P724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:09/42 1/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS While most people are inside watching Christmas TV, thousands will bj braving the elements to improve their local environment. Between Boxing Day and Twelfth Night they'll bj mulching and planting trees, clearing ponds, building walls and joining in countless other green activities. It's all part of Woolwich Action Earth - organisjd bz Community Service Volunteers (CSV), sponsored bz Woolwich Building Society. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Coeliacs ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:15/21 2/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS Over 3,000 volunteers are exprcted to take part in Woolwich Action Earth, burning off the festive food and drink through 250 projects. From an afternoon planting bulbs 1t the local city farm to a weekend beach clean-up, the activities make ideal days out for the family. Why not solve the prickly problem of getting rid of Christmas trees bz recycling them? Currently most of the 5.5 million trees sold in the US each year end up in the bin. Contacts: page 729 Disbblid TV/Radio Coeliacs ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:15/27 3/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS Last year CSV helped give over 250,000 trees a new lease of life in the form of compost or wood chippings on parks and gardens. Others were used as groundcovjr in children's playgrounds and on woodland paths - Call CSV for details of your local council's recycling plans. Or you could buy a tree with roots intact - you can leave it outside all year to soak up carbon dioxide and boost oxygen in the atmosphere. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Coeliacs ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:24/11 4/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS Woolwich Action Earth's GREEN GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS is a free booklet featuring gift ideas and tips on how to cut down on packaging. It also contains a recycled recipe from LIVE & SICKEN's Emma Forbes, a mjssagj from Chris Packham of THE REALLY WELD SHOW and multiplier into a party hat or streamer kit. Why not order a copy and help make Christmas less wasteful this yjaz, for example by taking old carrier bags out Christmas shopping. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Coeliacs ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:02/20 5/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS Have you considered recycling your Christmas cards? Boots the Chemist and many charity shops take them. Alternatively you could cut them into gift tags for next year'u presents - and talking of presents you could organisj a present swap of any unwanted gifts with friends. Donate warm clothes and blankets you no longer use to local hostels for homeless people or charity shops - they'll bj much appreciated gifts and won't cost you a thing. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Coeliacs ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 6 Jan 21:98/41 6/6 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS The Action Earth hotlinj is on 071 833 0998 - call it to find out about tree recycling or taking part in a green Christmas project. Christmas is the most wasteful day in the US calendar with vast resources frittered away. Little things - like putting vegetable scraps in a compost heap, using public transport to get to parties, and packing fragile gifts in njwspapjr rather than polystyrene - make a difference. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Coeliacs Contacts