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• Car guide

  

  Diesel? Hybrid? Electric? Petrol? There are lots of options when it comes to choosing the most environmentally friendly car.
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• Essential guide to sustainable fish - part 1

  

  Want to buy fish from sustainable stocks? Here’s our guide
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  Posted in: Eat

• Essential guide to reusable nappies

  

  We get stuck into the green nappy debate
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  Posted in: Living

• Essential guide to keeping chickens

  

  Fancy eating fresh eggs every day? We look at the practicalities of keeping chickens.
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  Posted in: Living

• Wild swimming

  

  Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale were both fans. Here’s our guide to swimming in the great outdoors
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  Posted in: Travel

• Biking for beginners

  

  Whether saddling up for work or play, cycling is a great way to travel. Trina Wallace shows you how to get started
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• Water saving tips

  

  Here are some handy hints for saving water at home
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  Posted in: Save water

• The truth about low-energy light bulbs

  

  Low-energy bulbs are supposed to save us money, inconvenience and pollution – so why aren’t we all using them, asks Duncan Clark
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  Posted in: Save energy

• Guide to climate change

  

  The changes in the Earth's climate over the past century are unusually rapid, so what’s causing them? Most experts agree that humans have played a major role
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  Posted in: Think

• War on waste

  

  A third of the food we buy goes into the bin. Marissa-Catherine Carrarini gives her top tips for avoiding leftovers
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  Posted in: Eat