GREEN LIVING NEWS

  • A chair made from recycled games consoles (pa.press.net)A chair that's game for anything

    If you ever wondered what happens to all those computer game consoles that get chucked out every year, wonder no more - you could soon be sitting in a chair made from them.

  • Purple Emperor Butterfly (pa.press.net)Butterflies flutter by TV

    Lepidoperists will get the chance to witness a topsy-turvy year for the UK's best known butterflies thanks to special series of films on BBC One this week (August 25-29).

  • Mud flats at Wallasea Island, Essex (pa.press.net)Calling all photographers...

    Nature-loving photographers should get snapping their favourite scenes if they want a chance at success in a new competition.

GREEN LIVING FEATURES ARCHIVE

  • Ex-dairy farmer Jeff Trunkfield with some of his calvesThe last of the dairy farmers

    Falling dairy farmer numbers is leaving a quieter and much changed countryside. But for many, change has been difficult.

  • Mobile PhoneWhy Don't We Recycle Our Mobile Phones?

    Only one in ten people in the UK recycle their old mobile phones, according to a new global consumer survey by Nokia.

  • The waste of bottled water (Image © Fiona Hanson/PA Wire/PA Photos)Why Bottled Water is Bad

    Buying bottled water used to be a sign of water shortages. Now we buy it come rain or shine, no joke intended. But a campaign is now urging us to stop.

GREEN LIVING PHOTOS ARCHIVE

  • The British Countryside Today (Danny Lawson/PA Archive/PA Photos)The British Countryside Today

    Closing post offices and schools, lack of affordable housing and migration - these are all issues afflicting the countryside today.

  • Green Home Series: The BedroomGreen Home Series: Home Office

    Working from home means no commute, so is it the green option?

  • New world heritage sites have been revealedNew World Heritage Sites

    Twenty-seven new sites, including the biodiversity-rich group of islands, Socotra Archipelago (pictured above) have been added to the World Heritage list.

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