21 Sep 2009: The food sitting in tins, bottles, cardboard boxes and plastic bags in your cupboards and fridges can have a huge impact on your family's carbon emissions.
Paperback Version of The Self Sufficient-ish Bible Launched
19 Aug 2009: The minds behind the Self Sufficient-ish website, which aims to help people find out about becoming more self sufficient and live a lower impact lifestyle whilst still enjoying the conveniences of modern life have published their pearls of wisdom in The Self Sufficient-ish Bible.
Low Impact Living: Simple Steps To A Greener Kitchen – Appliances
28 Jun 2009: For many people, the kitchen is the hub of the home; a busy room where lots goes on.
Is Free Range All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
17 May 2009: Free range is on the up, with popularity growing for both meat and egg production across the UK.
Greening The Office: A Guide To A Greener Workplace Part 2 – Energy
4 May 2009: When aiming to reduce your carbon footprint, there are many aspects of life where changes can be made to start making a difference, especially where our workplace routines are concerned.
Greening The Office – A Guide To A Greener Workplace Part 1
2 May 2009: Everybody knows the importance of saving energy at home, but when you consider the average amount of time spent at work is 37 hours a week, it becomes easy to see the huge amount of capacity for energy saving and being greener in the workplace.
The Green Village Does Spring Watch!
29 Mar 2009: Most people are familiar with the sounds of Spring Watch announcing its return to TV each year, with its hidden cameras keeping an eye on the antics of the creatures living in and around the farm site in the south of England.
Charity Shop Chic – Greening your Wardrobe
26 Mar 2009: Buying a new outfit or three is most girls' (and a fair few men's) idea of fun, but although throw-away fashion can satisfy most budgets, the implications of fast fashion and keeping the prices low for consumers often cost the environment a great deal more.
Alpacas – The Multipurpose Member of the Family
22 Mar 2009: For a few years now alpacas have been increasing in popularity, mainly because of their sought-after fleeces which are much softer than sheeps wool, and you have to admit, they are beautiful looking animals to have around too.
Time to Prepare – Getting your Veg Plot Ready for Spring
20 Feb 2009: As the first rays of sunshine peer through the clouds we're given an inkling that maybe, just maybe spring could be around the corner. Of course things can change so quickly we'll probably be scraping frost from the windscreen before setting off to work by the end of the week, but we can but hope!
