To most people gardening is one of the most green, organic and environmentally friendly things you can do. How much harm can you do with a plant pot and some potting soil, right? In actual fact there are lots of ways in which you can make your gardening exploits more environmentally sound than they already are, and with a bit of work you’ll be one step closer to self-sustainability. Firstly, there’s the issue of compost. Everyone will have heard of a compost bin, and you might know of a huge brick one constructed at the bottom of ... Full Story

Recycling is something that we can all take part in, but do we all take that opportunity? Social studies into the subject have shown that those aged 55+ are more likely to do recycling than those aged 18 to 30, but what we want to explore is why that might be, and how we can get young people to take part in recycling just as much as their parents and grandparents. Recycling methods are taught in schools nowadays, which is a change from the middle aged and elderly generations in our society. It makes sense to expect ... Full Story

The Prawn - a Global Warming Monster! With all the headlines and conflicting information, you may think that either there is no point to you being more environmentally friendly or that the things that you could do are of so little value that they wouldn’t make any difference. Well, you’re wrong. Apart from the highly publicised actions of recycling and using less energy and water, there are other things that perhaps have not occurred to you that will make a difference to the health of our planet. If you’re planning to tie the knot this ... Full Story

We all know how important it is to recycle the tins our pet's food comes in, but what about recycling all the other materials and products our pets require? There are a number of ways to re-use seemingly useless household waste for our pets, and ways to cut down on the waste they produce too. Firstly, don't dismiss your paper recycling bin as a mine of pet toys. Cardboard tubes are almost invaluable to owners of rodents, whether they are tiny mice or giant house rabbits. Mice and hamsters love to run through them and chew the ... Full Story

Is recycling our own choice, or is it something we should encourage each other to do? With global warming on the rise, we should arguably all be recycling, but what's uncertain is whether it's our place to 'preach' to those who don't do it already. Then again, how much does the average person listen to their government advice, and are they more likely to listen to their friends and family? Whether you choose to influence others to recycle is entirely up to you. There's always the risk that friends and family will tell you, hopefully in not so many words, where ... Full Story

Is it me or is the animal population of this country hell bent on committing ritual hari-kari? Hardly a day seems to go by now without some furry or feathered creature running or swooping out in front of me as I’m driving along. It used to happen on the odd occasion but now it’s getting more and more frequent and I’m becoming paranoid. After all, driving in this country is bad enough, what with traffic congestion, speed cameras, pot holes and the like, without having organised games of ‘chicken’ played out on the nation’s highways by every variety ... Full Story

Hollywood brings the environmental impact of people on the Earth to the big screen, but communities around the globe have been using recycling plants and centers to help deal with environmental issues. A recycling plant consists of a facility designed to process those materials that can be clean, treated and recycled into new products. Some recycling plants are located next to landfills to help make waste management a complete process. There are also a large number that are standalone and only deal with certain products. Recycling can be a complicated and expensive process. Dealing with the sorting of materials causes many ... Full Story

Recycling tops the list for things people can do to help the environment. Many cities have gotten on the bandwagon and provide recycling services along with garbage pickup. Before you jump into the recycling craze, there are a few things you need to understand about not recycling.

Top Things Not to Recycle Cardboard and paper are expected items in any recycling container, but cardboard pizza boxes are one of the items that you need to skip. Not only are they contaminated with oils making them impossible to clean and reuse, but that same oil will also ruin all the other paper products ... Full Story

Am I mad, have I lost my mind - am I smoking something illegal? No, this question has to be answered. What is behind the whole concept of Captain Planet? And how important is he to us in relation to a geopolitical stance in modern day society? For those of you that don’t know what Captain Planet is, it's a cartoon program produced in the 1990s focussing on the promotion of environmentally friendly practices. The plot based purely around the world being in turmoil, due to a number of template evil characters. After years of the not being ... Full Story

A knock-on effect of the government’s recent scrappage scheme has been the rise in sales of small petrol-engined cars and a decline in market share for diesels. This has coincided with a general slow down of diesel sales and some people are now questioning whether the demand for the oil burners has peaked. The diesel engine has come a long way over the past ten years or so with development of common-rail injection systems and turbocharging making it more efficient and acceptable. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, diesel sales doubled during this period from ... Full Story