A pilot scheme to replace cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates has been launched in Victoria, with the aim to cut “invisible” cardboard waste.…
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How Emma transformed a dilapidated shed into a home office with recycled materials and biowaste
Plant stylist Emma Sadie Thomson looked every day at the unused shed outside the entrance to the home where she lived with her partner and…
View More How Emma transformed a dilapidated shed into a home office with recycled materials and biowasteLease electric cars to rural care workers, UK climate charity says
Ministers should consider a social leasing scheme for care workers in rural areas across the UK to use electric cars, a climate charity has argued,…
View More Lease electric cars to rural care workers, UK climate charity saysUK ministers ‘have failed to convince public of smart meter benefits’
The delayed smart energy meter rollout has failed to meet its targets because ministers have not done enough to convince households of their benefits, according…
View More UK ministers ‘have failed to convince public of smart meter benefits’‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’: German hospitals serve planetary health diet
Patrick Burrichter did not think about saving lives or protecting the planet when he trained as a chef in a hotel kitchen. But 25 years…
View More ‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’: German hospitals serve planetary health dietShock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures
The history of the electric car is surprisingly enraging. If you imagine early electric vehicles at all (full disclosure: I didn’t until recently), it will…
View More Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in picturesNo space, no power – and a hive of flaming bees: my teeny tiny off-grid house nightmare
It is November. It is 3am and I am lying awake listening to the sound of rats chewing the electrical wires within the walls of…
View More No space, no power – and a hive of flaming bees: my teeny tiny off-grid house nightmareNew blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4m
Nearly 4m energy smart meters in homes and businesses are faulty, government figures have shown, in a further blow to the “troubled” rollout of the…
View More New blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4mRestaurants, pets and holidays: how UK’s well-off have outsize carbon footprints
Restaurants, pets and foreign holidays are among the reasons why the UK’s most well-off people rack up carbon footprints far greater than those on low…
View More Restaurants, pets and holidays: how UK’s well-off have outsize carbon footprintsThe wealthiest polluters must clean up their act
The great carbon divide, on inequality and the climate last week and the article by Damian Carrington (Restaurants, pets and holidays: how UK’s well-off have…
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