Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- Green power and water recycling: be switched on by switching off Sat, 10 Mar 18, 8:20amEach Australian uses an average of 100,000 litres of water a year, and our electricity use is extreme. Our series Life Swaps looks at ways to reduce the load
- James Cromwell: 'In jail, everyone recognises my face' Tue, 27 Feb 18, 5:00pmThe Hollywood star now has a second life as a fearless animal activist and eco warrior – and, he reveals, it all started with Babe, his film about a talking pig
- Lack of women in energy ‘holding back fight against climate change’ Sun, 11 Feb 18, 11:01pmGender imbalance at energy firms and industry events is slowing transition to greener power, claims expert
- The energy industry's power problem? Too few women Sun, 11 Feb 18, 11:01pmLack of diversity at energy firms is holding back the fight against climate change, claims expert
- The appliance of science: hope and fear in tomorrow’s world | Jim Al-Khalili Sun, 31 Dec 17, 5:00pmAs advances in gene editing, energy and AI gain momentum, Jim Al-Khalili predicts their impact on our future
- Forget Juicero, here are the tech gadgets we can actually get excited about in 2018 Thu, 28 Dec 17, 10:00pmIf this year’s $120m juicing flop gave you reason to doubt in human ingenuity, take heart in these incredible inventions to come: from an artificial kidney to a breast pump you might actually want to use
- How to feed the world while curbing our appetite for destruction | Letters Thu, 14 Dec 17, 6:15amThere is enough food for everyone, says Chrissie Hynde – if everyone takes only their fair share and stops eating animals. Others suggest improving farming production methods, tackling population growth and taxing meatAlthough...
- Experience: I am a kayaktivist Fri, 24 Nov 17, 9:00pmIt can be dangerous – we get close to moving supertankers. Then there’s the worry about how private security will react
- E-bikes: time to saddle up with low-cost energy and no sweat? Tue, 21 Nov 17, 1:06amE-bikes are well-established in some EU countries, but how about the UK? Old-school cyclist Peter Kimpton tries a new model to see if he’d be tempted to swap
- The eco guide to Electric Vehicle hype Sun, 20 Aug 17, 3:00pmDon’t get spooked by the pro-fossil fuel lobby: when we abandon petrol and diesel, our whole world is going to change
- The eco guide to optimism Sun, 13 Aug 17, 3:00pmOK, the Sixth Mass Extinction may be upon us, but there are still some reasons to be cheerful
- With political will, we could easily solve our transport problems | Letters Sat, 5 Aug 17, 3:22amReaders share their thoughts on electricity generation, cars, cycling, trains and garden citiesGeorge Monbiot makes some useful points in his article bemoaning the influence of the lobbying power of the motor industry (We...
- Solar energy and moonshine politics | Brief letters Wed, 26 Jul 17, 4:00amEnergy policy | Civil partnerships | Codeword puzzles | Dramatic accents | Irritating BBC presentersDid I invent the solar panels scheme which paid a generous feed-in tariff to install panels on your roof? I think I may also...
- US millionaire who learned the value of punctuation the hard way | Brief letters Tue, 18 Jul 17, 4:19amPunctuation | Solar-powered legs | Dogs and litter | Crossword themes | Puzzle changePunctuation is indeed important (Letters, 17 July). The story goes that an American millionaire’s wife, travelling through Europe, came...
- Dutch companies set up giant bread bins to help cities tackle rat scourge Tue, 27 Jun 17, 4:00pmBusinesses in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are getting involved in efforts to collect waste bread and turn it into biogas and fertiliser