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Welcome to 2011!  The start of a new year is a time when we’re all very conscious of keeping new resolutions as strictly as we possibly can.  I saw somebody tweet the other day, “what is it about a new year that makes us actually want to do housework?”. 

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I love to celebrate the seasons and the different delights they summon.  Christmas is the season for handmade treats and treasures, glistening lights, evergreen foliage and remembering a story.  Most of us will give and receive gifts this Christmas, and I’ve got a few ideas to share of quirky and beautiful wrapping ideas, that won’t cost the earth, both environmentally and personally!

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Wondering about how to start composting, but don’t know very much?  Annoyed that your compost isn’t breaking down properly?  Too many leaves in your garden this Autumn that you don’t know what to do with? Let me enlighten you with a simple recipe for the perfect compost, to encourage you on your green-living way.

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Jeans are the nation’s favourite trousers.  Probably the world’s favourite trousers. Match them with anything. Dress them up, dress them down. Heels, trainers, flip flops, flats, hiking shoes and boots, t-shirts, jumpers, tunics, shirts and jackets – any will work!

I don’t know about you, but I find it a challenge to find a good pair of jeans that I like and that fit me well. Usually, about once every three years I find a winning pair that I cling to, wearing them whenever I can. Eventually they inevitably wear through and usually (for me) – in rather unfortunate places. I try to keep wearing them until they reach the officially ‘unwearable’ stage, but at some point you have to say goodbye.

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"Brian, are you sure this is the way to Joe and Mary's?"

The Cost of Being Lost

All of us around the globe at one time or another felt that uneasy feeling of not knowing exactly where we are or how to get to where we need to be.  This uneasy feeling has a name, that is hard for many of us to vocalise.  It’s called lost, and in reality it can cost us more than just our pride.  There’s time, fuel, energy, stress, relationships and even the environment to consider too.  Just imagine if everyone drove exactly where they needed to be using an optimised route, without unplanned detours, how much fuel could we collectively save?  It’s an exciting thought.

Raving about Saving

These are just some of the reasons why we are thrilled to introduce our range of Garmin Nüvi Satellite Navigation systems, all equipped with ecoRoute, fuel saving software on board.  It’s not just fuel you could save using one of these, but all the things that seem to disappear when you’re lost; energy, calmness, relationships, the environment…

Around the office, we’ve come up with our top five ways you can save with our Garmin Nüvi Sat Nav range, we think you’ll agree it’s well worth a read.

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World Environment Day 2010

Scientists claim we are an estimated one in 5 – 100 million different species roaming our planet.  2 million different species of living creatures have been identified so far, with more all the time.  It’s a well known fact that human activity is the cause of some destruction in our planet.  Rainforest depletion, global warming issues and the extinction of animals are triggered by the choices our species has made and continues to make. 

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As the weather warms and the longer evenings tempt us to stay up, the festival season is upon us presenting a feast of entertainment to delight in.  Musical festivals, environmental festivals, arts festivals, car festivals, flower festivals, Fairtrade festivals…

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The Tallest Sunflower?

It’s your chance to challenge the EthicalSuperstore staff in a super-easy, sunflower growing competition!

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Here at the Ethical Superstore offices we always try to think eco. Our light bulbs are all energy saving, our staff kitchen boasts an Eco Kettle, and we recycle all of the paper and card that we can get our hands on.

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