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  • Truly Alternative Transport

    Looking for an alternative to travelling or transporting goods by car? Then why not try something similar to this village in Gloucestershire. Residents from Rack Hill in Chalford have petitioned their local council for a grant to purchase a donkey. The estimated cost per animal being from £300 - £600, the donkeys would carry their groceries up the windy paths to the hill top where many of the houses stand.


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  • The Advantages of Cloth Nappies

    Why I Use Cloth Nappies by Rachel Julian


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  • Woodland Burials: In life as in Death

    Green Living is something we should all aspire to, but how many of us have considered the impact we will have through our dying? Death, like taxes, is one of the certainties in life, but few of us like to think about it until we absolutely have to. When we do – perhaps when we are faced with arranging a funeral for a family member, there is a simple choice – burial or cremation? From this decision the progress of the funeral arrangements is normally dictated by the local facilities and the faith or beliefs of the deceased or the bereaved. It is only a tiny percentage of bereaved families who consider the environmental aspect of the funeral; for most people the emotions of grief and loss overshadow any recently acquired awareness of environmental issues, the need for the comfort of ritual and socially acceptable tradition outweighs that of a consideration of ‘Green Dying’.


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  • The Little Eco Cradle for Little Eco Babies

    Babies need a few essentials in their first few months at home including somewhere safe to sleep. The Eco Cradle is a stylish new innovative solution which caters for newborns first few months in a sustainable fashion. Made entirely from cardboard, the Eco Cradle is light, it’s easy to put together, packs flat and reassembles easily (no tools required).


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  • Green Dressmaker Wins Eco Award

    Durham-based Conscious Elegance, Ltd recently won the Environmental Agency/North Tyneside Council Business of the Year Award Winner 2007 award.


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  • Calling All Budding Eco Writers

    An innovative recycling online bookstore has launched a unique UK-wide writing competition this week where budding writers of all ages get the chance to write a chapter of a book. The Green Story, which has been created by GreenMetropolis.com, is an online creative writing competition where people submit their entries, which are then voted on, and at the end of every month the winning entry becomes the next chapter.


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