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Live Better

For seven months we're challenging ourselves and you to live better, by swapping ideas and tips about saving water, wasting less food, recycling, getting out and about, and more

October 2014

  • Water lily leaves after rain

    Live better: get involved
    Live Better Challenge Community Project award – winners announced

    In September, we profiled 17 wonderful community projects. You voted for your favourite. Here are the winners …
  • Silo zero-waste restaurant in Brighton

    Simple, sustainable and not 'superchef': the UK's first zero-waste restaurant

    Silo in Brighton mills its own flour for bread, brews its own booze and recycles all food waste. The chef and founder tells Andrew Wasley why it dares to be different
  • Leftover peanut recipe Peanut butter cookies

    Live Better: Dinner Doctor leftover recipes
    16 recipe ideas for leftover peanut butter

    Unsure about sticky spread or strange combinations? From cookies to curries, our Dinner Doctor will make your mouth water
  • A woman rock climbing

    Why I love … climbing

    Exploring mountains to one’s inner psyche, Sophie Radcliffe describes how the ups and downs of climbing have fascinating parallels with real life
  • how to mend camera stuck lens

    Live Better: how to mend
    How to mend ... a compact camera with a stuck lens

    Among the most common digital camera problems, a jammed retractable is not insurmountable if you follow these tips, says Philip Le Riche
  • vertical veg - eat shoots and leaves

    Eat shoots and small leaves: how to grow microgreens in winter

  • energy groups

    Live better: get involved
    How community groups are generating their own energy - video

  • tansy beetle

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    8 of the UK's most endangered insects and invertebrates – in pictures

  • george mcgavin

    Why I love ... insects

  • live better sandwich wrappers

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    Five best reusable sandwich wrappers

  • live better community

    Live better: get involved
    Eight reasons people don't get involved

  • a million miles

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    The carbon-cutting transport scheme helping the Black Isle go green

  • Bristol street

    Live better: get involved
    How can I reduce traffic in my area?

  • leftover chicken

    Live Better: Dinner Doctor leftover recipes
    21 recipe ideas for leftover roast chicken

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    How can you be more involved in your community? - infographic

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    How to set up a school growing project

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    Digging the love: the school growing project taking learning outdoors

  • how to mend moth holes

    Live Better: how to mend
    How to mend ... moth holes

    Ever felt that the moth nation is raging war against you and your favourite woollies? Then here are a few solutions
  • live better denso marston

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    Where the wild things are: the nature reserve giving kids the wildlife bug

    On the outskirts of Bradford, an urban wasteland turned wildlife reserve brings the local community closer to nature, writes Emma Howard
  • Denso Marston Nature Reserve

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    How to set up a nature reserve

    Ever dreamed of setting up your own wildlife reserve? Denso Marston did and here are tips and advice from the experts about how to do it yourself
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