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Food & drink

Delicious breakfast recipes for National Vegetarian Week 2012

It's National Vegetarian Week (21-27 May), and this year the people behind the veggie week are celebrating breakfast as an essential part of everyone's day. The Vegetarian Society has asked some well-known faces to share their favourite vegetarian breakfasts, and...more

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Sponsored post: Healthy video recipes from the Pronamel Kitchen

Loved the delicious recipes the chefs prepared at the Pronamel Kitchen? Or maybe you couldn't come along to the healthy cooking demonstrations at The Vitality Show? Either way, you don't want to miss out on these healthy video recipesmore

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Green News

Bees Love Organic: International campaign sows seeds for bees across Europe

Over the past years beekeepers and researchers have seen a worrying worldwide drop of bee populations, which could, if not addressed, could leave to bees disappearing completely. Now Dutch based organic fruit and vegetables distributor Nature & More have teamed...more

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Hertz introduces electric vehicles to Long Term and on Demand car hire

Today Hertz announced the addition of electric vehicles to their Long Term and on Demand car hire. For obvious reasons we were super excited about this news as more electric vehicles on our roads means less harmful emissions clogging...more

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Transport & travel

Could bamboo bikes be the next big thing we'll see on the streets of London?

As the capital strives to get more cyclists friendly (how is that going Boris..?), these panda approved DIY bikes from Camden, Maine, sound pretty cool - and what a great sustainable mode of transportation! Launched in 2008 to develop a...more

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Funky Dining Chairs

Have a little fun with your kitchen and introduce it to a funky dining chair. These striking items encourage you to dine in style, turning feasting into a fashion statement.more

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Animal welfare

Lush anti-animal testing protest shocks London shoppers

Anti-animal testing activists rejoice! Lush has put the horrific sequences of animal testing into a space where no-one can ignore it: one of London's busiest shopping streets. Joining forces with Humane Society International, Lush Cosmetics today launched the largest-ever global...more

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Animal welfare

It's a 'bloodbath': Sexiest vegetarian teams up with PETA to call for EU to ban deadly cosmetics tests on animals

London tourists certainly got a different view of Big Ben as blonde beauty Victoria Eisermann - the female winner of PETA's 2007 Sexiest Vegetarian in Europe contest - gave bloodbath a new meaning this morning. Sitting in a bathtub filled...more

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Green News

Not feeling happy at work? Your office might not be green enough

We love that feeling of doing something for the environment and living sustainable lives. Unfortunately, depending on where you work, it isn't always easy to keep up your good intentions during the working day. But now there appears to be...more

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Green News

Sustainable consumer directory Shop the Frog launched by the Rainforest Alliance

Wouldn't it be great if there was a place where all sustainably produced goods were listed to make life easier for the conscientious consumer? Well this brings us one step closer to that reality. The Rainforest Alliance has launched...more

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Food & drink

Meat consumption must be cut by 50% to prevent catastrophic climate change

Two weeks into my newfound pescetarianism, I've had some negative comments (mostly from people who don't really eat much greens or fish in general), but I'd like to think that's just ignorance. Overall most of my friends and family have...more

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Animal welfare

Joss Stone supports Cruelty Free International with global appeal to ban cosmetics tests on animals

Joss Stone has become the latest celeb to support BUAV's new global non-profit organisation Cruelty Free International and its mission to end product testing on animals worldwide. Shockingly over 80% of the world still allows animals to be used in...more

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Green News

UK's night sky'saturated' by light pollution

Over half of the UK's population cannot see stars in the sky because the night skies are still 'saturated' with light pollution, campaigners have warned. The Campaign to Protect Rural England and the Campaign for Dark Skies recently undertook the...more

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Organic

Aganetha Dyck makes sweet organic art with live bees

While UK artist Damian Hirst relies on little human helpers to assist him in creating his well-known dot artworks, Canadian multi-media artist Aganetha Dyck employ bees to create organic art. Aganetha has been working with honeybees to create sculptures and...more

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Op-Ed

As Facebook prepares to float, should Bono use his $1billion investment profit to save the world?

Irish rocker Bono is mostly known for going on the occasional world tour with his band U2 to entertain his disciples. But Bono is also a savvy investor in media, entertainment and technology entities, which is now elevating him...more

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