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There are 16 ideas for eco-friendly presents in our Christmas gift guide – and some of these support charities, social causes, or the environment. Lots of affordable options too. Please take a look (and share)!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There are 16 ideas for eco-friendly presents in our Christmas gift guide – and some of these support charities, social causes, or the environment. Lots of affordable options too. Please take a look (and share)!
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The UK uses c227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year – & an estimated 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper isn't recycled. So choosing sustainable wrapping paper, & disposing of it responsibly by recycling, is an important way to cut Christmas waste.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The UK uses c227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year – & an estimated 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper isn't recycled. So choosing sustainable wrapping paper, & disposing of it responsibly by recycling, is an important way to cut Christmas waste.
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More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...
Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity.
What to grow:
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What to grow:
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November 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity.
What to grow:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
What to grow:
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Ideas for a green Christmas:
❄️ Choose plastic-free decorations
❄️ Buy local, seasonal food
❄️ Buy gifts in charity shops or on charity websites
❄️ Choose sustainable ways to wrap
More ideas:
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❄️ Choose plastic-free decorations
❄️ Buy local, seasonal food
❄️ Buy gifts in charity shops or on charity websites
❄️ Choose sustainable ways to wrap
More ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Gre...
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ideas for a green Christmas:
❄️ Choose plastic-free decorations
❄️ Buy local, seasonal food
❄️ Buy gifts in charity shops or on charity websites
❄️ Choose sustainable ways to wrap
More ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Gre...
❄️ Choose plastic-free decorations
❄️ Buy local, seasonal food
❄️ Buy gifts in charity shops or on charity websites
❄️ Choose sustainable ways to wrap
More ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Gre...
Three reasons to avoid cutting back dead stems and seed heads this winter:
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Three reasons to avoid cutting back dead stems and seed heads this winter:
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
Looking for affordable, eco-friendly gifts? From ethical chocolate – like these Bite to Fight bars that help create a fairer and more sustainable world for cocoa producers – to palm-oil-free soaps, here are some ideas:
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littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking for affordable, eco-friendly gifts? From ethical chocolate – like these Bite to Fight bars that help create a fairer and more sustainable world for cocoa producers – to palm-oil-free soaps, here are some ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
Small gardens can boost biodiversity just as much as large ones – and when little green spaces join together with others, it creates a network of wildlife-friendly areas that benefits many different species.
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Small gardens can boost biodiversity just as much as large ones – and when little green spaces join together with others, it creates a network of wildlife-friendly areas that benefits many different species.
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sma...
How to help wild birds survive in winter:
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How to help wild birds survive in winter:
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
🌻 provide food: seeds, suet and peanuts
🌳 grow berry-producing trees and shrubs
❄️ offer fresh water when natural water sources are frozen
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fee...
When kitchen sponges like these break down, they release microplastics that end up in the sea – harming marine environments and the animals that live there. And they can't be recycled, so remain in landfill for 100s of years. For eco-friendly sponges see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When kitchen sponges like these break down, they release microplastics that end up in the sea – harming marine environments and the animals that live there. And they can't be recycled, so remain in landfill for 100s of years. For eco-friendly sponges see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...
Winter visiting birds have arrived! Want to know where you might catch a glimpse of fieldfares, goldcrests, geese or a spectacular starling murmuration? Check out this roundup of RSPB nature reserves!
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November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Winter visiting birds have arrived! Want to know where you might catch a glimpse of fieldfares, goldcrests, geese or a spectacular starling murmuration? Check out this roundup of RSPB nature reserves!
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Oak trees have been revered for centuries, symbolizing power and ancient wisdom. They can live for hundreds of years – and provide food and homes for hundreds of different wildlife species, including birds, mammals, and insects.
More native trees to grow:
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More native trees to grow:
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November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Oak trees have been revered for centuries, symbolizing power and ancient wisdom. They can live for hundreds of years – and provide food and homes for hundreds of different wildlife species, including birds, mammals, and insects.
More native trees to grow:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Tre...
More native trees to grow:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/Tre...
Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
These fair trade soaps are handmade by an enterprise in Kerala that employs disadvantaged women - and buying it (and other Dalit Candle products) helps support the company's work with Dalit street children.
More eco and ethical gift ideas:
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More eco and ethical gift ideas:
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November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
These fair trade soaps are handmade by an enterprise in Kerala that employs disadvantaged women - and buying it (and other Dalit Candle products) helps support the company's work with Dalit street children.
More eco and ethical gift ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
More eco and ethical gift ideas:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
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A quick guide to hedges:
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November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
Billions of single-use plastic deodorant containers are thrown away each year. These end up in landfill for 100s of years, & release microplastics that end up in rivers & seas, harming marine wildlife. Using a refillable deodorant helps reduce this waste.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Billions of single-use plastic deodorant containers are thrown away each year. These end up in landfill for 100s of years, & release microplastics that end up in rivers & seas, harming marine wildlife. Using a refillable deodorant helps reduce this waste.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/fuss...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/fuss...
