| Feed the birds | | 8:37am Wednesday 30th April 2008 | | With birds nesting, now is the time to stop putting out whole peanuts and pieces of bread unless they are in a feeder. Chunky foods like these can choke nestlings but adults can just take bites out of them if they are in a feeder. |
| Do it now | | 10:21am Wednesday 23rd April 2008 | | With diesel already more than £5 a gallon and petrol approaching that figure, cutting back on fuel use not only makes good sense for the planet but also for your pocket. Driving at 60mph rather than 70mph uses nine per cent less fuel while at 50mph you save 15 per cent. And driving in as high a gear as possible also cuts the revs and the CO2 your car produces. |
| Do it now | | 7:33pm Wednesday 16th April 2008 | | With the rising cost of food eating into people's declining budgets, now's a good time to get into good habits over not wasting food and reusing it - like turning a Sunday roast into a stew for the week. The less we waste, then the less we need to buy in the first place and, as a result, cutting down on the associated raw materials and energy use. Go to for lovefoodhatewaste.com for ideas. |
| Do it now | | 2:21pm Wednesday 26th March 2008 | | Every year, 600 million batteries are thrown away in the UK and all of them could be recycled. They are collected at household waste centres across the district, so check out your nearest. Better still, buy rechargeable batteries so you don't have to throw away so many and also save money instead. |
 | Do it now: mend your ways | | 11:07am Wed 19 Mar 08 | | The mantra every environmentally-conscious person recites is Reduce, Re-use, Repair and Recycle'. But how many of us do the third of these? |
| Do it now | | 8:47am Wednesday 12th March 2008 | | If climate change is having an effect on Britain's weather, then our plants and animals will be among the first harbingers of it. Every year recorders make a note of tell-tale signs of spring in their area to help scientists build a picture of what is happening to our flora and fauna, and you can join in by going to naturescalendar.org.uk and help to contribute to Springwatch. |
| Do it now | | 8:54am Wednesday 27th February 2008 | | This week is part of Fairtrade Fortnight so why not take advantage of the offers in many shops and supermarkets to try some products that put more money in the pockets of producers in the Third World and support education and health services in their communities. |
| Do it now | | 3:15pm Tuesday 19th February 2008 | | Tomorrow is One Bin Day, a chance for everyone to realise just how much they throw away at work and to think about what they could do instead. Organisers Envirowise suggest taking away all the bins by desks and putting one bin in the centre of the room - then just see what happens. If your office is average, that one will quickly become full - full of waste that can easily be reduced, reused or recycled. |
| Do it now | | 8:12pm Wednesday 13th February 2008 | | Now is the time to buy your salad and vegetable seeds and prepare to sow them so you have fresh greens to eat all spring and summer. |
| Make a scarifice to show you care | | 8:33am Wednesday 6th February 2008 | | With Lent starting today, several senior churchmen have suggested that people should give up some luxuries to cut their carbon footprint instead of or as well as the usual items they give up. |
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