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The Woodland Trust’s Big Climate Fight Back is hoping to encourage one million people to plant a tree to help combat climate change. They have chosen November 30th as it is the start of the traditional tree planting season. The day also falls in National Tree Week, a week of tree planting organised by the […]

Yaso Shan is a registered member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy (CPP). A leading UK professional body for qualified and practising members of western herbal medicine. Yaso began her career as a Lecturer in the Health Sciences, specialising in the biomedical sciences, physiology, pathology, infection and the principles governing conventional medical treatments. She […]

Whether you are looking at having a tree trimmed back, or removed completely, you do want to make sure that you are using a professional arborist who knows what they’re doing! There are many cowboy outfits who will say they can help you, but if they don’t know what they are doing you may find […]

Raising chickens is a fantastic thing to do, with some excellent benefits, beyond a steady supply of fresh eggs, but there is more to it than just putting a few chickens in your backyard and feeding them kitchen scraps. Chickens are pretty low maintenance, but they are still living creatures that need food, water and […]

Lighting is one of the most important elements you need to consider when renovating your home. And finding the best option is not as easy as it may seem at first. That’s because the technology is advancing with each passing year, so consequently, we constantly get access to new solutions. And it’s not always that […]

Every garden is different, and there’s no one simple rule that will help you create a great gardening project. When planning a garden, you need to think about your priorities. You need to decide whether you want your backyard to simply look good, or maybe you’d rather use it as a relaxing space where you’ll […]

Manchester based company ‘Freeflush’ create rainwater harvesting solutions which can help save you money and help the planet by enabling you to reuse rainwater for your garden. Freeflush are offering a lucky GreenFinder visitor one last chance this year to win one of their Prestige wall mounted water butts which holds up to 100 litres […]

Food packaging must meet a wide array of stringent requirements. It has to protect the food from damage during transport. It must protect the food from exposure to bacteria and fungi in the air and it should look attractive on the shelves so that potential customers want to buy it. The brand information must also […]

As environmental issues continue to top the agenda for governments and the general public, nations the world over are taking serious action to protect the future of the planet. The UK, in particular, has taken some bold steps forward in recent years, and legislation continues to evolve to support emissions reduction in line with international […]

With regards to the UK’s future environmental plans, the government has set a bold target to become a zero-emissions nation by 2050. If it can be achieved, this would make the UK the cleanest country in the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. 31 years certainly seems like a long time to achieve this, […]

Over the past five decades, the average global temperature has risen at the fastest rate in history. The planet is warming, from the North Pole to the South Pole, and human activity is the primary cause. The term global warming is used to describe the average increase in earth’s temperature. The scenario is already having harmful effects […]