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Energy saving

Is the green culture thriving in your office?

By Zac Colbert There's a lot of talk about companies going green and businesses becoming more sustainable. But more often than not it's just hot air. So what can you do in your office to encourage more environmentally friendly ways...more

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Sponsored Post

An Old Mattress Can Ruin Your Love Life

A quarter of people experience 'diminished' sex lives when sleeping on a mattress that's more than ten years old, a survey has revealed. Deterioration of romance in the bedroom was blamed on sleeping on old mattresses by 83 per cent of Americans. more

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Food & drink

Triple certified instant coffee Café Nueva hits the shelves

As a coffee lover, buying your daily fixes of caffeine in your keep cup can become an expensive habit. Especially when you go for the best of the bunch, those that are ethical and fairtrade and so on. So it...more

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Transport & travel

200mph prototype Lola-Drayson electric racing car launched at International Low Carbon conference

Could this be the future of Formula One racing? Green, motor racing fans will be hoping so. Unveiled at the International Low Carbon Conference at Birmingham's NEC it's an all-electric prototype racing car, dubbed the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV. Project pioneer Lord...more

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Green News

Shocking! Average Brit uses a Kenyan's annual carbon emissions by 13 January 2012

We might all be trying our best to keep our new year's resolutions (unless you've already caved in and forgotten about the [gym membership/recycling scheme/diet - delete as appropriate] already). But there is something we cannot fix by ourselves and...more

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Animal welfare

Morrissey joins BUAV for No Cruel Cosmetics Petition

Frankly any excuse to use a picture of Morrissey on Hippyshopper, but especially one of him wearing a cat on his head - is that the worst wig you've ever seen? Anyway, despite looking a bit, well, eccentric, it's...more

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Green gadgets

CES 2012: Sunshine charging for book lovers with SolarKindle cover

Kindle owners may never have to mains-charge their eReaders again thanks to a newly revealed cover from SolarFocus Technology on show at this years CES. That is providing you live in sunnier climes than the UK, we mean. SolarFocus...more

Animal welfare

25 Vegetarian Celebrities Who Won't Be Eating Turkey This Christmas

Who eats turkey at Christmas?! Not these compassionate celebrities, who have made the choice not to gobble down something that used to ... gobble. Here are our favourite veggie and vegan celebrities who will be tucking into their nutloaf or...more

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Transport & travel

Is this the greenest red bus ever? New double decker hits London streets

London's latest double decker bus has hit the streets of the UK capital for the first time, after first being revealed back in November 2010. Described as a true "21st century bus" and the "most environmentally friendly of its...more

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Charity

Hippyshopper teams up with 02 to recycle unwanted gadgets - and raise money for charity

Hippyshopper and sister site TechDigest have teamed up with the O2 Recycle team this Christmas in order to raise some money for a pair of great causes. Collecting all our old tech gear from the Shiny Media towers, the O2...more

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Green gadgets

British Gas adds remote appliance control to smartphone apps. Will it help save energy/money?

British Gas have begun trialing a new app service that will allow customers to remotely switch off appliances from a smartphone. The service, designed to keep bills low by tighter control over appliances (as well as being an additional safety...more

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Eco-Fashion

Reclaim To Wear: Central Saint Martins students showcase upcycle collections

Adopting the Reclaim To Wear's method of producing clothes using the fashion industry's surplus stock and off-cuts, some Cental Saint Martin's students recently vied for a place at next year's Estethica, the British Fashion Council hub of London's ethical fashion...more

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Eco-Fashion

Eco fashion: Edinburgh Zoo pandas gets edible bamboo t-shirts

Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire With the arrival of giant pandas Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yang Guang (Sunshine), eco fashion brand Rapanui has teamed up with Edinburgh Zoo to make eco-friendly, organic bamboo t-shirts for the two newcomers. The zoo...more

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Sponsored Post

Christmas Recipes To Spice Up The Festive Season: Ginger Christmas Biscuits

var noskimwords = 'true'; Sponsored post As we already know, Christmas Day is closing in. Christmas Day is a perfect time for sharing - and this applies to food as well as to presents and cards. If you have...more

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Food & drink

Feeding the 5000 recipe by eco chef Tom Hunt: Ribollita, a traditional Tuscan soup made with leftovers

We wrote about Feeding the 5000 back in November, when the group - which is campaigning to reduce food waste in the UK and beyond - hosted a free lunch at London's Trafalgar Square to show that imperfect vegetables are...more

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