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Britain’s racecourses start tree-planting for the Jubilee

Rating: 3

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February 8th 2012

All 60 of Britain’s racecourses will be marking the 60 years of The Queen’s reign by planting trees, coppices or Jubilee Woods as part of a national campaign by The Woodland Trust

Inspired Energy - The £10 million Lytham company that started in a conservatory

Rating: 3

January 28th 2012

Janet Thornton started her business in the conservatory at home. It has just floated with a valuation of well over £10 million, writes Roger Borrell

New Green Comunities programme in the Yorkshire Dales to help cut heating costs

Rating: 2

January 16th 2012

Stone-built cottages in the Yorkshire Dales are among the most difficult to insulate but national park officers have some answers

Save Fleet Pond

Rating: 3

January 12th 2012

Known as the voice of the countryside, CPRE Hampshire are here to fight for our green space. This month, Janet Martin, Chairman of CPRE’s North-East Hampshire group talks about a hidden beauty in the North of the county

Greener Homes

Rating: 3

January 4th 2012

With rising fuel prices, it is becoming all the more important to future-proof your homes with eco innovations. Rebecca Smyth looks at the options available to homeowners

How Green is our Valley?

Rating: 2

January 4th 2012

Dr John H Newton discusses how best to educate pupils to be green in a way that changes young minds for the future benefit of the planet

Get into your Green Routine

Rating: 3

January 3rd 2012

Somerset abounds with inspiring people turning their eco principles and money-saving good sense into practice. Nick Cater finds out more

Wood fuel is helping a Yorkshire farmer not only cut his heating bills

Rating: 3

December 3rd 2011

Wood fuel is helping a Yorkshire farmer not only cut heating bills but supply a local business centre with cheap heating too. Esther Leach reports

Green is the new white

Rating: 3

December 2nd 2011

A white Christmas is no longer what people are dreaming of – this year it is green all the way. Environmental expert Tara Greaves shares her 12 top tips...

CPRE: Daft and dangerous

Rating: 3

November 16th 2011

New planning policy will destroy our countryside, says Nicholas Butler of the CPRE.

The Ormskirk firm fuelling a green energy revolution

Rating: 3

November 16th 2011

Vesta Stoves is proving to be hot stuff when it comes to fuelling a green energy revolution, as Paul Mackenzie reports Photography by Kirsty Thompson

Gary Neville adds his supoort to a South Yorkshire eco friendly building

Rating: 2

October 28th 2011

18th century building with added green credentials has more than a sporting chance of success

Dorset magazine finds out about Butterflies and Moths - Messages from Psyche

Rating: 2

October 26th 2011

Rob Wells talks to Professor Philip Howse, who has been decoding the messages on the wings of butterflies and moths

Frodsham windfarm plans concern locals

Rating: 3

October 21st 2011

The Cheshire countryside could be transformed by giant turbines producing clean green energy, as Paul Mackenzie reports

Why solar panels can be a ray of sunshine for the future

Rating: 3

October 20th 2011

Solar panels are an environmentally-friendly way to power your home and they can not only save you money, but make you money as well

Wood burners could be the friendly answer to heating your home this winter

Rating: 3

October 20th 2011

The hot news is that wood is back and that means the sale of logs and specialist stoves is booming, writes Roger Borrell

New green power station planned at Greenholme Mill on the River Wharfe in Burley-in-Wharfedale

Rating: 3

October 17th 2011

A former cotton mill is to become a new green power station to provide clean electricity

Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham draws solar power

Rating: 2

October 17th 2011

How one leading Yorkshire tourist attraction is working to improve its environmentally friendly credentials

Surrey Hills Wood Fair at Birtley House, Bramley

October 12th 2011

With Surrey being the most wooded county in the country, should we be doing more to protect one of our most precious resources?

Look, Hot Tubs Guide

Rating: 2

July 13th 2011

Hot tubs