Tag: tips
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Enviropaedia’s online green guide is a stunner
I’ve seen the Enviropaedia book in shops and it’s never grabbed me, but their online Sustainable Lifestyle Guide is a completely different story. It looks beautiful and is packed with all the info you need to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Best of all, you don’t have to pay for it and no innocent trees […]
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Don’t forget to feed the worms
For all the eco-minded people in Johannesburg thinking of “semigrating” to Cape Town, here’s a little something to whet your apetite. Not only is the stately Mount Nelson hotel practising vermiculture, even little restaurants tucked away in shady Noordhoek are using worms to recycle their kitchen scraps. This wormery stands outside a restaurant in a […]
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Green tip: Keep the pressure up
We’ve mentioned before that with underinflated tyres your car use up to 4 percent more petrol. They are also less safe to drive on. But here’s a factoid from a report in the Sunday Independent that you may find interesting if you’re driving from the Highveld to the coast this Easter. Apparently tyres slowly deflate […]
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Online energy saving resource
A useful resource for people who want to learn more about their household energy usage and how to choose the most energy efficient appliances is a British website call Sust-it. It provides consumer information on the energy efficiency of a long list of products ranging from washing machines to PCs to air-conditioners to LCD and […]