Expand your culinary horizons, says Michael Littlewood, as a confident hand with home-grown herbs will add a new dimension to your cookery
How to… grow and use herbs Michael Littlewood | 9th March 2012 Ethical Living Gardening Herbs Mint Coriander Michael Littlewood Food And Farming Green Living holding.jpg Expand your culinary …
Forget low carb; it’s all about low carbon this March. And with everyone from Sir Paul McCartney to Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall getting stuck in for Climate Week, there’s no excuse not to try it
… relies heavily on fossil fuels, from petroleum-derived fertilisers and pesticides to the …
With high street giant Topshop bringing manufacturing back to the UK and Labour leader Ed Milliband calling for a return to ‘Made in Britain’, could 2012 be the year that fashion came home?
… on all sides. Along came funding from the European Regional Development Fund and a new …
It’s 27 years since fashion’s enfant terrible made headlines by arriving at Downing Street in a protest t-shirt but, as she tells Ruth Styles, Katharine Hamnett is as ready to stand up for the planet as ever
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Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work
… fossil fuels.’ Worse still, a recently leaked EU impact assessment found that when emissions … palm oil include the Herbal Essences , Neutrogena , Clinique and Lancôme brands. …
From wood chips to lights that turn themselves off, Lake Garda’s Lefay Resort and Spa offers an unusually green experience to travellers. What’s more, says Ruth Styles, the views of the lake and mountains are sensational
… at the southern end) and a combination of Eurostar and Thello sleeper train gets you … bit of the Swiss Alps on the way, hop on the Eurostar to Paris before switching to TGV and … enjoying the Swiss capital before taking the EuroCity train to Milan, where you change to a …
Can the planet’s cultural and natural heritage be protected during a war? Ruth Styles talks Syria, conservation and natural wonders with Kishore Rao, head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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Done with daffodils? Treat your mum to some gorgeous natural beauty goodies instead. The Ecologist has some suggestions
… the bumblebees) and a brand new pair of secateurs (she's been asking for them for ages!).’ … products, especially those that have a therapeutic effect, are great gifts for hardworking … a real problem. Instead of turning to petroleum-based products such as Vaseline to see off …
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Sunday is Mother's Day, which for many of us, means flowers. But how green are your blooms and can you really get a bunch that doesn’t come with a price for the planet?
… saying that a rose grown in a hothouse in Europe during the off season is a bad thing …
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration
… gorgeous lime green flowers of wood spurge ( Euphorbia amygdaloides ) grow in the dappled … Not melancholy at all! Ox-eye daisy ( Leucanthemum vulgare ) The garden designer Dan …
Instead of ‘buy one, get one free’, as TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie told Ruth Styles, it’s all about ‘buy one, give one away’ starting with shoes and glasses
One for One: how TOMS started a fashion revolution Ruth Styles | 20th March 2012 Ethical Living Toms Fashion Society Green Living Upside holding.jpg Instead of ‘buy one, get one free’, as TOMS …
The organic perfumier chats to the Ecologist about why organic is best and what IFRA’s latest legislation means for the natural fragrance industry
The Ecologist meets… Tsi-La founder Annie Morton Ruth Styles | 21st March 2012 Ethical Living Perfume Health And Beauty Health Green Living Fragrance Ifra Tsi-la Annie Morton Rich Hippie Honore Des …
You don’t need to go to Africa to nail this season’s tribal trend. Priyanka Mogul explains how to wear it the eco-friendly way
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With 15 billion farm animals killed each year for food in the UK, eating the whole animal is the ethical choice. The Ecologist follows Fergus Henderson's lead and tries a week of eating offal
… said another, before mucking in with some amateur butchery. Once on the chopping board, the …
If you can’t use public transport, the electric car is the next best thing – provided of course, you power it up with renewable electricity. We round up five of the most planet-friendly
… to fossil fuels. What’s more, says Ron Freund, chairman of the Electric Auto …
From great public transport to carbon reduction initiatives, the UK’s towns and cities are making strides towards becoming greener places to live. Rebecca Campbell takes a closer look at the most impressive
… Travellers’ Choice Destination Awards for European nightlife behind London and Berlin. … city centre is home to more galleries and museums than anywhere else in the country, except … in history, the city boasts numerous museums including the Edward Jenner Museum (he …
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative
… sandwiches?’ Fry says aspiring eco-entrepreneurs should aim to create products that are … of women to market their products in Europe and America. ‘They set it up properly …
Celebrate Easter by tucking into a plate of seasonal Jersey Royals. Albert Bartlett’s Tim Ward explains why they’re wonderful and rounds up his April favourites
In season now: what to eat during April Ben Hudson | 2nd April 2012 Ethical Living Food And Drink April Seasonal Rhubarb Crab Asparagus Jersey Royals Diamond Jubilee holding.jpg Celebrate Easter by …