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How to reduce your environmental impact on the home front - avoiding risky chemicals at home, reducing energy use and waste, plus green DIY.

Discover your local food producers

Big Barn offer you great deals on local produce

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Beat the winter blues with chocolate

A winter favorite and a great way to support Fairtrade

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Try mushroom recipes for autumn flavours

Cardamom-flavoured mushroom curry makes a tasty supper

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Growing fruit

When to plant fruit trees and bushes

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Green manure

Plants that feed the soil and other plants

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Saving seeds

How to save vegetable seed

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Great ways to deal with slugs

How to get rid of slugs and snails

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Greening your bedroom

Designer Oliver Heath offers practical advice on greening your bedroom.

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Energy-efficient light bulbs

Bright ideas to help you save cash and economise on energy

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Natural kitchen

How to make your kitchen environmentally friendly.

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How to grow salad

Grow your own salad - and save money

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How to grow potatoes

Eat your own from June to September

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How to grow tomatoes

Demanding but worth it

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Gardening for bees

Bees and speed dating

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What's in a bar of chocolate?

Can we make chocolate more environmentally friendly?

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How to keep bees

Fancy bee keeping?

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Profit from recycling on eBay

Recycling for cash and charity has never been easier

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Top tips for cutting waste

50 tips from kerbside collections to recycling vending cups

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Should I install renewables?

Make your own clean energy - and cut your bills

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40 handy lemon tips

Step this way for eco-friendly citrus tips

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Six steps to a cosy home

A guide to making your home snug and warm

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Instant resolutions

Get 2011 off to a green start with our 10 easy tips.

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Nottingham forges ahead with zero-carbon project

Solar roofs kick-start Meadows scheme

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Tasty food books

Our review of top healthy-eating books

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Food for Free

Friends of the Earth's web manager shares his foraging tips

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Edible playground

Portsmouth Friends of the Earth's school gardening scheme

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Dishwashers versus hand washing

How to do the dishes without wasting water and energy.

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No cost ways to save energy

Money saving tips aplenty

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A good wood guide for DIYers

Make sure your wood is not damaging endangered forests.

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Low bills, warm rooms

How to reduce bills and still stay warm

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Green tea

Top tips for a low-carbon cuppa

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How clean is your house?

A Brighton mum keeps her home chemical free, and her children safe

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Energy-saving gadgets

Green gizmos to help you cut bills and save energy

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Earthworms

One of the world's top recyclers

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The art of recycling

Designer Oliver Heath discusses a money-saving technique

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How to be an organic gardener

Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails? A gardener reveals his secrets

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Cut cleaning costs

Traditional cleaners do the job just as well

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Delicious lounge

Combine the old with the new to smarten up your sitting room.

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Switching to green energy

How to get clean power - without the struggle

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Grow your own food

How to save money through gardening

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Buying a green home

What to look out for when buying property

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Byte-sized advice

Tips for eco-friendly computing

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Why insulation works

It's the single most important thing you can do to your home.

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Golden rules

Ten ways to make your home environmentally friendly

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Keeping homes under wraps

The benefits of keeping your home well-insulated.

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Reduce your rubbish

Minimising household waste is easier than you think

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Cleaner, greener washing

How to choose an eco-friendly washing machine

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Today I ate my first lettuce

Read the winning entry from our Green Stories competition

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How Can I Stop Climate Change?

Get in the know and take action on climate change

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Box clever

How to choose an eco-friendly TV

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Quids in

Read one of the entries from our Green Stories competition

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It's green outside

Ideas on making the outside of your home greener.

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Lofty ideas

Sexy? No. Green? Yes. Get the low down on loft insulation.

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Stylish, tasty food inside the M25

BBC2 chef Oliver Rowe puts London food on the map

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It's the little things that count

Read one of the entries from our Green Stories competition

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Free resources
Download our free information booklets which explain the issues and offer practical advice.

Books
The Friends of the Earth Shop stocks a great range of green lifestyle books. All profits support our campaigns.

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