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Handy Tips for Greening Up Your Home
There are lots of great web sites, search engines and directories which can help you learn how to live a greener lifestyle.  Three of the best include: 

 
Other good sites include:


If you want to buy something locally that is environmentally friendly or ethical, look out for certification logos such as, the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), Fairtrade Foundation or Soil Association.  Defra has published a shopper’s guide to green labeling systems to try to discourage companies from making sham ‘green’ claims.

Friends of the Earth also produce the Good Shopping Guide and the Ethical Consumer is available online.  For cruelty-free beauty products made from natural products, its worth checking out BUAV’s Little Book of Cruelty-Free.

There are a number of online Business Directories which may be able to help you locate local suppliers of the goods you are after:

There are also a good range of really interesting web sites that can help you to work out how much carbon dioxide pollution your lifestyle is creating (ie your carbon footprint) and action you can take to put things right. The sites vary in their complexity but are all useful in different ways.  Mind, if you do use their carbon footprinting packages, be prepared - you’ll probably be horrified by your carbon footprint results!  

 

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