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Before you buy anything digital – find out if it has all the current upgrades. More and more today we are finding that technology and communication are allowing us to do things that we wouldn’t have though possible only a few years ago – and it’s important to keep up with the changes to avoid buying ‘old’ technology before you even though it was ‘new’… Unless you are at the forefront of development – by the time you see your friends all using a certain product and decide to buy one... Read Full Story

Travelling to big cities can be as green as you want it to be. Take New York for example; a city of shopping and high-rise.  But it is also a place where public transport is very well organised and everything you need is right on your doorstep! If you plan your green holidays New York style, then you won’t be disappointed with the results.  Whether it shopping you want; a taste of the culture or just a city with a difference – you would be going to the right place. I recently added a... Read Full Story

Take a step back in time when you go to South America – it is worth it’s weight in Gold! Travelling to places because of their current beauty is a great choice for a vacation; and taking a holiday to a location rich in history is another great idea. So why not choose a place where both of these are plenty? Peru holidays have it all wrapped up. They have colonial towns, snow-capped mountains, ancient mountain cities, stone-paved Andean pathways, strange petroglyphs, beautiful people and... Read Full Story

If you are going to travel across continents – then why not make the most of it? Having travelled regularly myself – I know that there is a huge distinction between going it alone based on guide books and actually taking a reputable escorted tour or longer guided trip. Now, I won’t say that all of my ‘go-it-alone’ holidays have been rubbish – far from it!  I loved every minute of my trips from home otherwise I wouldn’t do it so often – but there is more to see than just what’ in the... Read Full Story

What easier way to have an eco friendly vacation – than to live it your way! Buy renting a holiday villa whereever you want to go; like choosing  villas in Florida ; you can decide what you do and when you do it – there is no need to spend ages compromising on this and that. The Problem: Taking a trip these days can be filled with choices between what you want and expect from a holiday – and what you hope will be an eco friendly experience too. We all know that hotels need to wash... Read Full Story

If your kids are always asking how long until we get home – think on your feet! There is plenty going on in the countryside even when it all looks a bit bleak – maybe not noticable to us adults who are just thinking about the weather and the route back to the car. But to the kids; the autumn cold weather and wildlife is nothing but one huge adventure! So here are a few things that might inspire you to think about the fun side of things. Maybe walk less distance and do more things – that... Read Full Story

These days, can you just pick a chair you like the look of? Of course you can, but do you want to? I mean, what is the history of that chair? Is buying it going against some of your principles? Have you been paying to NOT buy that chair – and then buying it anyway? I mean where your chair comes from, what it is made of, who made it and how it was made are all important ethical and environmental issues – as well as how that chair got to your store, how it is held together, and what will... Read Full Story

Let’s get down to the serious birds. As promised here are some great tips for identifying some of the UK’s most common and widespread birds of prey. These don’t include the owls who will have their own post later in the series, but cover some of our most well known raptors; some hunt live prey (mainly other birds) while others are mainly scavengers, searching along roadsides for their next meal. It is always a pleasure to see a raptor soaring overhead as they have a certain menace and... Read Full Story

Reusable bags are all around us these days – but what are the pro’s and cons? I myself use several types of different bags for different occasions – but my friend thinks that they are the worst thing ever! Why are there so many types and why wouldn’t you like them? Their Purpose In Life: After listening to my friend discussing why he didn’t like my reusable bags – I asked him why they were invented in the first place. He went for the eco friendly angle – but in reality, they are just a... Read Full Story

‘The uncomfortable truth about Biodiversity’, he says…. Basically this book explains how looking to save just one species out of a whole ecosystem is not the way forward for saving biodiversity. And to prove it, he opens up with an Introduction with an image of a Dodo. Are we ecologically worse off after we lost the Dodo as a species? The Book Itself: This book is a very easy to read description of how science works in practice. And that sometimes this results in ‘bad’ things. The... Read Full Story