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Roadshow helps us be more eco-aware

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust staff at the Greener Living show. DB5630P3

10:45am Thursday 26th March 2009

The Age of Stupid, the eco-themed docudrama was released on Friday. It stars Pete Postlethwaite as an elderly man living alone in a devastated and bleak world circa 2055. He looks back at archive footage from 2007 and asks the critical question: “Why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?”

Tracking down unwanted wood

Stuart and Carol Grant recyclers extraordinaire. DB5595P08

10:17am Thursday 26th March 2009

TURNING other people’s unwanted goods into garden furniture is nothing new but, for one Fordingbridge couple, it has become a way of life.

Down to earth... with Anne Morris

Anne Morris at the Salisbury Allotment Association's show at St Michael's Hall. DB2693P06

10:07am Thursday 26th March 2009

WARM and sunny weather last week has made everything seem suddenly possible, after the ice and snow of the first real winter for nearly 20 years.

Keeping rural skills alive

Alex Langlands, from BBC's Victorian Farm, cleaning the shire horse leathers. Copyright Lion Television Ltd 2009

12:12pm Thursday 26th February 2009

Anne Morris meets Alex Langlands from TV's Victorian Farm. Passionate about the environment and green issues, Alex invites us all to look to the past for a greener future

Down to earth...with Anne Morris

Anne Morris at the Salisbury Allotment Association's show at St Michael's Hall. DB2693P06

11:54am Thursday 26th February 2009

SNOWDROPS and winter aconites are in full bloom so it must be time to start preparations for the sowing season. But first of all I need to give my tools, pots, seed trays and greenhouse a little bit of a spring clean.

Caring for baby the natural way

Naturebotts director Jess Hyde with baby.

2:53pm Thursday 22nd January 2009

The bottom line is that every mum wants what's best for baby, which is how Ringwood business Naturebotts was born, director Jess Hyde tells Lesley Bates

Down to earth... with Anne Morris

Anne Morris at the Salisbury Allotment Association's show at St Michael's Hall. DB2693P06

3:12pm Thursday 22nd January 2009

ARCTIC conditions earlier this month may have done a good deed.

'Tis time for ethical gifts

Mr Robot Head

12:59pm Thursday 11th December 2008

Green is the new white when it comes to giving this Christmas, says Lesley Bates

Down to earth... with Anne Morris

Anne Morris at the Salisbury Allotment Association's show at St Michael's Hall. DB2693P06

2:32pm Thursday 11th December 2008

FEEDING feathered friends during the cold winter days at the allotment is pure joy, particularly as I have a perfect viewing station of the peanut and seed feeders festooned on the apple tree from my shed window.

Designs are eco-friendly

Eco-friendly fashion designer Gillian Farmer. DB5044P1

1:03pm Thursday 13th November 2008

Forget money for old rope - using hemp to create a fashion garment is green and gorgeous, reports LESLEY BATES.







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