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Real Nappy Week 2012: Real Nappies in Greater Manchester

Real Nappy Week 2012 runs from 16th to 22nd April and to celebrate Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) are hosting 18 nappy events to help you see how easy they are to use.   Visit the using real nappies page for … Continue reading

 

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Who is profiting at the planet’s expense?

Help us root out the worst offenders for trashing the planet. Making everything we buy and use is putting the earth’s life-support systems under dangerous strain. That’s why we’re campaigning for all companies to start counting the cost and reduce the impacts their … Continue reading

 

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Book Depository: Raise money for Friends of the Earth every time you buy a book

Raise money for Friends of the Earth every time you buy a book – and get big discounts too. Now you can buy great value books and help the planet. Every time you order from The Book Depository, Friends of the Earth … Continue reading

 

Autumnal Spicy Beetroot and Pumpkin Soup

This is a perfect recipe for Autumn and tastes amazing! It was adapted into a soup and veganised from a recipe for Oxtail Stew with Pumpkin and Cinnamon from Yotam Ottolenghi’s “The Cookbook”. olive oil 1 pumpkin 4 beetroots 1 … Continue reading

 

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MYO: Learn the art of ‘making your own’ beer

If you would like to learn how to make your own beer in time for the festive celebrations (and beyond)  then pop along to the Green Fish centre on Tuesday 15th November, where James, a Manchester Friends of the Earth … Continue reading

Recipe Competition – Denitsa Chuh Leva – Fresh Rice Noodles with Mediterranean Veg.

Veg: 3 coloured peppers, carrots, courgettes, ionion Slice the peppers into long thin strips, do the same with the carrots and chop the courgettes into cubes. Chop the onions into cubes Put a little oil (sunflower) in a frying pan … Continue reading