What's Bloom?
Want to be more climate-friendly, but not sure how to go about it? You need Bloom.
1. Discover what you can do.
2. Choose the actions to suit you.
3. Do the actions you've chosen.
Features
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Do something
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What works
What works?
Being cleaner and more energy efficient can never be a bad idea. But how? You need Bloom.
Choose your actions based on how easy, how popular or how much impact they'll have. Then do them.
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It's Not Easy Being Green
It's Not Easy Being Green
Dick Strawbridge and Lauren Laverne team up with a different celebrity every week to find out how to be green.
From weddings to funerals, shopping to off-setting and solar to soap-nuts, this series is jam-packed with everything you need to know.
Wednesdays at 8pm, BBC Two
Switching to a laptop
Last week, a survey revealed that UK housewives spend half their leisure time online - more than the hyperconnected Chinese. Will ditching the desktop in favour of a laptop cut your energy bills?
Background Guides
Is it worth recycling? What is fair trade? Take a closer look at the burning issues.
Strange but true
From composting toilets to farting less, find out about some of the whackier things you can do.
Bloom newsletter
Get monthly updates including latest news and progress from Bloomers across the UK.
Buying local, sustainable wood
What's the carbon footprint of a beaver? These lumberjacks of the animal world came under fire recently for felling trees in Cornwall, but at least they dined on local, sustainable wood.
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