Global events
National Honey week
Next week is National Honey Week – one of the UK’s sweetest celebrations! It runs from 4 to 10 May 2009 and is your opportunity to experience the culinary delights and health benefits of honey. I have a particular passion for honey; believing it to be a true superfood. Every year, from September, I give…
Read More10 ways to celebrate earth day
Earth day, celebrated on April 22 is your opportunity to do something nice for the earth! The focus of the day is to celebrate the earth and renew our commitment to building a safer, healthier and cleaner world for all of us.
Read MoreWWF’s Earth hour 28th March 8:30pm
Tomorrow is WWF’s Earth hour at 8:30pm. It’s a party to help the environment and everyone’s invited! WWF want a billion people around the world to sign up and switch off their lights for one hour. It’s not just householders either; businesses and large buildings around the world are getting involved.
Read MoreMarch is animal aid’s meat free month
Better late than never, March is a animal aid’s month long celebration of meat free cooking. we’ve all been hearing how a meat free diet is supposed to be better for us and the environment, so why not give it a go? You don’t have to turn vegetarian overnight, but this is a great opportunity…
Read MoreWorld Water Day
March 22nd is World Water Day. A time for us to stop and reflect on one of life’s most important resources and to give gratitude for what we have. It’s ok for us; we have reasonably clean water that is pumped litre after litre into our homes. We freely use it to drink, cook with,…
Read MoreEcohip ethical Mothers’ day cards
EcoHip have the perfect card to tell your mother you love her and you’ll be able to tell Mother Earth you love her at the same time! These plantable Mother’s day cards, made by Botanical Paperworks are made from 100% post-consumer waste. Each card is embedded with high-grade, wildflower seeds. When you plant the paper,…
Read MoreInternational women’s day
Today is International Women’s Day; a chance for us to acknowledge the economic, political and social achievements of women. Events and themes are as wide and varied as women themselves, from gender equality, peace, freedom from violence to care for the future and everything inbetween.
Read MoreGet rapping with fairtrade bananas this weekend
When it comes to environmental and ethical living, it’s the youngest generation we need to influence. They are our future, after all. Little Miss Green has been bought up with the idea that recycling is ‘normal’, that turning off the lights when we leave the room is ‘the thing to do’, or that buying from…
Read MoreIt’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week – Time to give yourself a natural boost in the mornings
I confess that I have quite old fashioned views when it comes to breakfast. I really do see it as the most important meal of the day. After we have been sleeping for eight hours, we need a natural, healthy boost to wake up our body and balance our blood sugar. We don’t have to…
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