Posted in Green Things, tagged food waste, greenhouse gas, leftovers, love food hate waste, methane, recipe on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Why is it that you always seem to end up with one or two things that got pushed to the back of the fridge and forgotten about, and by the time you find them, you find yourself wondering what they actually were before they grew five types of mould. Well there is absolutely no excuse any more, [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged beach, pattern, seaside, stones, Sue Lawty, Victoria and Albert Museum, World Beach Project on June 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I am so obsessed with this right now. I’m a total beach lover anyway, so when I happened upon this, I had to share!
The World Beach Project was started by artist Sue Lawty in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Most of us have made things at the beach with what we find [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged world environment day, carbon emissions, eco friendly, reducing emissions, UNEP, co2 on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
…is coming! June 5th to be precise. It was started in 1972 (which I like because it’s obviously not a bandwagon day, like so many seem to be now - National Donut Week anyone?) by the United Nations General Assembly, and each year the main celebrations are held in a different country. This year it’s [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged charity walk, Just walk, Sussex downs on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
So today my mum and I walked 20km (or 12.5 miles) across the beautiful Sussex Downs with ‘Just Walk’ for the charities of our choice. In my case, it was of course the World Land Trust, for whom my walk has so far saved 6 acres of rainforest! Hooray!
I really want to say an enormous [...]
Posted in Business Stuff, Green Things, Link Info, tagged art, cards, crafts, etsy shop, handmade on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
There’s a cryptic title! I am a huge fan of art and crafts of all kinds, and recently opened a shop on Etsy to sell my own work.
Etsy is a craft site, a bit like Ebay in the sense that you can open up a shop under its ‘umbrella’ and sell the things you make. [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged national downshifting week, international downshifting week, work/life balance, greening up, Tracey Smith on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Started by writer and broadcaster Tracey Smith as National Downshifting Week in 2005, the popularity of her idea has grown so fast it’s now become InterNational Downshifting Week, and is supported by various celebrities, including Kim Wilde and Wayne Hemingway of Red or Dead.
Downshifting is what Tracey calls ’slowing down and greening up’; thinking more about [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged biomimicry, nature on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I came across an article about this the other day having never heard of it and found it really interesting. It is about copying Mother Nature’s way of doing things because she can solve problems without damaging the planet. Anyone who’s seen a David Attenborough documentary will know how awesome (and I use that word in [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged ethical jewellery, beaucoco, handmade jewellery on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I have just come across this GORGEOUS ethical jewellery website! It’s called Beaucoco and sells contemporary jewellery handmade from discarded materials and sterling silver. My particular favourite is the Ocean bracelet.
On the tiny tropical island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, locals transform discarded coconut shell into beautiful pieces using silver and semi-precious stones. Later this year a [...]
Posted in Business Stuff, Green Things, Website, tagged EPO, ethical products, shield of authenticity on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Boutiko has now been officially approved by the Ethical Products Organisation , a website whose aim is to “raise awareness of the ethical products available to shoppers and to enable shoppers to find online shops that are truly ethical with our organic directory.”
By ethical online shops they mean shops where all the products are either ethically sourced, traded or made. [...]
Posted in Green Things, tagged consumption, production, the story of stuff on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
This is getting about a bit but I thought it was worth putting in because it’s such an accessible way to learn about what really happens between where stuff comes from and where it ends up.
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard is one of those cartoons that has very pleasing sound effects and simple animations which illustrate the [...]
