No more plastic bags!
UK stores hand out more plastic bags than any other country in Europe, but in parts of the country, local people are making a stand against them, says Andrew McCloy

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Sweet scent of success
Surrey was a centre of lavender growing until the First World War, but now efforts are paying off to reintroduce the crop. Helen Gazeley reports

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Happy holidays, happy planet
Are you accumulating carbon-laden air miles? Using up precious local resources abroad? Ignoring local communities? It's time you considered responsible travel, says Gillian Thomas.
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Global issues, local action
Saving the planet begins at home. Andrew McCloy explains how concerned communities are taking environmental concerns seriously and doing something  about them.
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Streets ahead

Catherine Dell reports on the nationwide campaign to declutter our highways and byways. 

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The eco-friendly alternative

You can stick to your environmental principals even after you die, by asking for a ‘natural’ or ‘green’ funeral, reports Penny Kitchen. 

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From little acorns...

The National Forest is nothing if not ambitious. Covering 200 square miles of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire – one of the least-wooded areas of England – it’s the first large-scale, multi-purpose forest created in this country since the Norman Conquest. 

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The secret world of bats

Have you ever seen bats late on a summer's evening, silently flitting round trees and hedges as they hunt for food? Roosting by day and venturing out at dusk to hunt for insects, they are difficult to see. 

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