Many of us who use the Internet on a regular basis – maybe to do our shopping or banking – we perhaps think we are being kind to the environment, after all conducting transactions online means we don’t have to leave the house and use the car. However, if a new search engine’s claim, is [...]
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Bumblebees are a welcome sight in any garden, the sound of their droning as they hover from flower to flower is all part of a summer’s day. The UK had 27 species, but sadly 3 are nationally extinct, and others are seriously threatened. The changes to farming practices have had a major impact in the numbers of bumblebees, the actual number of lowland [...]
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My local Rip Curl store held the UK’s first wetsuit amnesty this week and it proved to be a massive success. Over 100 old wetsuits were handed in during the day with everyone who brought in a wetsuit receiving a free pair of “Project Resurrection” flip flops that are made from recycled neoprene from wetsuits. [...]
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Fancy getting green fingered in the garden but don’t know how to get started? We now have a good range of composters at Greenstamp, something to suit everyone. Establishing your own home composting system at home is a quick and easy way to begin your outdoor quest to tame your garden. Making your own compost – fertile [...]
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It’s Fairtrade fortnight It’s Fairtrade fortnight from 25th February to 9th March. Greenstamp now stock Fairtrade Bags and are actively looking for more Fairtrade products to add to our every expanding range The Fairtrade mark is an independent consumer label that appears on products as a guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world [...]
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I am often asked what emissions are giving by burning paper logs in your fire. As far as I am aware I haven’t seen the results of any laboratory testing but my opinion is that the Logmaker is aimed at customers who are already burning paper and wood and thereby already saving on fossil fuels and [...]
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Well, this is now an official place I can air all of my views. I’m Emma, I established Greenstamp to give you somewhere to shop for the most innovative eco products we always try to source products that are fairly traded and produced in a sustainable manner. We’re a family run business, we work from our home [...]
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