TV & radio – your guide to nature & environment programmes

Be Greener — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:10:41 +0000

This is your guide to upcoming television and radio shows about wildlife, the environment, the countryside and anything else I think readers might be interested in. Most of the TV channels referred to will be Freeview ones only as that’s the television service I have. Hope you find it useful.

Sat 27 Apr South [...]

Video: Whale wars – Humpback whales fight over female

Be Greener — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:20:14 +0000

Film clip from BBC’s “Ocean Giants” series showing competitive mating groups of humpback whales filmed by underwater cameraman, Didier Noirot. See my TV & radio guide for details of when the series is being repeated. For facts about humpback whales see

Will you be doing it in the dark on Saturday?

Be Greener — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:14:00 +0000

WWF’s Earth Hour is a very special annual phenomenon that focuses the world’s attention on our amazing planet, and how we need to protect it. It’s incredibly simple to get involved and won’t cost you a penny. In fact, it will probably save you money as you’ll be saving energy! At 8.30pm [...]

What does 78% beach, 21% rain and 24% waterfall sound like?

Be Greener — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:39:19 +0000

Blissfully relaxing and a world way from my city life. I’ve just signed up to StumbleUpon and one of the first things I’ve discovered is this free create your own sound composition inspired by the sounds of nature (see below to make your own soundtrack). This nature sounds player enables you to [...]

UPDATE: Video of birds trapped in fishing nets off Dorset coast

Be Greener — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:08:29 +0000

Scroll down below video for latest update posted 05 Jan 2013 and join the discussion too.

Original post: 29 Dec 2012

It seems our seabirds are at risk from careless fishermen as well as pollution from plastic bags.

This disturbing and incredibly sad video of birds [...]

Bring back the sparkle to your shower

Be Greener — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:12:43 +0000

If you’re looking for green ways to clean your home then here’s how to green clean your shower-head with this recipe which consists of just one ingredient. This is a simple and cheap way to remove limescale and dirt from your shower head overnight without having to buy any special eco-friendly cleaning products. Remove the [...]

Special offers on eco-friendly products, natural health & beauty and outdoor gear

Be Greener — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:20:29 +0000

Here’s a round-up for you of the latest sales and special offers on your green favourites and I’ll be adding more sale news as I get it:

Love Lula

Free gifts with orders and free international shipping.

Love Lula the organic apothecary is an online natural and organic skincare and beauty specialist with an impressive [...]

Collecting rainwater

Be Greener — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:24:00 +0000

Water is a valuable resource and some have dubbed it the new oil and believe that in future wars will be fought over it. Help conserve this precious resource and be more environmentally-friendly too by collecting rainwater in a water butt and use it for watering both [...]

Eco-friendly wooden washing-up brush with replaceable head

Be Greener — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:35:30 +0000

In our household, I am responsible for the washing-up. It’s not something I enjoy but I do like my eco-friendly wooden brush with replaceable head. Apart from the eco-credentials, I think these brushes are superior in their ability to clean and also look far more attractive sitting at the side of [...]

The ideal toilet brush for the green home

Be Greener — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:02:08 +0000

I do love a natural, wooden brush as you’ll know if you read my post about the wooden washing-up brush with replaceable head. Since writing the original version of this post Natural Collection have stopped selling toilet brushes.

So I’m updating [...]

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