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Archives for August 2009

being veggie
what is the point in being veggie? if still consuming dairy and eggs means that you are contributing to an industry where male calves are shot at birth, and male chicks are gassed or shredded at birth, then surely its a bit hypocritical? how many veggies realise this i wonder? i ask because im still sitting on the fence…
Solar pv guaranteed to save you a fortune.........
............. if you were living here.......... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8223305.stm
Electric bike
Hi there I was wondering whether anyone has experience of an electric bike. I have been looking for the past few months - but am still feeling none the wiser. My specifications for the bike is : Under £500 - this throws out the more expensive bikes Need to be able to use without driving licence - therefore weight less than…
Good Energy Discount code (green electricity tariff)
Everyone that signs up to Good Energy (for info see goodenergy.co.uk) - the 100% renewables electricity supplier - and quotes "Pinoeer GEP0110" will get £25 off their first bill. Not sure if this offer can be used when signing up online, but can be used over the phone.
Ten days left to buy traditional lightbulbs: EU ban on 1 Sep
"Ten days left to buy traditional lightbulbs: EU ban means only low-energy ones will be on sale Traditional lightbulbs will disappear from our shops in just ten days. All conventional pearl, incandescent lightbulbs are being banned by the European Union to slash energy bills and carbon dioxide emissions. The move covers…
Can I recycles Glasses?
Hi, My other half has an old pair of prescription glasses that are no longer any good for him. The frames are fine but he has since replaced them. Can I recycle them anywhere? It would seem a shame to bin them. Thanks.
Organic or local meat
I have a choice to buy either locally produced/slaughtered free range meat from a butchers or organic meat from a supermarket. I really want to buy organic for lots of reasons, but prefer buying locally reared and slaughterd meat from a butcher. I don't want price to be the only deciding factor, so what do others do with…
recycling clothes
Hey guys, anyone interested in clothes swapping? I have found a site called bigwardrobe thats free to join and pretty easy to use...also they seem to be having some kind of swapping roadshows, first ones in Leeds, might go, anyone fancy it? Em xx
'Green' awareness - Help please??
Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, I'm just looking for a bit of help - I am running a 'green' awareness day at work next week, to try to make people "think before they print" and save the company some money and of course save the trees. To launch the initiative, I have got 30 mins with the whole department…
Water filter, stand alone, a good one please
Hi I'm looking for the best stand alone water filter on the market, must have a large filter capacity of about 5 litres or at the very minimum 2 litres. i.e. you pour 2 - 5 litres into the reservoir walk away, and come back to 2 - 5 litres of filtered water. Hopefully not taking too long to do the process, hopefully the…
Save the honey bee
PLEASE viist the soilassociation.org to register to save the honey bee.
Great "Alternative Sources of Energy" Hunt
Do you use alternative sources of energy? Whether it's LPG or you've installed solar panels with the intent to sell back energy, we'd like to tap energy saving MoneySavers' wealth of knowledge for your top tips on making alternative energy sources work for you. How do you maximise savings and cut costs? Click reply below…
other uses for dishwasing tablets
i got sent some dishwasher tablets recently - but have no dishwasher someone mentioned about putting them in the toilet cistern to keep the toillet fresh any other uses for dishwasher tablets ?
Charging cordless phones
I have just upgraded my home phone system from an Amstrad Emailer plus 3 old BT cordless handsets to 4 Siemens ECO handsets. Leaving them all on charge continuously uses 8 watts or 70 kWh per annum compared to the old setup of 14 watts or 120 kWh per annum. To save even more lecky I could leave them all off charge and only…
"Green" and "ethical" supermarkets
Tesco telling porkies about their "cheaper" shopping baskets, compared to Asda. 1 in 5 of Asda's only "£1" items had the price increased to £1. Tesco telling porkies about the reduction in the number of carriers bags they give out. All very "ethical" - and very "green" !
Has anyone used a car club? Does it work?
It has come to my attention that my car costs a fortune - tax, insurance, MOT, repairs, petrol etc. I'm using it for silly little journeys which I could get the bus for or could even walk. Now I don't want to give up car driving completely as it's handy for random trips etc, hence why I have started looking at car clubs.…
New Potatoes- cat mess problem
Morning all, I have my own plot in which I have grown my new potatoes on. They are ready for harvesting now but the only problem is that I am concerned about the food safety off the potatoes. The problem is that next doors cat have used my veg patch as its own personal toilet several times. I have got rid of the cat's mess…

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