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Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part four - ecogadgets
Sue Wheat
13th August, 2010
Sue immerses herself in the addictive world of ecogadgetry, including water-powered alarm clocks and a crash course in cooking with blankets... more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part three - floors
Sue Wheat
1st July, 2010
Insulating the floor can be fiddly, messy and costly. Luckily, there are simple, cheap options too as Sue discovers more...
DIY: why women should pick up a hammer
Christine Ottery
29th June, 2010
Getting practical can save you money, make you more self-sufficient and gives you the potential to have a broader green impact too. So get that tool box out...more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part two - insulation
Sue Wheat
3rd June, 2010
Sue has a brief love affair with solar panels, but realises that if she shies away from the thorny issue of solid wall insulation, she's throwing good money after bad more...
The solar powered house of the future?
Ecologist
4th March, 2010
This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University more...
Forget eco-towns - real green house-building is already happening
Eifion Rees
12th January, 2010
Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the face of sustainable building in the UK. In 2012, construction begins on the greenest development of its size and scope in the UK more...
CASE STUDY: giving old furniture a new home
Lucy Thompson
20th August, 2009
Is it possible to help the environment, local community and give the homeless a second chance at life? The charity Emmaus is living proof that the answer is yes more...
CASE STUDY: greening a football stadium
David Craik
1st October, 2008
With its grass roof, solar panels and low-energy lighting, the beautiful game now has its own beautiful eco home. David Craik meets the man making it happen more...
Is turning to 30°C enough?
27th July, 2009
Laura Sevier
Eco detergent or washing at 30°C? Laura Sevier cuts through the greenwash at the laundry level more...
Cutting council emissions could create 70,000 green jobs
Ecologist
25th June, 2009
A drive to persuade county councils to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per cent by 2020 could result in as many as 70,000 green jobs, new research reveals more...
Paint for Life
Matilda Lee
16th February, 2009
Quick fading and blandly coloured they are not. Eco paints may be thicker and require a primer but the benefits, not least to our health, outweigh the extra labour writes Matilda Lee more...
Safe as Houses?
Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole
1st July, 2007
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report more...
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Neighbourless Hoods
Paul Kingsnorth
1st December, 2005
Churches turned into pubs. Brooding Victorian warehouses replaced with sparkly identikit apartments. Family shops and independent cafes bankrupted by Starbucks, Tesco’s et al. When will we wake up to this grim, placeless reality? more...
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