Green Living

We are a brand new environmentally friendly, ethical jewellery company based in Cornwall. We have a very unique and exciting product that is exclusive to us- The UK’s first Hybrid Diamond. The IQ Diamond® is man made yet contains pure nature identical diamond and has the added benefit in that it is not associated with […]

Whatever type of home you live in, we all have to pay bills for heating, lighting and water. It is costly to run a home. Cathryn Hickey, executive director for the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies looks at some of the ways you can make your home more energy efficient, including options for installing

Remarkable British eco-manufacturerrecycles cosmetic pots for Lush Cosmetics Remarkable, the innovative UK based eco-manufacturer which creates ground-breaking products and packaging from recycled and environmental materials, is working with with fresh handmade cosmetics company Lush. This environmentally conscious retailer and product producer has chosen to outsource the recycling of its black plastic cosmetic pots from shops

  Ecover, previous winners of a Green Apple Award, have asked us to ‘road test’ the following products:   Washing Powder Biological Concentrate Laundry Liquid Non Biological Fabric Softener Amongst The Flowers Hand Soap Lavender Window & Glass Cleaner All Purpose Cleaner Being of delicate skin, I was a little apprehensive of the washing powder, liquid

Green & Blacks Chocolate Bar Taste Review Loving chocolate is a passion, it has to be creamy, yet full of the flavour it says it is! So I thought, why not get in touch with Green & Black’s, asking them if I can taste review some of their products that have a Green (not just

MONEY SAVING PLUG-IN I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the CO2 emissions that I would save by using the Lime, a remote controlled energy saving switch – and the amount of money I am going to save on my electricity bill. This is only one of many Limes I shall be purchasing for items

FOUR MAJOR ADVANCES FOR d2w OXO-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc is delighted to announce today four major industry developments. Symphony’s CEO, Michael Laurier commented “Public pressure to ban plastic is driven by the fact that plastic litter can last for hundreds of years in the environment.  It is now clear that there is no

RESOURCES BIODEGRADABLE Erin Eco Pots For 2011, Erin has significantly expanded our ranges of environmentally-friendly pot products. Erin Eco Containers are made from recycled paper pulp and are biodegradable, Erin’s Eco Pots are made from sustainable bamboo sources and are biodegradable, whilst our glass pot range is made using a minimum 30% recycled glass which

Reading ‘Green Poems for a Blue Planet’, I was left feeling quite cheerful. Written in a very thought provoking and humorous way, Martin Kiszko aims this book at both adults and children. He thinks he may have stumbled into a new school of poetry , which he calls ‘bioverse’ and describes as mind-boggling his way

Giving Up Smoking – The Greenest way I know! Having smoked for nearly 40 years, and I am only 47 now, I thought it was going to be impossible. I had tried on many occasions to stop and once actually gave up for 18 months, only to start the dreaded habit once more. That was