Having a new child, while one of the most joyous experiences of our lives, can also be one of the most expensive. Estimations suggest the cost of bringing up a baby in the first year can be as much as £10,000. And while a lot of this expense comes from buying the initial equipment–prams, pushchairs, [...]

When most people hear the word bamboo, their mind either turns to canes that support plants in the garden, or the food that panda bears consume; however, bamboo is one of the most useful, practical and sustainable resources on Earth. Bamboo is a grass and is one of the fastest growing plants on Earth; this [...]

Babies are very expensive, not just financially, that much is obvious to most new parents, but babies are also costly to the environment. From nappies, to the swathes of clothing that has constantly needs replacing as baby grows, being a parent buts a heavy burden on the environment. Bringing up a child in greener and [...]

An audience of two billion people watched the marriage of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton and people from all over the globe tuning in. Thankfully, the marriage has been planned as a ?low carbon’ event with Clarence House keen to set a good example. With Prince Charles a keen advocative or green issues, it’s no [...]

With the annual Academy Awards last week and British film The King’s Speech taking many of the top prizes, leading man winner, Colin Firth, was showing off some eco-friendly clothing when he picked up his best actor Oscar. The fifty-year-old actor and his wife, Livia, wore eco-friendly outfits at this year’s Academy awards to help [...]

Eco fashion used to only appeal to a minority of people as many eco materials and clothing were unappealing with little style – often hemp-based and only worn by fringe groups. However, increasingly eco-fashion is becoming mainstream with more high street stores stocking it and some eco-clothing designers exhibiting their items at shows like the [...]

There are so many products designed for babies and new mums that it can be daunting to find the right products for your baby. Many of the clothes that babies are introduced to are often made from man-made fibres that while they won’t harm your child, are not natural or eco-friendly. And as babies grow [...]

Eco friendly products that can save us money and keep our homes warm during the winter are extremely popular with items such as radiator panels, draught excluders and insulation able to keep out the cold and prevent the need to turn the heating up and add to the burgeoning emissions pumped into the atmosphere. However, [...]

Eco clothing has often had a mad reputation. It seems people don’t mind compromising on anything accept on how they look and eco-friendly fashion items have not always been appealing to people. However, times are changing and eco-friendly materials and fabrics are becoming increasingly fashionable with an entire Eco Chic fashion movement emanating from wearing [...]

By Richard N Williams Nearly all of us are having to recycle now. Either as a personal choice or because we are instructed to by our local authorities many of us have to trawl through our waste and separate the different items for recycling. We can of course use recycling bins around the home. These [...]