Eco & ethical living
I like Lush, producer of handmade cosmetics, for so many reasons but with one of the main reasons is their commitment to environmental issues. I find it very frustrating that my council will take plastic bottles for recycling but not the tops from the bottles, even though the tops are recyclable! My frustrated frown was […]
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NHBS run a website seling a wide range of books, DVDs and products relating to wildlife, science and environment and ship worldwide. They currently have a book sale with up to 80% off 1000s of books. These Backlist Bargains are available to buy online, by post, phone or fax. NHBS’s range includes monographs, field guides,
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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. Sun 27 Oct Countryfile 18:20
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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 mix your own
What does 78% beach, 21% rain and 24% waterfall sound like? Read More »
One in three mouthfuls of the food we eat is dependent on pollination at a time when a crisis is threatening the world’s honey bees. You can’t have missed the recent reports about the decline in the bee population and the many campaigns to save these wonderful insects who we depend on for so much
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These photos of white-beaked dolphins were taken in Lyme Bay, off the Dorset coast in England during a Naturetrek / MARINElife (a Dorset-based marine conservation charity) guided boat trip in July 2012 which also saw a minke whale, an Ocean Sunfish and birds such as Balearic Shearwaters, Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels . Unfortunately, I
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