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Article Archive for February 2010

Help save Badger Wood!
Saturday, 27 Feb, 2010 – 20:44 | No Comment
Help save Badger Wood!

Little Miss Green just spent over 2 hours completely absorbed by a fantastic resource on the Nature Detectives website.
“Help save badger wood” is an interactive experience in which children gather evidence and opinions from the …

7 guiding principles to help anyone declutter home and life
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 17:23 | 2 Comments
7 guiding principles to help anyone declutter home and life

You know I’m into minimalism at the moment. Well, ok then, I’m into decluttering. But it’s with the long term aim of becoming minimalist.
Although I admire his work greatly, I’m not the next Everett Bogue. …

Pros and cons of paperless billing
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 7 Comments
Pros and cons of paperless billing

Still on the theme of wasting less paper, our challenge for “Change the world Wednesday” this week is to either switch to paperless billing or write about the positive benefits of using paperless billing.
We switched …

Save the world and save lives
Thursday, 25 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Save the world and save lives

I love campaigns and organisations that combine saving the planet with helping people.
The LifeCell Project, is a not-for-profit organisation, who recycle old mobile phones and use the profits to buy Lifestraws Personal Water Filters for …

We’re giving up reading for a week!
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 5:00 | No Comment
We’re giving up reading for a week!

We’re sticking with the theme of paper for this week’s “Change the World Wednesday” Challenge.
Living with a tree lover daughter, it’s great that my awareness is bought back to our paper consumption from time to …

Fairtrade fortnight 22nd Feb - 7 March 2010
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 6:09 | No Comment
Fairtrade fortnight 22nd Feb - 7 March 2010

The Fairtrade foundation are asking the nation to join in with one of the biggest swaps during Fairtrade fortnight!
The idea is that you vote with your money and make a stand for fairtrade by swapping …

Say no to 1500 catalogues a year!
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Say no to 1500 catalogues a year!

A couple of years ago, I heard about the work Mandy Haggith was doing to increase people’s awareness about their paper footprint.
During her travelling roadshow, she showed the amount of paper the average person uses …

Get out in the fresh air with the National Trust
Monday, 15 Feb, 2010 – 11:30 | No Comment
Get out in the fresh air with the National Trust

Half term is coming up for school children and spring is in the air, so what better way to spend your week than out in the fresh air?
The National Trust’s “Fresh Air” campaign is encouraging …

Random Acts of Kindness Week
Monday, 15 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Random Acts of Kindness Week

Random acts of kindness week runs from Feb 15-21st. This is your opportunity to share love and kindness with the environment, your friends, neighbours, family, colleagues and complete strangers.
There are so many things you can …

Chemerical film review for a non toxic home
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Chemerical film review for a non toxic home

Andrew Nisker sent me his docu film;  “Chemerical” to watch. Andrew was on his way to the Green Planet Blues, International Environment Film Event, in Romania when I caught up with him to get the …