Green Tip: Summer fresh
Hang your laundry out to dry. There is simply nothing like climbing into a bed with sheets that smell sweetly of sun and fresh air. And it saves energy!
(Added on 2 August 2010)

Green Tip: Get connected!
You should ensure that hosepipes and sprinklers are connected to the water source correctly. Leaking or dripping taps can quickly waste gallons of water.
(Added on 2 August 2010)

Green Tip: Mad dogs and Englishmen….
In extremely dry periods, try to water in the evening or very early morning when it's cooler. That way, less water will be lost through evaporation, and watering at this time will also eliminate any possibility of delicate plants getting scorched.
(Added on 2 August 2010)

Green Tip: Cheat when you BBQ?
Gas burns much cleaner than either wood or charcoal briquettes. If you can’t resist charcoal, look out for stores selling natural charcoal – much cleaner than your traditional briquettes.
(Added on 2 August 2010)

Green Tip -  Foods of the month!
Buy as much food as you can that is grown in the UK. It saves on all the energy it takes to fly foods around the world. At their tastiest and cheapest during June and July are Peas, Broad Beans, Strawberries, Cherries, Cucumber and Curly Lettuce. Visit www.eatseaonably.co.uk
(Added on 20 June 2010)

Green Tip -  Once a week for a lush green lawn
To maintain a lush green lawn throughout the hot Summer, your lawn does NOT need to be watered every day. According to www.safegardening.co.uk, lawns are far more adaptable than plants and flowers and, even in hot weather, they do quite nicely if they're given a thorough soaking just once a week.
(Added on 20 June 2010)

Green Tip -  Butt out!
Install a water butt in the garden to collect rain water. You save valuable fresh water supplies, and plants and flowers prefer a natural rain water source. You can also use used bathwater and dishwater on the lawn.
(Added on 20 June 2010)

Green Fact -  Love thy garden...but not too much!
During hot summer months, an average of around 70% of our total water supply in the UK  is used on watering gardens.
(Added on 20 June 2010)

Green Fact – Carrier Bag Crazy!
Each person in the UK uses 134 carrier bags a year.
(Added on 17 May 2010)

Green Tip - Don’t shower your vegetables
Wash vegetables and fruit in a bowl rather than under a running tap. The water collected might even be used for watering pot plants.
(Added on 14 April 2010)

 Green Tip - Have a Green Easter
Look for Easter eggs with the least amount of packaging and be sure to recycle the packaging from your own eggs. And save the plastic packaging from your Easter Eggs and use as a mould to make your own Easter eggs next year!
(Added on 12 March 2010)

Green Tip - Eco-friendly Playtime
Buy inventive recycled cardboard products from www.tactile-interiors.co.uk Great for children’s imaginative play. They can colour and draw on them to make their own creations and when they get bored with them – they are easily recycled. 
(Added on 12 March 2010)

Green Fact - Dry 'Au Naturel'
The electric tumble dryer is one of the largest energy consuming devices in the home. Whenever possible dry your clothes on a drying rack or a clothes line, inside or out.
(Added on 10 February 2010)

Green Fact – Are you doing your bit?
For each tonne of paper that is recycled and reused, 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 KW of energy and 7000 gallons of water are all saved.
(Added 22 January 2010) 

Green Tip – The best screen saver!
Your monitor uses twice as much energy than your PC's main unit. So switch your monitor off when you leave it - even if only for 10 minutes.
(Added 22 January 2010)  

Green Tip – Perfect printing - every time!
Change the default settings on your computer to economy print (which uses less ink) and to print double-sided, so you don't have to remember each time.  
(Added 22 January 2010)   

Green  Tip – Eat seasonally
Buy as much food as you can that is grown in the UK. It saves on all the energy it takes to fly foods around the world. At their tastiest and cheapest during January and February are kale, carrots, savoy cabbage and spring cabbage. Visit eatseaonably.co.uk
(Added 22 January 2010) 

Green Fact – The Cost of Christmas Cards
Recyclenow.com has teamed up with the Woodland Trust card recycling scheme which will allow people to recycle their cards throughout January at participating retailers, including M&S. Each man, woman and child in Fareham will receive an average of 17 cards this year. If we all recycle them in this way, we'll contribute to saving a lot of trees.
(Added 21 December 2009) 

Green Fact – Recycle, Recycle, Recycle!
According to Recyclenow.com, English households will throw out an additional 3m tonnes of rubbish over the festive period - that's five sacks per family. Much of this will be waste that could have been recycled.  
(Added 21 Decmber 2009) 

Green Tip – Start composting now
Compost all your food peelings and vegetable food waste from your Christmas dinner, or get a wormery to help break it down into rich, nutritious soil ready to use in the Spring.
(Added 21 December 2009) 

Green Fact – 'Get Real' at Christmas
On average, artificial Christmas trees are thrown away after less than six years of use, but they stay in landfill sites for centuries.  
(Added 21 December 2009) 

Green Fact – Paper v. Plastic
It takes just six months for paper to disintegrate, but more than 500 years for plastic to decompose. 
(Added 26 October 2009) 

Green Fact – Check the bottom of the bottle
Buy wine in bottles with a flat bottom, rather than a dome. They use much less glass and can be lighter by as much as 70%
(Added 26 October 2009) 

Green Tip – Go Online
For information about what you can recycle and where, visit www.recyclenow.com
(Added 26 October 2009) 

Green Fact – Flatter = Better
Flat screen monitors use only one-third the power of conventional monitors. 
(Added 26 October 2009) 

Green Fact – Windy Britain
As the windiest country in Europe, the UK could power itself several times over using wind energy alone – if only we could harness that power!
(Added 25 September 2009) 

Green Tip – Get crafty
Use a 4litre plastic milk container and an old wire coat hanger to make a peg holder to hang on your washing line. For further instructions and many more reuse and recycle ideas, visit www.junkk.com and register.
(Added 25 September 2009) 

Green Tip – Go refillable
Instead of countless plastic biros, invest in a refillable fountain pen and a bottle of ink (not cartridges). Result - less plastic, nicer writing and people tend not to walk away with your pen.
(Added 25 September 2009) 

Green Fact – What a lot of gas!
Farm animals create more global greenhouse emissions than transportation does.
(Added 25 September 2009) 

Green Fact – Don’t dump plastic bags
One Million sea Creatures are killed by plastic bags and rubbish thrown into the sea every year.
(Added 7th August 2009) 

Green Tip – Think before you print
On average each worker uses 50 sheets of A4 a day. So encourage your colleagues to print less by adding a message to your email signature, such as: Think before you print to save energy and paper. Do you really need to print this email? If you do, print it double sided.
(Added 7th August 2009) 

Green Tip – Salad savvy
Did you know bagged salad can contain levels of chlorine far higher than the average swimming pool? If you can't buy - or grow - chemical free salad ingredients, avoid the bagged stuff and opt for loose ingredients when you go shopping.
(Added 7th August 2009) 

Green Tip – Lawns are yawns
Help your lawn conserve water by letting it grow longer. Mow less frequently or mow high to encourage root growth - it will also give the grass a chance to self-seed. Leave clippings on the lawn to return nutrients as they decompose. Alternatively, save yourself the effort of mowing and encourage more meadow species, which are great for attracting insects. Mowing a path through the middle shows it is meant to be that way and is not the result of neglect!
(Added 7th August 2009) 

Green Fact - Recycle Recycle Recycle!
Despite the potential to recycle or compost around 68% of our waste, we are only recycling or composting 15%
(Added 1st July 2009)