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Charity

Time to recycle ladies: Oxfam wants your unused bras this April

We all have clothes in our wardrobe that we don't wear, but exactly how many bras have you got gathering dust in your drawers? According to new research by charity Oxfam, British women are guilty of hoarding nearly £1.2billion worth...more

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Ethical & green gifts

Interflora's animal print roses sit atop fashion's zenith

After eight years' hard work in the laboratory, scientists from Interflora have finally managed to create a first in the field of fashionable flowers. more

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Food & drink

Easter egg packaging still causing massive recycling headache in the UK

New research commissioned by Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson has found that, despite promises from the confectionery giants, little progress has been made to reduce card and plastic waste and improve recyclability associated with the popular Easter eggs. 80 million...more

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Food & drink

Yet another reason to become vegetarian: The pink slime Americans add to food

I am not a vegetarian... yet. But more and more I am moving towards a pescaterian diet. Hey I'm from Scandinavia and will never be able to give up seafood. But an article in today's Independent about the thick pink...more

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Eco-Fashion

Update your summer wardrobe for free with swishing

This is the time many of us look to spring clean our wardrobe and perhaps add a few items ahead of the summer season. But how can you do it on the cheap? Let's introduce you to swishing. The...more

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Animal welfare

Foodstory: WWF launches interactive website to highlight food sustainability & global hunger

Ahead of Earth Hour 2012, WWF has launched an interactive website - Foodstory - that highlights some of the problems the world is facing when it comes to food sustainability and global hunger. These include: Producing the meat and...more

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Sponsored Post

The Ten Wardrobe Commandments: Update your Look for Free

The season's changed and you need a wardrobe overhaul: summer skirts in and thick tights out. You've got a list of new fashion essentials to buy and wait with baited breath for payday - only to have your funds obliterated almost immediately by the pile-up of day-to-day bills. more

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Sponsored Post

Online dating works for Plymouth singles

No one wants to be alone, but dating can often be hard. Finding the right potential partner for you is never an easy challenge. It can be easy to feel lost, but there is an easier method; the datingagency.com. more

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Eco-Fashion

Stay eco stylish this spring with Lost Property of London's upcycled bags

We love the environment and we think nothing is better than to come across fashion brands that do the same. No doubt we live in a throwaway society of which many fashion labels are guilty of fuelling hungry consumerism in...more

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Energy saving

Britain's first green bank launches to boost investment in green projects

We're not sure this will be the saviour of the global economic crisis, but we like the sound of green banks. And if done well, it could place Britain among the top when it comes to creating a sustainable future...more

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Food & drink

Yeo Valley signs up to Soil Association's Ethical Trade scheme

Yeo Valley, the UK's biggest organic brand, has become the latest addition to the Soil Association's Ethical Trade scheme. This means that all the milk used for Yeo Valley products - yoghurt, butter, cheese and milk - is now certified...more

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Ethical & green gifts

Green Mother's Day gift idea for the yoga mummy: bamboo clothing

Modern day life often pushes our stress levels to the max. And after a day of juggling work with school runs and other commitments, it is no wonder that many women turn to yoga to chill out - and shape...more

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Eco-Fashion

Eco-friendly Mother's Day gift ideas for the fashion conscious mum

With this year's Mother's Day just ten days away, we've put together a little gift list for the style concious mum. So why not show your mum (or wife) that she's truly valued by helping her update her spring wardrobe...more

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Green News

VIDEO: Dream eco world of the future, Virtual Sustainia, launched by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Former California governor and actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has launched a new environmental initiative, Sustainia, that hopes to help people visualize a sustainable future using low-carbon resources. With the support of the UNmore

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Ethical & green gifts

Celebrate Mother's Day by gifting an Amazon rainforest tree in your mum's name

Giving a bouquet of flowers - however beautiful they are - on Mother's Day isn't very sustainable. This year, instead of the bouquet why not give your darling mum a whole tree... in a rainforest! Not only is it thoughtful...more

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