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Ethical and green living

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June 2024

  • A woman searches through tons of used clothes in the Atacama desert in Chile

    John Lewis clothing range aims to ‘minimise waste and maximise longevity’

    Retailer says ‘circular design’ collection is the first stage of an environmental overhaul of its products
  • A bird's eye shot of a woman squatting on a rocky beach, sorting through plastic using a pink sieve.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    ‘Your plastic is here’: how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore

    One of the world’s most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing ships hoovering up sealife just offshore
    • Ethical banking in the UK: how to put your everyday account to good use

    • Clean v green: ‘disgust wins out’ over eco ideals when doing laundry, study finds

    • Are energy performance certificates worth the paper they’re written on?

May 2024

  • Maybe just buy a postcard instead?

    Be a better tourist! 28 ways to have a fantastic holiday – without infuriating the locals

  • a smart meter next as a woman pours herself a cup of tea from a freshly boiled kettle

    Almost a third of household smart meters not working properly, says Citizens Advice

  • Working on World Child Cancer's Nurturing Garden, designed by Giulio Giorgi, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

    Brief letters
    Small steps towards sustainable gardens

  • A middel-aged white woman sits on a rock by the sea, wearing a wetsuit and surrounded by other wetsuits

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

  • M&S teams up with recycling tech group to trace plastic packaging

  • Don’t despair about the climate. Be part of the social tipping point

  • The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township

  • ‘It just didn’t work’: how businesses are struggling with re-useable packaging

  • ‘The Body Shop held our hand’: how the troubled British firm helped a recycling startup in India

  • Change by degrees
    Cut down on baby clutter: how to recycle, swap and upcycle your children’s clothes

  • Chelsea flower show to introduce green medal to award eco-friendly gardens

  • What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

  • British Gas boss says all UK households should be forced to fit smart meters

  • Worried carmakers call for urgent UK help to reignite waning interest in electric vehicles

  • UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers

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