Green entrepreneurs show business is blooming
Posted on May 23, 2010
As consumer demand for eco-friendly gardening products grows, many green-fingered entrepreneurs are finding their inventions are starting to bear fruit
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DIY Britain: the real big society
Posted on May 13, 2010
As our jobs become more specialised fewer of us possess the practical skills to look after basic human needs like shelter, food and water. Journalists Heydon Prowse, who edits dontpaniconline.com, and William Pine meet the people taking control of their lives and argue that they point the way to a better society.
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    Kevin McCloud's top green home tips
    Posted on May 3, 2010
    As Grand Designs Live opens, TV presenter Kevin McCloud selects 10 products from recycled scourers to insulating blinds
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    Test-driving the Yogo electric scooter
    Posted on April 13, 2010
    Video; Bibi van der Zee takes to the road on the new Yogo, an affordable electric scooter which can be recharged at home
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    The innovator: Tom McMillan
    Posted on April 5, 2010
    The environmental scientist, 30, has created a social networking website for flightless travel.
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    The innovator: Sandy Sullivan
    Posted on April 5, 2010
    The pioneer of resomation, 53, has devised an environmentally sound alternative to burial and cremation
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    Bixi is big in Canada but can it recycle success in London this year?
    Posted on April 1, 2010
    Montreal's bike share scheme registered more than 1m rides in its first month, can it be as popular in the UK's capital?
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    Public supports ambitious scheme for micro-scale renewable energy: poll
    Posted on March 15, 2010
    The public overwhelmingly support a much more ambitious scheme to push renewable energy for homes and communities, a new poll shows today ahead of a key government announcement next week.
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    Fifty books to change the world
    Posted on March 15, 2010
    From Rachel Caron's Silent Spring, to provocative books on population, leaders in sustainability reveal their essential reading
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    What to do if ... you want to live off-grid
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Michael Rea, 64, and his wife Dot retired to the Shetland island of Unst in 2001 and now live in a zero-carbon house. In the past year, the couple have lived near off-grid, with heating costs of just 50p a day for their 180sq m home in the most northerly part of the British Isles.
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