Easy(ish) topics to get you started. For each topic we aim to provide an introduction (in 3 parts: definition; benefits; what you can do), printable introduction, books, magazines, further information, course providers, products & services, articles, links, online courses and specialist to answer queries.

Breadmaking

Building societies

Car sharing

Community

Composting

Credit unions

Cycling

Downshifting

Eco & carbon footprints

Electric vehicles

Energy saving

Fair trade

Farmers’ markets / direct farm sales

Free & open source software

Green electricity

Herbs

Insulation

Knitting & crochet

LED lighting

Local / independent currencies

Low-impact cooking

Low-impact shopping

Low-impact tourism

Natural cleaning

Natural menstrual products

Natural paints

Nature awareness

Personal development

Philosophy

Preserving food

Raw / living food

Real nappies

Recycling, reusing & repairing

Retained heat (haybox) cooking

Sprouting & microgreens

Transition initiatives

Urban / small-space gardening

Veg box schemes

Vegetarianism

Vermiculture (worms)

Walking / hiking

Wild swimming

Wild food

Wildlife gardening

WWOOFing