Two separate subjects which I found of interest via the Guardian:

How to Freecycle your way to an ecoconscious social life

Having nattered online with virtual strangers through an environmental forum, Gemma Taylor finds out what can happen when you put the laptop down & social network face to face, finding out how much fun – or otherwise - you can have going with the green flow…
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Get green, get composting

To highlight compost awareness week, Jane Perrone looks at the variety of ways to recycle household food waste – from basic wooden boxes to bins disguised as beehives – and offers useful advice…

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Websites mentioned in the above articles:

- Freecycle: http://uk.freecycle.org/

- Compost Awareness Week: http://www.compostawarenessweek.org.uk/