Eco Home Ideas

For the THIRD instalment in Oliver Heath’s eco-refurb diary read on…
If refurbishing a home wasn’t complicated enough we now have to choose our materials with extreme care and attention. You could see this as a limitation but for me it’s an opportunity to create a style that embodies the philosophies of sustainability.
Luckily there […]

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Every year more than 10 million unbroken pieces of furniture are thrown out of British homes and sent to landfill. The environmental impact is quite dramatic. “For every one tonne of furniture or electrical appliance that is thrown away,” explains Helen Middleton of the Furniture Re-Use Network, “you’re talking about five to fifteen tonnes […]

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EcoCentric have launched a new range of grow your own gardens suitable to plant in September and October ready for the Winter months as part of organic fortnight.
Try using these with our new planters made from recycled tyres.�

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When you make the choice to buy organic, you could actually be saving lives!
The production of non-organic textiles kills approximately 20,000 people in developing countries each year.  This is a result from the huge amount of pesticides used in growing the plant.  This inturn forces the farmers to invest more in chemical fertilisers as their […]

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We are all looking for the dream beauty product to wipe away those bags, give us vibrant smoother and younger looking skin…we are all suckers to good advertising! When we take those products off the shelves we have absolutely no idea what we are putting on our skin and the long term effects this could […]

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Around the UK for the next fortnight, an array of events will be taking place in schools, farms, shops, cafes to support all things organic.   The government’s target is to reduce the UK’s greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050.  Currently manufactured food produces 30% of the UK’s emissions, so we all need to change our […]

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Last month, Oliver joined Kevin McCloud and a bunch of politicians to help insulate a model home outside the Houses of Parliament.  The event was in aid of the Great British Refurb Campaign.  They managed to get a huge 7,500 signatures but there is still time to sign up.
Go to the Great British Refurb website […]

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Have you been to Goop.com yet? Gwyneth’s website has caused a massive stir among environmentalists and journalists alike.   The websites aim - to encourage sustainability, good health and an eco-friendly lifestyle.  Surprisingly enough, Gwyneth’s tips aren’t so friendly to the purse strings! But are we surprised? Well some people are…
Gwyneth leads a Hollywood lifestyle so her idea of ‘green […]

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The 2012 Olympic Games is only three years away and while everyone is worrying about it not being finished on time, it seems to be running on schedule! Better yet the build is focusing on sustainability throughout the design to construction, from the use of energy to waste recycling.
The London Organising Commitee of the Olympic Games […]

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Leeds Metropolitan University student wowed the crowds at the New Designers Exhibition last week with his innovative product, the solar oven.  Invented by David Coakley while volunteering in Gambia as part of his university degree.
Students at Leeds Met Uni travelled to Africa to work on an eco-design project with the help of his lecturers.  Working […]

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