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M&S aims to be most sustainable storeMarks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a programme to become the world's most sustainable retailer by 2015. |
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Free will offer for hospice contribution10 solicitors in London are to donate their time and expertise as part of a hospice's Free Will Week scheme beginning on 1st March. |
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What will you swap for Fairtrade?As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, which kicked off on the 22nd of February, people are being urged to fill their shopping baskets with Fairtrade products rather than their usual purchases. |
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Dallaglio’s charity cyclists back in BritainCharity cyclists have followed former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio through the Channel Tunnel to reach the UK leg of a 1,700-mile sponsored bike ride. |
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Dallaglio’s charity cyclists back in BritainCharity cyclists have followed former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio through the Channel Tunnel to reach the UK leg of a 1,700-mile sponsored bike ride. |
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Can termite mounds inspire eco-cities?Architects working on models of sustainable development are turning to a new and rather unusual source of inspiration: termite mounds. |
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Mountainous bicycle challenge completeA British cyclist has said how "absolutely ecstatic" he feels to have finished a nine-month journey through the world's longest mountain range. |
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Hero of the month: Sam StephensSam Stephens, co-founder of community lending website StreetBank, believes community will end poverty. StreetBank is the people’s bank - a way in which Brits can unite, lend to each other, share things and become richer for it. |
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Oxfam enters price comparison marketOxfam has become the unlikely beneficiary of the £1 billion price comparison market through a new website that donates a cut of the commission on each transaction to the charity. |
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Globe commissions female playwrightFor the first time in its 400-year history, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has commissioned a play written by a woman. |
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