One in three mouthfuls of our food are due to the hard work of pollinating insects, including bumblebees. But insect populations are crashing. Help them by growing nectar-rich plants that flower in autumn, winter and early spring.
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
One in three mouthfuls of our food are due to the hard work of pollinating insects, including bumblebees. But insect populations are crashing. Help them by growing nectar-rich plants that flower in autumn, winter and early spring.
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...
Ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...
Birds of prey are an essential part of a healthy, balanced eco-system - but they face many challenges, including persecution and habitat loss. That’s why places like Argaty, and the moorland habitats at Tarras Valley Nature Reserve are so vital.
More:
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More:
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November 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Birds of prey are an essential part of a healthy, balanced eco-system - but they face many challenges, including persecution and habitat loss. That’s why places like Argaty, and the moorland habitats at Tarras Valley Nature Reserve are so vital.
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/birds…
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/birds…
Be careful if building a bonfire this Halloween and Bonfire Night. Hedgehogs love to hibernate in piles of sticks and branches – so build a bonfire on the same day you plan to burn it, and check it carefully for hiding wildlife.
More :
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More :
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Be careful if building a bonfire this Halloween and Bonfire Night. Hedgehogs love to hibernate in piles of sticks and branches – so build a bonfire on the same day you plan to burn it, and check it carefully for hiding wildlife.
More :
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...
More :
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Please take a look at our eco-friendly winter gift guide! From supporting environmental causes to using plastic-free packaging, these producers are working hard to reduce their impact on the environment or create a positive change.
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littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Please take a look at our eco-friendly winter gift guide! From supporting environmental causes to using plastic-free packaging, these producers are working hard to reduce their impact on the environment or create a positive change.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
Forest bathing boosts wellbeing. Benefits include increased energy levels, a strengthened immune system and deeper sleep. And studies have shown it can lower blood pressure and support recovery from illness and trauma.
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More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fores…
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Forest bathing boosts wellbeing. Benefits include increased energy levels, a strengthened immune system and deeper sleep. And studies have shown it can lower blood pressure and support recovery from illness and trauma.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fores…
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/fores…
Please compost carved pumpkins after Halloween - don’t leave them in the countryside or your garden, where they quickly go mouldy and could harm wildlife.
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More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-ide…
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Please compost carved pumpkins after Halloween - don’t leave them in the countryside or your garden, where they quickly go mouldy and could harm wildlife.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-ide…
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-ide…
Around 7 million disposable coffee cups are used in the UK every day - and it’s estimated that less than 1% of these are recycled. Many, like this one, are discarded - creating litter in towns & the countryside. To reduce waste, use a reusable cup. More:
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October 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Around 7 million disposable coffee cups are used in the UK every day - and it’s estimated that less than 1% of these are recycled. Many, like this one, are discarded - creating litter in towns & the countryside. To reduce waste, use a reusable cup. More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/ocean-…
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/ocean-…
Planting an apple tree has many benefits:
🐝 helps bumblebees, butterflies & bats
🍎 protects food heritage
🐞 habitat for beetles, woodpeckers & redwings
🦔 boosts biodiversity
🍏 lots of lovely fruit in autumn!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
🐝 helps bumblebees, butterflies & bats
🍎 protects food heritage
🐞 habitat for beetles, woodpeckers & redwings
🦔 boosts biodiversity
🍏 lots of lovely fruit in autumn!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Planting an apple tree has many benefits:
🐝 helps bumblebees, butterflies & bats
🍎 protects food heritage
🐞 habitat for beetles, woodpeckers & redwings
🦔 boosts biodiversity
🍏 lots of lovely fruit in autumn!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
🐝 helps bumblebees, butterflies & bats
🍎 protects food heritage
🐞 habitat for beetles, woodpeckers & redwings
🦔 boosts biodiversity
🍏 lots of lovely fruit in autumn!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
There are 40+ species of ladybird in the UK - they help maintain healthy ecosystems in gardens and green spaces. Ladybirds need safe places to shelter and hibernate over winter, so avoid cutting back hollow stems and seed heads like teasels & sedums.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/lad...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/lad...
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There are 40+ species of ladybird in the UK - they help maintain healthy ecosystems in gardens and green spaces. Ladybirds need safe places to shelter and hibernate over winter, so avoid cutting back hollow stems and seed heads like teasels & sedums.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/lad...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/lad...
Wild gardens can be havens for wildlife in autumn. Around 22 million people have access to a garden in the UK – so gardening in a way that helps nature bounce back can have a huge impact. Avoiding pesticides and weedkillers is one key action – more ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Wild gardens can be havens for wildlife in autumn. Around 22 million people have access to a garden in the UK – so gardening in a way that helps nature bounce back can have a huge impact. Avoiding pesticides and weedkillers is one key action – more ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...