Inspired by the Aussie lifestyle, products are all-natural, made using Australian super-fruits. Ingredients are organic and naturally-derived, packaged in 100% recycled plastic bottles. Products are designed to fit through the letter box with minimal
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10 Way To A Greener Holiday
The heaviest carbon footprint of a holiday is the flight, if that’s how you travel. On p112, we explain how you can balance this by offsetting your CO2 emissions. If you’re hiring a car, look out for low-emission, hybrid and electric vehicles. In thi
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Home For The HOLS Britain’s Bucket List
Deserted beaches, artisan distilleries, lochs, castles and wildlife await on the North Coast 500, meaning it has more than enough to rival the famous Route 66. The Scottish alternative is a 516-mile scenic route along the country’s northern coast, be
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Before You Pack Your Suitcase…
‘Visit destinations where your money will go furthest and support travel companies that are making a genuine positive impact. Avoid contributing towards destinations already suffering from the burden of over-tourism and choose instead to visit places
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Still Want To Holiday Abroad?
Is one flight a year really that bad? Honest answer? Yes. Flights are bad news for the planet. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that aviation accounts for 2% of all man-made carbon emissions, and that’s rising rapidly as m
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On the RIGHT ROAD
These are cars that run on two fuel types, combining a petrol or diesel engine with electrical energy. The goal is to avoid running cars on fossil fuels alone, reducing emissions. They’re not as green as electric cars, but can be seen as a useful ste
Woman & Home3 min readAutomotive
Choose Your electric drive
Electric cars are currently more expensive then their petrol or diesel counterparts, though the gap is narrowing. The government is offering a grant of up to £3,500 towards the purchase of eligible electric cars, so the prices quoted are more than wh
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Ready To Do YOUR BIT?
MOTHERS OF INVENTION (mothersofinvention.online) Climate-change solutions from (mostly) women around the world. Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson (left) and Irish comic Maeve Higgins (right) discuss the biggest environmental issues of our tim
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The Joy Of Two Wheels!
Most journeys in this country are made on four wheels. Even trips under two miles are made by a car or van 60% of the time. And if that car is fuelled by petrol or diesel, that’s one mighty carbon footprint. Less than 2% of all journeys are by bike,

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