You might remember I’ve been trialling Ecover’s stain remover.
I found the perfect garment to put the stain remover through its paces - a white cotton t-shirt that Little Miss green had fallen over in and …

For this week’s ‘Change the world Wednesday‘ challenge we’re off to the compost bin!
Home composting is a great way to turn waste into a valuable resource, especially when you consider that around 60% of the …

As you know, I’m a huge fan of Ecover.
I’ve switched to their concentrated laundry liquid, after years of using their powder and I put Cillit Bang’s degreaser and Ecover’s Power Clean head to head to …

Ecover are on the cutting edge of innovation for green household cleaning products.
Just when you think their products can’t be improved, they manage to somehow tweak the formula to make it even more effective or …

I’m a great fan of ‘regifting’ or ‘repurposing with heart’ as our host for this week’s Change the World Wednesday Challenge calls it.
This week’s challenge, as we rapidly approach the season of giving, is to …

This week, for our ‘Change the World Wednesday‘ Challenge, Reduce footprints wants us to exercise our green fingers.
Set by one of the participants of the challenge Rewinn says “I like the idea of microgardening. Almost …

For our ‘Change the World‘ Wednesday challenge this week, Reduce Footprints wants us to go shopping!
That doesn’t sound too green does it? The idea is to reduce consumerism.
This is a special type of shopping though, …

Many paints, carpets, vinyl wallpaper and upholstery release VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and other pollutants. They are a major contributor to pollution and global warming.
VOCs have been linked with allergies, depression and headaches and some …

Last week I went to a talk about a low carbon future and was given a leaflet about the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.
The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition (SCCC) are dedicated to taking action on climate …

Our ‘Change the World Wednesday’ challenge this week over at Reduce Footprints is to go plastic bag free for a week.
I gave up plastic bags 2 years ago - by this I mean disposable plastic …