Eco-Friendly Green Lifestyle

One way to reduce the number of new clothes you cause to be manufactured is to buy clothes from the past. Lots of good-quality clothes in market stalls and second-hand, vintage, and charity shops fit the bill for something different. The retailers are trying to get in on the act by producing designs that look [...]

When in Rome .. .
Whether you are on holiday in a big bustling city like Rome or in a tiny village in Patagonia make sure that your money is supporting local businesses andcommunities. Before you book find out whether the hotel, lodge, or hostel works with the local community and provides employment opportunities to locals. [...]

Some of the things to think about if you’re travelling green:

Making all the bookings - for travel and accommodation - yourself means that you can make the greenest choices.
Getting there and back greenly involves looking at alternative ways of travelling.
Choosing a green, responsible tour company to book through means going to one of their locations [...]

If you’re like anyone else you’ve probably bought many things over the years that you didn’t really need and didn’t get much use out of. Everything you buy has a tally of carbon emissions — emissions in the manufacturing process, emissions from the packaging, and emissions from transporting it to and from the store. The [...]

Counting the Cost of Car and Air Travel
If there’s no choice but to use your car for most journeys ask your children to think of ways to cut down using the car. If children get used to going to school by car and never walk or take the bus, it’s hard to break the habit. [...]