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Give the food that needs eating its own shelf
One roll of paper tape, one shelf, and the food you already own stops disappearing behind things.
Small changes
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Small changes that feel good and add up, at home, in the garden and on the way out the door.
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Fix it, find it, or borrow it
A new right to repair arrived across Europe this week, and a whole generation was already there waiting for it.
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The green bin that becomes a paddock
Food scraps across New South Wales are about to start a far better second life.
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The science that needs your backyard
A phone, a window and ten minutes are enough to make you part of the research.
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The library where you borrow a drill instead of buying one
Sewing machines, tool kits, fishing poles: libraries are lending the things we only need sometimes.
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The quiet heater that keeps winning winter
For the fourth year running, more homes chose the gentle machine that heats for a fraction of the energy.
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Doctors are prescribing birdsong, and the wilder the better
The newest medicine on the scripts pad is a walk somewhere green and alive.
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The solar panel that hangs off the balcony rail
No roof? No worries. Three million German homes are plugging straight into the sun.
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The cafes where broken things get a second chance
Bring in the wobbly chair or the lamp that will not switch on, and watch it come back to life.
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Let it grow: the quiet joy of rewilding your garden
Mowing a little less and planting a few natives can turn any backyard into a haven for bees and butterflies.
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Plastic Free July: small swaps, adding up to a global wave
Millions of people are using one month to rethink single use plastic, one easy change at a time.
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£1bn for community owned clean energy
The UK's new Local Power Plan is its biggest ever public investment in locally owned wind and solar, so profits flow straight back to neighbourhoods.