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Published on Saturday, 29 November 2008 13:19 | | 
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Last year's Climate Change March was the biggest environmental gathering in British and world history, forcing governments to legislate on climate change, writes Julia Stephenson.
When I heard that tens of thousands will gather again this year to call for meaningful action from world governments I must confess I thought, 'Not another march! There are plenty of other things I’d rather be doing.'
But when I thought about it some more I decided to turn up, show my face and shuffle along at the back. I’ve called a few friends I haven’t seen for a while so we’re planning a catch up while we do our bit.
Published on Friday, 21 November 2008 14:05 | | |
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Like many of us I’m keen to do my bit to save the planet, writes Julia Stephenson
I precycle, recycle and cycle; I darn and dye my old clothes so I don’t have to buy new ones, I save the plastic bags newspapers are often wrapped in at the weekend and use them as sandwich bags (over and over again until they fall apart). I even get my inamorato to pee on the compost heap.
Published on Saturday, 15 November 2008 09:31 | | |
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Very, if you buy them from Marks and Spencer, who have recently opened the world’s first 100 per cent carbon neutral, 100 per cent green, 100 per cent ethical factory in Sri Lanka, living up to their claims of being the UK's most sustainable retailer.
The only problem is that these sumptuous organic undies won’t be available until January so we’ll just have to hang on to our old ones till then.
Published on Saturday, 08 November 2008 05:52 | | |
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Alex Renton reports from the toxic shrimp swamps of Vietnam.
Industrially
farmed prawns contain pesticides, colourants, feed enhancers and growth
stimulants, as well as norfloxacin, an antibiotic that has been used to
treat gonorrheah in humans but which is now restricted in the US and EU
due to dangerous side-effects.
Published on Sunday, 02 November 2008 01:06 | | |
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When Samantha Weinberg decided to not buy anything for a whole year unless it was strictly necessary, she found it frustrating but uplifting.
Buying less, she discovered, is not just good for your wallet - it’s good for the planet too.
Published on Sunday, 26 October 2008 00:39 | | |
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In 1997 due to overwhelming public pressure, the UK Government banned the testing of cosmetics on animals, writes Julia Stephenson.
This was a great victory at the time, but did you know that each time a new household product (as if we don’t have enough already!) comes out it must still be tested on animals?
Published on Sunday, 19 October 2008 00:49 | | |
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Leading economists are convinced that the destruction of forests is losing us trillions of pounds a year and will cost us all far more than the banking crisis.
Trees perform many vital tasks, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide. We chop them down at our peril.