From food to fun, we've got the skinny on how to make this year's festivities the greenest ever
… The Ecologist guide to greening Christmas Ruth Styles | 1st November 2011 Ethical Living Christmas Eco Xmas Guide Food Gifts … annual spending and feasting frenzy that is Christmas. But the annual festive jamboree is …
With Animal Aid raising concerns about the welfare of livestock sent abroad at Christmas by groups such as Oxfam and Christian Aid, is it time to take another look at charity giving?
… Oxfam Christian Aid Animal Aid Send A Cow Christmas Home Presents Gifts holding.jpg With … about the welfare of livestock sent abroad at Christmas by groups such as Oxfam and … smart savings, particularly when it comes to Christmas. According to a 2010 Santander …
Jean Vranic meets Pete Delaney, the remarkable traveller challenging stereotypes and proving that - even in modern Britain - alternative, sustainable lifestyles are still possible
… in Redditch, the local people know that Christmas has arrived. They've sold hand made … at this spot for many years and when Christmas is over, Pete, his wife Rachel, … on a 'settled' site bought a Bowtop as a Christmas surprise for his family and it now …
Creating extra waste and encouraging over-consumption; Halloween isn’t the greenest holiday. But as Ben Hudson explains, you can still have a scarily good time without it costing the planet
… into a multibillion dollar business. Next to Christmas, more money is spent at Halloween … Halloween is the second largest holiday after Christmas for buying decorations. Most are … of decoration for it - just like you would a Christmas tree.’ A carved pumpkin is …
Our desire to spend time with our families and help our local communities and the environment is being eroded by the overwhelming nature of modern advertising
… advertising As the days remaining until Christmas dwindle, the pressure to purchase … already exposed to 500-1,000 adverts per day, Christmas advertising only furthers the …
With the big day just around the corner, Ruth Styles says it’s time to give Valentine's Day a green-over
… are sent each year; second in number only to Christmas. Predictably, many of these end up … Flowers and Plants Association , Snowdrops, Christmas Roses and Michaelmas Daisies are all …
As public spaces become blighted by the £18 billion global outdoors advertising industry, community groups are fighting back to reclaim both ad-free areas or use billboards in a socially beneficial way
… website encouraging children to pick out Christmas presents to create a list to send to …
From Slough to the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & Wildlife Project in Brighton, Warren Carter is a radical food grower on a mission to transform the lives of troubled youngsters. Jan Goodey meets him
… is relentless - the Autumn lead into Christmas is less so and I like that.' …
Be it chicken keeping, foraging or organic gardening, if it's the good life you want, there’s a course out there for you. Tom Antebi rounds up some of the best
… Leicestershire Tell me more: Perfect for a Christmas that doesn’t include plastic baubles …