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mowers

Three of the best: push reel mowers

Monday, 2 January 2012

Push reel mowers have changed in 20 years, and they’re now very easy to push! Perfect if you only have a small lawn to maintain, there’s no need for petrol, plus they’re so quiet you can even hear the phone ring.

Food-oil-water

The three peaks

Friday, 15 July 2011

We have a tendency to treat our home planet like there’s no tomorrow. But it’s time to wake up to the three-pronged resource crisis – shortages of oil, water and food – that experts say lies just around the bend.

A row of lipsticks

How much petroleum is hiding in your cosmetics? Let’s find out.

Monday, 25 July 2011

Take a look at the labels on your cosmetics - do they have byproducts of the petrol-making process in there? Our challenge this month is to ditch those and find some eco-friendly and healthy replacements.

Oily water

Oil and water

Monday, 6 October 2008

Brace yourselves: I got the calculator out for this post and have been trying to do some maths. I've been trying to work out the oil used to package the bottled water we drink in Australia.

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