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Update on Chile Chew’s Cut the crap challenge
I laughed my way through an amazing thread this week, over at MSE about unusual things people had sold on eBay. It bought true meaning to ‘one mans trash is another’s treasure’.
Read MoreCompost Awareness Week Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th May
Compost awareness week, in association with WRAP and The Composing Association runs from Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th May. This is one of the first steps to self sufficiency and something I am particularly passionate about.
Read MoreUpdate on Crunchy Chicken’s Buy Nothing Month
I’m pretty good at this as my circumstances tend to force me to be anyway! Again, I tend to do really well for a while, and then just get something without thinking. I still stand by my biggest learning in this, which is, never to shop with children. Even in the small, local shop there…
Read MoreHelp raise 200,000 signatures to influence the food crisis.
I’m not normally one for depressing posts, believing that what we focus on manifests. However I was moved by an email I received from Avaaz, so want to spend a moment spreading the word on their latest work.
Read MoreAn update on my rubbish challenge
We’re nearing the end of April already. If you’ve followed previous posts, you’ll see that I signed up for a few challenges to keep me occupied. And have I learned alot about myself in this time! I set myself a Rubbish Challenge. I wanted to reduce our one dustbin of rubbish a week to one…
Read MoreMr Green says ditch the plastic bag!
Today, after telling Mr Green about some of the devastating effects on our marine life caused by plastic waste, he made a pledge. We were on our way to the shop at the time and he said ‘That’s it. We have to refuse carrier bags from now on. And if we don’t have something with…
Read MorePotatoes – a solution to the food crisis?
I ate new potatoes on Christmas Day. Did I fall foul of consumerism at its best? Did I pay an outrageous price to have some new potatoes transported thousands of miles to reach me in perfect condition for the big day? Nope – I dug them out of the garden on Christmas Eve.
Read MoreEarth Day and Real Nappy Week
A short post from me today, as I’m spending some time with Little Miss Green doing all those things I have said ‘yes’ to over the past week, but not actually got around to doing. That must be so frustrating at the age of seven! Just a quick mention then, for Earth Day, which falls…
Read MoreFood – precious commodity or basic human right?
What did you feed your child for lunch today? Something healthy and nutritious? Something quick out of a packet? Something nuked in the microwave? Chips again because it is the only thing they will eat? Did they ask for chocolate or sweets afterwards or a piece of fruit?
Read MoreMr Green goes high raw ready for summer
Mr Green has adopted a high raw diet (about 50 – 60% at the moment). He’s a feast or famine kinda guy and has gone overnight from meat and two veg, coffee and alcohol to lots of fresh fruit, salads and little else. He’s still having his large cup of strong coffee (with soya milk…
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