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Sat 04 Apr 2009A site for green eyes
LIFESTYLE:When two women couldn’t find the information they needed to go green, they started up an eco website
WE’D ALL LIKE our lifestyles to be just a little bit greener, but it’s probably fair to say that many of us fear the pain this might involve. Would we have to eschew all the little luxuries that life offers, forgo foreign holidays or tirelessly research the origin and provenance of every morsel? Sure, we want to do our bit, and perhaps we aspire to something as simple as buying local seasonal vegetables to go with the Sunday roast or popping a compost bin outside the back door. The problem is where to start and how to find the time and energy to go about it. Anyway, isn’t it going to cost us to listen to our conscience?
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