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The five best electric cars you can buy today, no matter what you needIt doesn't matter if you need a sporty car, a city hatchback or a load-lugger with room for all the family — electric cars area already here in all shapes and sizes. Charles Rangeley-Wilson picks his favourites.
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Jonathan Self: ‘Going plastic-free for a week – how hard can it be? Jolly hard is the answer’Jonathan Self finds that eschewing plastic for a week is testing, but achievable, even if his quest for locally grown strawberries packed in wooden punnets proves fruitless.
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How to put your money where your mouth is: 20 Eco-friendly products for home, garden and drivewayFrom veg boxes and green toilet paper to vehicles which will help save the planet, here's our pick of some of the best eco-friendly products on the market.
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Alan Titchmarsh: How each of our English country gardens can play their part in saving the planetOur columnist Alan Titchmarsh talks extreme weather, climate change and the faith all gardeners have in the extraordinary ability of nature to bounce back from pretty much anything.
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A message of hope: ‘Humanity may be on course to destroy the planet, but we know how to stop it, we can afford to stop it and we have the technology to stop it’We know we’ve caused global warming, but we can stop making it worse, says John Gummer, chair of the Climate Change Committee. We simply need strong leadership to achieve it.
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Seven unforgettable trips which combine beauty, wonder and sustainabilityWhether you're fulfilling a lifelong dream, booking a family holiday or returning to a place which has already captured your heart, it's possible to travel to the world's most wonderful places without leaving footprints which are either too deep or too numerous.
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A life without plastic: Why it’s going to take more than a few incremental changes to save our planetOver a year on from giving up plastic for Lent, Rosie Paterson discusses the very real danger that we face should we not make drastic changes to our plastic consumption, and fast.
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Six top tips on how to 'upcycle' old homeware, creating stunning original pieces and safeguarding the environmentSustainable interior designer, upcycler and self-proclaimed ‘warrior on waste’ Lynne Lambourne offers her expert tips on how to upcycle items found in your home or in one of the British Heart Foundations new home stores.
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The special alchemy of rare-breed meat, and 10 places of the best places to get hold of itThe surest way to aid the survival of Britain's rare breeds is to support the farmers who rear them – and in doing so you can end up enjoying some of the finest meat on earth.
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Rosamund Young: Dreaming of a cottage with a field? Then find your field and do itRosamund Young, author of the Secret Life of Cows, will be writing a series of columns for Country Life in the next few months – starting with this beautiful piece about what any budding countryside dweller needs to know.
