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Text your way to a green Christmas
Recycling is nice and easy once you get into the routine– for a lot of us, the routine is now as simple as putting a recycling box outside our front door once a week.
Have a very merry green Christmas – send e-cards
It’s not quite what Bing Crosby was dreaming of, but Edinburgh Council has urged residents to have a green Christmas this year.
Flood insurers: ‘we need a plan’
Earlier this autumn, the government promised more spending on flood defences - but it hasn’t reassured everyone.
Green Christmas gift guide: part four
We’ve been green Christmas gift crazy lately, and today we’re polishing off our series with a special instalment of green Christmas gifts just for children.
Decoration recreation
We love Christmas decorations. But we do seem to acquire more and more of them every year, and most are shiny, glittery and thoroughly unbiodegradable.
Green Christmas gift guide: part three
We’ve already brought you the fruits of our internet-searching labour with our cheap and slightly less cheap green Christmas gift lists, but now we’re bringing out the big (green) guns with our gifts for more than £30.
Worried about money? Save your energy
Even if cutting the carbon emissions from your home doesn’t grab you, it’s likely that saving £475 each year will.
Green Christmas gift guide: part two
On Friday we brought you our selection of green stocking fillers in the first part of our Christmas gift guide. We’re back today with an assortment of gifts in a slightly more expensive price range, and will be back later in the week with serious green presents for more than £30.
Green Christmas gift guide: part one
We’ve noticed recently that it’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas. Well, in certain shops it’s been looking distinctively festive for far too long – but now that the Christmas lights are on as well, there’s no denying it.
Car insurance greens up its act
Could car insurance certificates soon be issued online?
Going paperless is an effective way for businesses to do something for the environment, and it could be that car insurance is about to jump aboard the bandwagon.
