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Wood by the sea: Coastal house in Devon

Architect: 6a architects

Structural Engineer: Price & Myers

Main Contractor/Builder: JE Stacey

Joinery Company: Touch Design Group

Wood Supplier: Traditional Oak and Timber Co.

Wood Species: French Oak, British Douglas Fir, British Pine

Forestry England: autumn watch

This year's autumn leaf watch runs from September to November. It follows a summer that's seen long heatwaves and drought which has put many trees under stress and led some to shed leaves far earlier than would normally have been expected. The data collected by citizen scientists throughout England this year will record the timing and development of autumn while offering everyone the motivation to get outside for a walk in the woods.

Organic September - start organic gardening

Make the most of September in the garden and why not start by tidying up your wildflower area...while keeping it wildlife friendly.

If you have a perennial wildflower area, it'll probably have finished flowing by September, so choose a dry day (not hard in the drought-stricken UK) and cut down the area before raking off the tops.

Take summer bedding cuttings

Cool for the gang - eco-friendly children's furniture

'When I think about why we made the chair, the feelings I have are that we're creating a space that is personal to the child,' says Jonathan Walter of Bark Furniture, referring to the new mini-me version of its Kustom chair that the company is making.

Save water, don't waste it!

We really should have listened to those climate Cassandras....and while many politicians still try to ignore the elephant in the room that is climate change and the climate crisis, we know we have to conserve water and stop burning fossil fuels. As individuals It's not to hard to use less water, so let's remind ourselves of the checklist why don't we!

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Home Sweet Home: immersive exhibition at Mall Galleries

The first show of its kind at Mall Galleries, ‘Home Sweet Home’ is the ambitious vision of award-winning Chinese children’s author and artist Huaicun Zhang.

Coventry University wins Green Flag award for 13th year

Over recent years Coventry University has transformed its campus through the creation of spaces such as the Peace Garden, which sits opposite Coventry Cathedral, Starley Gardens and its edible garden, which serves as a pollinator hub and provides fruit, vegetables and herbs for students and staff.

E waste - get rid of it correctly

Most of us replace our mobile phones every 2-3 years - but what do we do with our old one?  Let it gather dust in a cupboard?

We're continually updating our tech, which generates more than 50m tonnes of e-waste globally. Yet only 20 per cent of this is recycled, which means tons of increasingly rare precious minerals, such as copper, tellurium, lithium, cobalt, manganese and tungsten, are winding up in landfill sites.

Tech recycling specialists Envirofone say there are key common misconceptions many of us have surrounding recycling our E-waste.

To buy or not to buy leather? Is it eco friendly? A tough decision...

Is there eco friendly leather? Is leather good or bad from an environmental perspective? Many of us think because leather is a natural product, it must be good. But tanning leather has always been a dirty business and in many parts of the world it remains so.

Low maintenance gardens

Most of us want a garden we can enjoy, but not all of us have the time or gardening expertise needed to cultivate splendour. British Garden Centres has put together some simple ideas we can all try to achieve that little bit more outside, whatever the size of the space we have. 

Start with containers

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