A Greener Way to Travel

Travel – experiencing new countries and cultures, is something most of us love doing. But is it possible to make ‘green’ travel choices? Air travel is one of the biggest contributors to global warming; using an alternative form of transport is one thing we can all do as individuals to reduce our carbon footprints and [...]

A Fuel Revolution

It is hard to believe that even now, in 2013, within the U.K. that there are people who live in ‘fuel poverty’, as a developed country we like to think that problems such as this do not exist. However, figures released from the Association for the Conservation for Energy and the Energy Bill Revolution campaign, [...]

Learning Sustainable Techniques

This year why not have a holiday with a difference and learn a new skill that will help you live a more sustainable life.  Maybe you’d like to learn how to get more out of your food or you’d like to help continue an ancient craft or skill.  There are a number of centres out [...]

Guest Post: It’s Green or Bust for Businesses

Whether your business is a small start-up or a multi-million pound corporation, sustainability is big news. Adopting ‘clean technology’ can not only save you money long-term, it can actually ensure the survival of your company. According to Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, a charitable initiative advising businesses on how to cut down [...]

Guest Post: 20 Ways to Improve the Carbon Footprint of Your Small Business

Going green and reducing the carbon footprint of your small business has a range of benefits. In addition to helping to preserve the environment, you can also cut costs, increase efficiency and output, and give yourself a marketing advantage. Many changes are also quick and simple. Changing to a green supplier for web hosting, or [...]

Energy Efficient Tips

Are you fed up with high energy bills? Of course you are! The sustained cold weather in the UK during 2013 so far has meant that we have all seen a hike in our energy bills. So how can you cut your costs and help to save the planet at the same time? There are [...]

Paper Potter

My daughter loves to help out in the garden and on the rainy days she gets the paper potter out so that she is prepared. This ingenious device enables you to turn strips of old newspaper into biodegradable plant pots for seedlings. The Paper Potter was designed 15 years ago as a solution to the [...]

Helping to save some lambs

My good friend Natalie over at Little Miss Baileys Blog has decided to save some lambs that are in the field outside her home, this is a one-off and as such we at TGF want to support and help how we can.  So we have decided to run a special offer, you can get your company [...]

Monte Bianco – The Eco-Friendly Toothbrush

I have to admit it is not something that I have questioned before… but have you ever thought about what happens to your toothbrush once you have thrown it away? Astonishingly over 240 million toothbrushes are sent to landfills every year, something which is of course a negative occurrence for our environment. Fortunately this is where [...]

How to reduce the cost of wildlife surveys

A recent study in the United States has highlighted ways to reduce costs when conducting pre-construction wildlife surveys for wind farms. Wind farming is a fairly new technological advance and extensive data collection and survey requirements to ascertain wild bird and bat mortality rates can be an expensive task. Standard pre-construction evaluations of potential risks [...]

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