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update the title TEST 3 modern ways from grandmas day
From quilting to carpentry, young people are reviving old skills that help their bank balances, social lives, wardrobes and wellbeing – and the planet too. Nicola Shepheard meets the people behind our old skills revival
Lego drops Shell after public pressure over Arctic drilling
Lego will stop making Shell-branded toys following a prolonged campaign by Greenpeace, including a viral video, protesting Arctic oil drilling. Lego Group chief executive Jørgen Vig Knudstorp announced on Wednesday [8 October] the toy manufacturer would ...
Bored kids, turtle love and spring planting ideas
Did you know we had native sea turtles?
Kiwi stations pumping greener fuel
You can still be a green driver without a fancy electric car, reckons oil company Gull. The Kiwi-owned business is squawking about having sold 24 million litres of bio-fuel, a feat which has reduced the ...
Korean river powers city mobiles
When you recharge your phone you don’t often think about its environmental impact, yet with more than 7 billion mobiles being used around the world, their electricity use soon adds up – and no more ...
Supermarket goes off the grid
You know there’s hope for the environment when big business starts taking climate change, waste and energy issues as seriously as the giant supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. The UK firm has just disconnected its first supermarket ...
Issue 12: 10 things we learned
The October-November issue of Green Ideas is in supermarkets and magazine retailers from Monday 6 October.
Recycling plan gives new life to used toothbrushes
A new 'Oral Care Brigade' makes it a whole lot easier to recycle your old toothbrushes
An easy guide to aquaponics
Make your own aquaponics set-up at home with these easy tips from Green Ideas editor Greg Roughan. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, ...
Japan will keep whaling despite new IWC ruling
A new ruling to restrict scientific whaling won’t stop Japan