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Charlie Luxton: High octane enthusiast for low energy living

Designer Charlie Luxton has a new Channel 4 series Homes By The Med, which looks at lovely houses by the coast. He has worked on BBC DIY-SOS as a designer. He trained as an architect. He has presented Building a New Life In The Country shown on Channel 5. Charlie Luxton is a proponent of self-build houses and eco friendly interior design and construction.

The Ideal Home Show at London's Earls Court

The Ideal Home Show at London's Earls Court runs until April 1. It has full size houses, lots of eco friendly, sustainable products and room sets, and a packed schedule of talks and seminars, and plenty of celebrities such as George Clarke, and Alan Titchmarsh. The show is in its 105th year. 

Making its mark quietly: Quiet Mark

The sound of silence.. Quietmark is an organisation which urges us to make time for silence and to choose products in our home which are quiet. 

Fans for fans of quiet fans

Quiet Mark is an organisation that works with manufacturers to get them to engineer quietness into their products. And if there's one thing everyone says would be less annoying if it were quieter, it's the fan, now crucial to getting through a British summer.

Biodegradable teabags from Dorset Tea

biodegradable teabags from dorset tea. bags contain no plastic and can be industrially composted

GODAN promotes open data to achieve food security

Moral fibre: choose organic cotton

Fashion industry organic cotton products for  underwear and babyclothes. In general, where fashion goes interiors are sure to follow, for  ethical and healthy choice for their furnishing fabrics still face an uphill struggle. Organic cotton fabric cover chairs, cushions and lampshades. Conventionally produced cotton can be bad for environment.. New fabric in sustainable wool and stinging nettle fibre. Ethical revolution public is generally becoming more eco-conscious. Hard-to-find items such as organic lace. 

 

Cotton: it's a dirty business

conventional cotton is a dirty business and not eco friendly. cultivation uses huge quantities of water and pesticides, which damage workers' health

Mall Galleries: The Natural Eye 2020

Flora and fauna can cheer even most taciturn among us, so if you're stuck in a concrete hell, try to get along to Mall Galleries for The Natural Eye exhibition. Or failing that see all the works of art online.

This being the year of covid, you will need to book a slot to visit and social distancing, face coverings, hand sanitizer...yeh..you know the drill.

Want a secure job? Then train in a trade

Recent research shows a worrying dearth of young people coming into the trades, as our skilled workforce of plumbers, electricians, builders and carpenters are ageing and will be retiring in the next decade.

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