Vegetarian and Vegan living
Tofutti has brought out yet another flavour of Creamy Smooth - the soft cheese substitute is now available with delicious hints of Country Vegetable. I can safely say my vague attempts at shedding the few pounds I've accumulated as the weather's got colder are now completely doomed. I am literally incapable of allowing a tub of Creamy Smooth to sit in my fridge for more than half an hour. I love the stuff - and this new flavour is rapidly becoming my favourite.
If you want to get hold of some, check your local health food shops (I found some in my local Holland and Barrett), or get online and order some from Goodness.co.uk.
Related: Dairy free cheese is getting better all the time...
Home & Garden
They're more attractive than plastic trees, they don't shed like cut trees, you can reuse them, and they help the environment too. Gone are the days of destroying Norwegian forests in order to get hold of trees - you can buy them from sustainable plantations in England, with every tree taken replaced. The Christmas tree "farms" themselves protect eco-systems by acting as a buffer against erosion and contamination from nearby waterways, as well as absorbing C02 emissions. When the tree finally dies, it becomes useful compost - rather than just ending up as landfill like a plastic tree. Visit The British Christmas Tree Growers Association for more information.
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In a bid to offset the carbon emissions generated by her jet set lifestyle, the Queen is said to be sending £3 million worth of our taxes abroad for use in eco friendly projects - including the production of power using pig waste in Thailand. Er-hem. Much as my somewhat anarchic sensibilities mean that my head is literally filled with cheap cracks at this precise moment in time, I shall resist the urge to publish any of them.
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Green News
As Eurostar moves its HQ from Waterloo to St. Pancras, and shaves off 20 minutes' journey time to the continent, another milestone is being somewhat overlooked: it's about to complete its first ever carbon neutral journey.
The greenest Eurostar trip yet will leave London for Paris on at 11.03 on Wednesday November 14th. All journey on Eurostar from then on will be carbon neutral, at no extra cost to passengers.
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Stagecoach has decided to power its Scottish buses and coaches with chip fat - hot on the heels of McDonalds doing exactly the same thing with its delivery vehicles. It sounds like a strange choice for a fuel, but used chip fat makes a good biofuel because it doesn't present the same problems regarding destruction of natural habitats or interference with the food chain which other biofuels do.
I have to admit to the fact that Stagecoach, like McDonalds, is not one of my favourite companies - if you remember the scandal involving Brian Souter donating £1m to the Scottish Schools Boards Association in order to campaign to keep Section 28 in place, you'll know why. However, while I have reservations about Stagecoach as a company after Souter's actions, I have to admit that this latest initiative is a good idea.
Related: McDonalds to turn chip fat into delivery van fuel
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Carbon Neutral Living
Carbon Cred works much like a supermarket loyalty card, but the rewards are much more far-reaching: the points you earn can be used to buy green lifestyle products and services to cut your personal CO2 emissions.
For example, if you were to buy a laptop, you earn 35 carbon credits. Check out the website, and you'll see that with those credits, you'd be able to get a Freeplay LED lantern, Power Chimp mobile phone charger, several energy saving lightbulbs, a Freeloader charger or any other item listed at 35 credits and below. Earn more credits, and the eco-friendly gifts get bigger.
Boots, M&S, Argos, Oddbins, Vodaphone, Tesco, BT, Lastminute.com and British Gas are just a selection of shops and site where you can use Carbon Cred. So why not sign up today and get greener as you shop?
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Planning to move house? It seems that Bradford is the place to go for the green minded individual. The city was revealed to have the lowest environmental impact of any British city, in spite of its undeniably large role in the Industrial Revolution. Contrary to popular belief, Bradford's rivers were not polluted beyond redemption during this period in its history, and the streams surrounding the city are now a veritable haven of wildlife! Bradford also boasts large areas of green space, and has a number of successful recycling schemes in place. You can read more about Bradford's environmental initiatives - from their 'real nappy' scheme to the Forest of Bradford project, which aims to extend areas of woodland in Bradford - at the Bradford Environmental Action Trust.
Liverpool was voted the least sustainable place to live, with poor water quality and a lack of evidence that it is working towards a more sustainable future dragging it to the bottom of the list.
The survey of cities was carried out by charity Forum for the Future.
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