New Year often means New Year’s resolutions. From losing weight to giving up smoking, most people end up breaking their New Year’s resolutions by February, but there is one type of resolution we should all try to stick to, and that is to be a little more eco friendly. Promising to live a live a [...]

Keeping warm during the winter months is very important, especially for people with young children and the elderly. The cold can cause us to fall ill, but with such high fuel prices in Britain at the moment, too many people are turning the heating off in a bid to save money. Fuel poverty is a [...]

With the cold weather making many of us feel glum, one way of cheering ourselves up is to look forward the summer months when we can get back outside and enjoy the garden. Being as summertime never lasts as long as we’d all hope, making the most of the summer months while we can help [...]

While nations around the globe are investing in renewable energy to replace the coal and gas fired power station that currently contribute to climate change, the march to replacing existing energy production methods is a slow one. Investment in technologies such as solar power, wind turbines and tidal capture power stations is expensive, and in [...]

As the weather gets colder, inevitably we spend money in maintaining the temperature of our homes. Of course, this also means we are using more energy, but it is possible to keep warm while saving both energy and money by making small changes around the home. One of the biggest causes of poor energy efficiency [...]

As fuel prices have risen, an increasing number of people have invested in wood burning stoves or begun using open fires again. Burning wood to provide heat provides plenty of cost savings, as anyone with a wood burning stove will tell you, they produce high levels of heat. And using these traditional methods of heating [...]

Winter is fast approaching. Now the nights are getting longer and we are approaching December, many of us are turning out heating up and preparing for the annual cold spell. This year, though, with astronomical fuel prices, keeping warm during the winter may prove costly and finding ways to keep warm and save money is [...]

In many areas, roof-mounted solar panels are becoming an ever-increasing sight. This is a good thing, with more people using solar power to provide hot water, the less power is taken from the mains resulting in power stations producing less harmful emissions, which contribute to global warming. Some people, however, think Britain is a country [...]

A new eco-friendly housing estate has been for Airedale, Yorkshire, which the local council has said will cut tenant’s energy by bills by nearly a half. The 91 homes, being built by Wakefield and District Housing, will have solar panels, heat ventilation systems, triple glazed windows, highly insulated walls and water recycling units, making the [...]

With the cold weather now well and truly here, most of us are turning our heating on. Because of the rising price of fuel, keeping warm, this winter may prove expensive, but some people are turning to natural methods of heating their homes such as an open fire or wood burning stove. While burning wood [...]