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Happy New Year everyone! In answer to matt_w " I recently read that it takes more energy to produce a cloth bag than a plastic one. ....... None of this foreign grown cotton, shipped to another country to be made by child workers then on to us in the UK. " how about making, or hope that yo...

Could they have been egrets? I know almost nothing about birds, so apologies if that's way off the mark, only it took me a while to identify big white birds near my mum's house in Devon.... and bingo - egrets!

I've successfully made a mother! So excited... but can't find anything suitable as a 'crock' or pot. Does anyone know where I can find one? Perhaps a stupid question but my mother is from red wine (so to speak!) so can I only add red wine to that? Should I be looking for a white mother if I want to ...

Talking of keeping stuff out of landfill - by making reusable cloth morsbags from cloth that's already been produced (i.e. no new cotton needs to be watered, sprayed with chemicals and transported) as they are made from old duvet covers and stuff that's probably languishing in airing cupboards or lo...

Fashion statement or not, surely people leaping on a beneficially environmental bandwagon can only be a good thing if it helps the environment in any way at all. If green issues are kept underground and cliquey in small organisations, the terrifying global issues are never going to be adequately add...

Hi, not sure what you mean by there is not a lot of writing? It is a flash website, if you don't have the latest version of flash it won't work, although it should update it automatically. If you mean you couldn't find any writing on how to make a bag then click on the big "MAKE ONE" butto...

I agree with Shirlz, cloth bags are the only way to go as the plastic bags don't biodegrade, only photodegrade which means that they'll end up in smaller and smaller pieces that will enter the food chain. Cloth bags will last longer and then, when discarded, will rot.

We have 3 chickens! Hattie, Clucky and Zola... we made a hen house high up on a pole with a flimsy ladder for them to climb. Sounds a bit strange but it means that the hens are totally self sufficient as they get up in the morning when they want and climb up to bed in the evening whenever they feel ...

How about making your own totally unique cloth bags for free? Good pattern to follow on www.morsbags.com instead of paying £6.50. Make more than one and hand them out to strangers for free why not?

I love the pram idea too! Very strong minded.... Any of you guys got sewing machines? www.morsbags.com has a great solution to the plastic bag problem that is far more effective than the odd 'green point' and the long wait for plastaxes to be implemented. Living in Germany for a while made me realis...

Great to hear they're still making them in India - I've just bought a hand-powered Frister and Rossmann for £5... but it doesn't have a needle...does anyone know where I'd get one from? The hand powered Singer I have doesn't have the same needles... help! I'm dying to use it!

I'm sure loads of people here feel as bugged as me about the number of plastic bags handed out at checkouts and the number strewn on the local beaches... so I've had an idea for positive action! The plan is for people to get together and make reusable cloth bags (old duvet covers/curtains etc) in po...